David M. Gourlay, MD

Pediatric Surgery

Title(s): Assistant professor, Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1997; surgical residency, University of Washington, 2004; surgical research fellowship, University of Washington, 2002; pediatric surgery training fellowship, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 2006.

Certification(s): American Board of Surgery, 2005; Advance Trauma Life Support, 2004; Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 2006.

Honors: The Merck Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1997; Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1997; Association of Academic Surgery Student Research Award, 1997; The Seattle Society Award for Surgical Scientific Presentation, 2001; The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Region X-Award for Best Basic Science Paper, 2001; The Shock Society Young Investigator Award, 2002; David M. Tapper Resident Teaching Award-Department of Surgery, University of Washington, 2004.

Research interests: The role of premature vascular endothelium in the development of necrotizing enterocolitis.

Representative publications:

• Gourlay D, Hoffer E, Routt M, Bulger E. Pelvic Angiography for Recurrent Traumatic Arterial Hemorrhage. Journal of Trauma 59(5):1168-73 (2005).
• Cuschieri J, Gourlay D, Garcia I, Jelacic I, Maier RV. Implications of Proteasome Inhibition: An Enhanced Macrophage Phenotype. Cell Immunology. 227(2):140-7 (2004). 
• Cuschieri J, Gourlay D, Garcia I, Jelacic I, Maier RV. Modulation of Macrophage Responsiveness of Lipopolysaccharide by IRAK-1 Manipulation. Shock 21(2):182-8 (2004).
• Cuschieri J, Gourlay D, Garcia I, Jelacic I, Maier RV. Modulation of Endotoxin-Induced Endothelial Function by Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase. Shock 20(2):176-82 (2003).
• Bulger EM, Gourlay D, Cuschieri J, Jelacic S, Staudenmeyer K, Garcia I, Maier RV. Platelet-Activating Factor Acetylhydrolase Inhibits Alveolar Mascrophage Activation in vivo. Shock 20(1): 17-22 (2003).

Contact information: Children's Corporate Center, 999 N. 92nd Street, Milwaukee, WI 53226. Phone: (414) 266-6550. Fax: (414) 266-6579. E-mail: dgourlay@mcw.edu.