David M. Gourlay, MD

Titles
Medical director, Trauma, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; assistant professor, Surgery, The Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Surgery

Research interests
Gastrointestinal diseases, surgery

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

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

Certifications
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.

Representative publications

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

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-6550
Fax: (414) 266-6579
E-mail: dgourlay@mcw.edu

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