Creating a Modern Trauma Center

Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, is a widely respected surgeon and public health expert. As founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center, Dr. Rogers has built an interdisciplinary team of specialists to treat patients who suffer injury from life-threatening events, such as car crashes, serious falls and gun violence. His team works with leaders in the city's trauma network to expand trauma care on the South Side and beyond.

Dr. Rogers has served in leadership capacities at health centers across the country, including most recently as vice president and chief medical officer for the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Dr. Rogers has also served as the chair of surgery at Temple University School of Medicine and as the division chief of trauma, burns and surgical critical care at Harvard Medical School. While at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), he helped launch the Center for Surgery and Public Health to understand the nature, qualityand utilization of surgical care nationally and internationally.

As executive vice president for community health engagement, Dr. Rogers works with faculty across the University of Chicago as well as members of the community to develop a multidisciplinary approach to trauma care and health disparities. His work enhances the understanding of social factors that affect victims of violence and underserved populations, in addition to identifying approaches necessary to achieving better outcomes for victims of trauma.

Dr. Rogers' clinical and research interests focus on understanding the healthcare needs of underserved populations. He has published numerous articles relating to health disparities and the impact of race and ethnicity on surgical outcomes.

Part I: Background.- Cultural Transformation.- Creating an Oasis in a Trauma Desert: The South Side's Fight for an Adult Trauma Center at the University of Chicago Medicine.- Part II: Development of Trauma Ctr.- Team Building.- Implementation Operating Room Preparation and Trauma.- Creating Trauma Nurses.- The Violence Recovery Program: The Development and Implementation of a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program in a Level One Trauma Center on the South Side of Chicago.- Part III: Departmental Contributions.- Neuro Trauma.- Orthopedic Trauma.- Vascular Trauma.- Integration of PM&R Consultation Services at a Level 1 Trauma Center.- Penetrating Pediatric Trauma.- Opening a Modern Trauma Center at UChicago Medicine: Ob-Gyn and the Pregnant Trauma Patient.- Interventional Radiology: Here Comes Trauma!.- Emergency Medical Services (EMS).- UCAN: AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT AND THE TRANSFER OF THE TRAUMA PATIENT.- Trauma Chaplaincy an Integration of Care.- Part IV: Protocol  Development.- Transfusion Support for a New Adult Level 1 Trauma Center: Evolution of a Blood Bank.- Mass Casualty Events: Preparedness and Response for Trauma Centers and Institutions.- Navigating Roadblocks - Challenges of Opening a New Surgical Intensive Care Unit.- Examining the Hospital as A Complex Dynamical System: Using Agent-Based Modeling to Gain Insight Into Potential Process Bottlenecks.- Part V: Partnerships.- Opening a Modern Trauma Center at UChicago Medicine: Residency perspective and partnerships.- Creating a Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.- Building a Trauma Fellowships.- Military Civilian Partnership at the University of Chicago Trauma Center.- The Making of a Medical-Legal Partnership in a Level I Trauma Center: Recovery Legal Care.- The Cold Call.- Part VI: Perspective.- Faculty development in an academic trauma center.- Surgical Ethics in Trauma.- Structural Violence in Trauma Care.- The Transformative Impact of the University of Chicago Level 1 Trauma Center Opening on Student and Trainee Experiences.- From Mission to Impact: Reflecting on the Trauma Center's Journey.- Future Directions.