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Steven Schwulst, MD, General Surgery, Chicago, IL

Steven J. Schwulst MD

General Surgery•Chicago, IL

Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Associate Professor in Surgery-Trauma/Critical Care, Northwestern University Medical School

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  • 259 E Erie StSte 1600Chicago, IL 60611

  • Phone+1 312-695-8918

  • Fax+1 312-695-3644

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Education & Training

  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
    Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2010 - 2011
  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
    Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2010
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine
    University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 2003
  • Northwestern University
    Northwestern UniversityB.A., Molecular and Cell Biology, 1995 - 1999

Certifications & Licensure

  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2009 - 2029
  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 2005 - 2027
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2019 - 2021
  • Surgery
    American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • Surgical Critical Care
    American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • C. James Carrico Award American College of Surgeons
  • Junior Faculty Award Shock Society, 2014-2016
  • Jeremiah Turcotte Award Central Surgical Association, 2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Management of Gallstone Disease During Pregnancy  
    Steven Schwulst, MD, JAMA Surgery
  • Resuscitative Thoracotomy for Pediatric Trauma in Illinois, 1999-2009  
    Nicolson N, Crandall M, American Journal of Surgery, 1/1/2015
  • Geographic Association of Liquor Licenses and Gunshot Wounds in Chicago  
    Crandall M, Kucybala K, Behrens J, Esposito T, American Journal of Surgery, 1/1/2015

Books/Book Chapters

  • The Washington Manual of Surgery 
    Chapter: Burns 
    Schwulst S, Cobb JPEditors: M. Klingensmith.Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, PhiladelphiaEdition 5th,2008
  • Intensive Care ICT: An illustrated colour text 
    Chapter: Carbon Dioxide 
    Schwulst S, Avidan MEditors: M. Avidan.Churchill Livingstone, New York2007

Abstracts/Posters

  • Depletion of Peripheral Monocytes Results in a Paradoxical Increase in Inflammatory Macrophages After Traumatic Brain Injury
    Trahanas D, Kim K, Perlman H, Shock, 1/1/2015
  • A Novel Method to Distinguish Microglia from Infiltrating Leukocytes After Traumatic Brain Injury
    Trahanas D, Cuda C, Perlman H, Shock, 1/1/2014
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Polarizes Peritoneal Macrophages Towards an Anti-Inflammatory Phenotype
    Trahanas D, Perlman H, Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2013

Lectures

  • The Role of Macrophage Polarization in Brain Injury Repair and Regeneration after Traumatic Brain Injury 
    Denver, CO - 1/6/2015
  • Trauma/Shock 
    1/1/2015
  • The Role of Innate Immunity in the Evolution and Etiology of Traumatic Brain Injury and the Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Immune Suppression Syndrome 
    Charlotte, NC - 1/7/2014

Grant Support

  • Trauma, the gut, and the brain: the gut microbiota-microglia axis in traumatic brain injuryNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO2022–2027
  • Trauma, the gut, and the brain: the gut microbiota-microglia axis in traumatic brain injuryNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO2022–2027
  • The Young Gut Microbiome: A Fountain of Youth for Brain Injury in the Aged?NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO2024–2026
  • The Young Gut Microbiome: A Fountain of Youth for Brain Injury in the Aged?NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO2024–2026
  • The role of monocyte and microglia interaction in the evolution of traumatic brain injury-induced neurodegenerationNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO2019–2025

Committees

  • Voting member, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Admissions Committee 2015 - Present
  • Voting member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee 2014 - Present

Research History

  • Assistant Professor of SurgeryNorthwestern University Department of Surgery2011 - Present
  • Research FellowWashington University in St. Louis Department of Surgery2005 - 2007

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