The Division’s faculty is committed to the advancement scientific knowledge to improve patient care. Our faculty’s research interests include injury response to various forms of trauma, shock hypoxia and inflammation, vascular perfusion techniques in tissue-engineered constructs and burn injuries, and cholinergic regulation of lethal abdominal hemorrhage.

We are also interested in new technologies and techniques within our metabolic weight loss program. We study the behavioral and psychological impact of obesity programs to improve clinical outcomes. We also study varied aspects of gastrointestinal disease metabolic changes relate to obesity.

The investigations conducted by our faculty, residents, and fellows are performed at both the clinical and basic science/translational level and have culminated in a number of global presentations and publications. In addition, the faculty have participated in writing textbooks and portions of the textbooks in the fields of general and minimally invasive surgery, bariatrics, acute care surgery, trauma, critical care, and burns.

Our faculty’s publications demonstrate their high level of accomplishment as physician-scientists committed to advancing scientific knowledge to improve patient care. They also demonstrate our contribution to the best ideas in medicine that define Stony Brook University Medical Center.

The Division also provides patients with the opportunity to participate in clinical trials that offer them the only local access to newly developed treatment options.

For information about our current clinical trials, please visit our Clinical Trials page, or call our clinical research coordinator Eileen Finnin, RN, please call 631-444-5454.