People

Clotwork is a medical society for the advance of research and treatment improvements in the field of coagulation.

Here you see all who have been affiliated with Clotwork over time.

Oswald Elgar

Dr.
Assistant Medical Director at the Department of Anesthesia and Intensiv Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck
Head of Department of Pediatric Anaesthesia at the Medical University Innsbruck

EDUCATION
1988-1992               Education in anesthesiology and intensive care medicine at the Medical University Innsbruck
1987                         Certificate as an emergency physician


1984-1988              Apprenticeship at the regional hospital in Bregenz ( Austria ) with prolonged education in internal medicine
1983/1984               Military service
1983                         Graduation, degree in medicine ( MD )
1976-1983              Medical studies at the Medical University in Innsbruck
1976                         General qualification for university entrance ( grammar school, Bludenz , Austria)

POSITION
2009 - to this day    Head of department of pediatric anaesthesia at the Medical University Innsbruck
1996 – 2009            Assistant medical director, representative head of department in the anaesthetic sector of orthopedics and
                                   pediatrics at the Medical University Innsbruck , acqusition of special knowledge in the domains of
                                   Anesthesia in infants and newborns
1992-1996               Assistant medical director, representative head of department in the anaesthetic sector of trauma surgery
                                   and intensiv care medicine at the Medical University Innsbruck
1989-2004               Operating as an emergency doctor ( rescue-helicopter ), Innsbruck
1989-1992               Emergency doctor ( mobile intensive care unit, emergency ambulance ) Innsbruck

Date of birth:           21 Mar 1958
Family status:         married, 1 son ( 14 years old )

 

contact information 

E-mail: 
elgar [dot] oswaldatuki [dot] at
Phone: 
+43 – 512 – 504 – 80420
Address: 

Department of Anesthesia and Intensiv Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck , Anichstr. 35, A – 6020 Innsbruck

Recent publications

Dietmar Fries

A. Univ. Prof. Dr.
Department for General and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck/ Austria

An Austrian born in Cologne, Germany. With his wife Astrid, an archtitect and his 8 year old son, he lives in Innsbruck, Austria.

Professor Dietmar Fries graduated from the University of Innsbruck in 1998. He underwent his residency training in Anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine from 1999 till 2005. He received his Associate Professorship in September 2006. He is currently a staff physician in the Surgical ICU of the Innsbruck Medical University.

Professor Fries main research interest is in the area of volume replacement & massive transfusion in trauma and critically ill patients. He is an active member in several European Societies. He sits in several task forces namely the Coagulation Task Force in the Austrian Society for Anesthesiology, Intensive and Resuscitation (ÖGARI), the Haemotherapy and Shock Task Force in the German Interdisciplinary Society for Intensive Care Medicine (DIVI) and the Perioperative Intensive Care Medicine Task Force in the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). He is also a member in the Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis (GTH).

contact information 

E-mail: 
Dietmar [dot] Friesati-med [dot] ac [dot] at
Homepage: 

http://www.intensiv-innsbruck.at/

Address: 

Anichstrasse 35 A-6020 Innsbruck

Recent Publications

Barbara Friesenecker

ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. med.
University Hospital for General and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck

Education
1968-1972 Primary school and high school in Munich and Königstein/Frankfurt
11.12.1980 Graduation from Highschool WS 1981- SS 1991 Medical school of the 'Leopold-Franzens'-University, Innsbruck
23.3.1991 Graduation from Medical School
6/1991 - 10/1994 Stipend at the University Hospital for Anesthesiology and General Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck (Director: Prof. Dr. H. Benzer) as member of the research group 'Oxygen Transport' (Head: Prof. Dr. W. Hasibeder)


6/1992 - 10/1994: Visiting Research Bioengineer at the Department of Bioengineering, UCSD, (University of California, San Diego); Microcirculation laboratory (Head: Prof. Marcos Intaglietta, PhD)
11/1994 Start of residency training at the University Hospital for Anesthesiology and General Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck (Director: Prof. Dr. H. Benzer)
30.11.2000 Attending in Anesthesiology and Intensiv Care Medizin
24.1.2001 Diploma in Emergency Medicine
from 3/2001 Attending at the University Hospital for General and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Director: Prof. Dr. N. Mutz
1.3.2007 Professorship in Anesthesiology and General Intensive Care Medicine Research

Exchange Activities
1995 - 2003 Visiting Research Bioengineer at the Department of Applied Mechanics and Bioengineering, UCSD (Head: Prof. M. Intaglietta, PhD)

Stipends and Research Grants
1992 Foreign Exchange Stipend of the Leopold - Franzens - University, Innsbruck
1992 Stipend of the Landesgedächtnisstiftung, Tirol
1993 Stipend of the Landesgedächtnisstiftung, Tirol
1993 Young Investigators Award (Blood Substitute Research)
1993 - 1994 Erwin-Schrödinger-Stipend of the Austrian Science Foundation
1995 Innovationspreis of the Tiroler Sparkasse
1995 Supported by the Jubiläumsfonds of the Austrian National Bank
1996 Supported by an außerordentliche Dotation of the Leopold - Franzens - University, Innsbruck
2002 Supported by the Medizinischen Forschungsfonds Tirol (MFF Tirol)

Main Research Interest
Microcirculation: Micro-Hemodynamics and Oxygen Transport
Blood Substitutes
Clotting system

Reviewer
BMC Emergency Medicine
Critical Care Forum
British Journal of Anesthesia (BJA-2009-00647-HH090)
SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation; 32003B_127619)

contact information 

E-mail: 
barbara [dot] frieseneckerati-med [dot] ac [dot] at
Phone: 
+ 43 512 - 504 80395
Address: 

Anichstr. 35 A - 6020 Innsbruck

Recent publications

Oliver Grottke

Dr.
Department of Anesthesiology, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Studies of medicine and final state examination in 1999 at the Medical University of Hannover. Training in the field of anaesthesiology at the department of anaesthesiology at the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf (Prof. Dr. J. Schulte am Esch), Friedrich-Schiller- University Jena (Prof. Dr. K. Reinhart) and the medical University of Aachen (Prof. Dr. R. Rossaint). Two year research fellowship at the Institute for Laboratory Animal Science (Prof. Dr. R. Tolba), RWTH Aachen University Hospital with a focus in hemostaseology.

Doctor of medicine was obtained from the department of microbiology at the Medical University of Hannover (Prof. Dr. M. Frosch) and the Rocky-Mountain-Laboratories, NIH, MT, USA (Prof. Dr. JPM van Putten, DAAD grant). Further, studies in Public health and master degree in Public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, GB.

 

MEDICAL TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
04/2010 - Specialist Anesthetist, Department of Anesthesiology, RWTH Aachen, Germany
02/2008 – 03/2010 Research Fellow, Institute for Animal Science, RWTH Aachen, Germany
02/2004 - 01/2008 Senior House officer and Specialist Anesthetist Department of Anesthesiology, RWTH
Aachen, Germany
10/2002 – 12/2003 Senior House officer – Locum Work in Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine, Different
hospitals, GB
06/2001 - 10/2001 Senior House officer, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Jena, Germany
09/1999 - 03/2001 Junior House officer, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Hamburg-Eppendorf,
Germany

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES
10/2002 – 10/2003 Master in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, GB
10/2001 – 09/2002 Study of photography and digital media, International Center of Photography, NY, USA
09/2001 Examination and special training in Emergency Medicine, Ärztekammer Hamburg, Germany
06/1999 MD, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany (1992 – 1999)

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS
10/2005 European Resuscitation council - Advanced Life Support
09/2001 Examination and special training in Emergency Medicine

MD THESIS
08/1996 - 06/1997 Research in microbiology, Rocky-Mountain-Laboratories, MT, USA
11/1995 - 08/1996 Research in Microbiology on Neisseria, Department of Microbiology, Medizinische
Hochschule Hannover, Germany; Pathogenic factors of Neisseria: Cloning of LPS genes and
genetic complementation of a commensal Neisseria strain with invasive potential”

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
12/2001 Via Wynroth Grant, NY, USA
08/1996 – 06/1997 DAAD-scholarship, Rocky-Mountain-Laboratories, MT, USA
 

contact information 

E-mail: 
ogrottkeatukaachen [dot] de
Address: 

Wiesenstrasse 9
D-52064 Aachen

Thorsten Haas

Associate Professor
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck

Thorsten Haas is associate Professor of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Medical University of Innsbruck (since 2001). Dr. Haas studied medicine at the University of Mainz, Germany and is board certified in Anaesthesiology. After two years of work as a resident of Anaesthesiology at the Dr.-Horst-Schmitt-Kliniken in Wiesbaden, Germany he moved to Innsbruck. From 2007-2009, he works as Medical Director in Clinical Research & Development at CSL Behring Marburg, responsible for congenital and acquired coagulation disorder management.

Dr. Haas was board member of the Medical Association of Tirol, Austria for Emergency Medicine and team member of the study group "Perioperative Coagulation Management (Clotwork)" at the Medical University of Innsbruck. Since 2010 he was board member of the working group on Perioperative Coagulation of the ÖGARI. He has (co) authored over 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His clinical and research interests include perioperative coagulation management, impairment of haemostasis in childhood, basic animal research of pathophysiologic changes in haemostasis, and emergency medicine.

contact information 

E-mail: 
Thorsten [dot] Haasati-med [dot] ac [dot] at
Homepage: 

http://www2.i-med.ac.at/anaesthesie/

Address: 

Anichstrasse 35 A-6020 Innsbruck

Recent publications

Sabine Heil

OA Dr. DEAA
Anästhesie, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna

Educational background
1970-74 Primary school – Vienna
1974-82 Secondary school Natural Sciences - Vienna
1982-91 Medical Studies – University of Vienna
1997 Ius practicandi for medical practitioner – Wilhelminenspital (WIL)
1997 Emergency doctor certificate – Austrian medical association
2000 Medical specialist for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine – WIL
2002 European Diploma in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology


2007- Senior physician for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine – WIL

Fields of expertise
Intensive Care Medicine, Blood coagulation

Participation in working groups
Since 2007 „Working group on Perioperative Coagulation” of the ÖGARI – Austrian association for Anaesthesiology, Reanimation and Intensive Care Medicine – elected member
2007-08 „Working group on Anaesthesiology & Coagulation” WIL – Establishment and leadership
Since 2008 „Working group on Coagulation“ WIL – Establishment and leadership Presentations
Since 2004 Regional, national and international – Focus on blood coagulation Publications
„Modifizierte Thrombelastographie - Perioperatives Gerinnungsmanagement in Blutungssituationen“ 2007 Klinik.
„Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II with thrombosis in an intensive care patient. Therapy management using the direct thrombin inhibitor argatroban “ 2009 Anaesthesist.
Recommendations of the working group on Perioperative Coagulation of the ÖGARI,

www.oegari.at;
since 2007

Miscellaneous
2004 Clinical implementation of the Thrombelastometry (ROTEM) – WIL
2008 Clinical implementation of the Guidelines for Preoperative Coagulation Diagnostics – ÖGARI Task Force „Preoperative Evaluation“ – WIL

contact information 

E-mail: 
sabine [dot] heilatwienkav [dot] at
Homepage: 

http://www.anaesthesie-wilhelminenspital.at/default.asp?iId=JKMGF

Address: 

Petra Innerhofer

Univ.-Doz. Dr.
Head of Anesthesiology for the Department of Pediatrics, Orthopedics, MRI and Plastic Surgery

Education
1975 - 1981                    Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria:
                                          Studied Human Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine
December 19, 1981      Doctoral degree


                                          (Dr. med. univ., Doctor Medicinae Universae) in Human Medicine received from Innsbruck University.
 
Professional Career
1983 - 1986                    Innsbruck University Hospital: Medical rotation
1986 - 1990                    Innsbruck University Hospital: Residency in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
1990                                 Emergency Physician Diploma
February 15, 1990         Specialization in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine recognized by the Austrian Medical
                                          Association
February 1, 1993           Innsbruck University Hospital: Assistant Head of Anesthesiology for
                                          the Department of Pediatrics, Orthopedics and MRI
1993/94                           University of Innsbruck and Training Center West, Innsbruck, Austria:
                                          International University Course in Hospital Management
1997 and 1998              Trained in transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in Innsbruck
October 4, 2002             Innsbruck Medical University: Venia docendi granted in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
                                          (Venia docendi thesis: „Immunological Side-Effects of Allogeneic and Autologous Blood
                                          Transfusions“)
November 1, 2005        Head of Anesthesiology for the Department of Pediatrics, Orthopedics, MRI and Plastic Surgery
 
Research Concentrations
1. Perioperative transfusion therapy
2. Regional anesthesia in pediatric anesthesiology
3. Volume therapy, management of massive blood loss
4. Perioperative coagulation management, traveler's thrombosis
 
Memberships in professional Organizations
Austrian Society for Anesthesiological and General Intensive Care Medicine (ÖGAAIM)
Austrian Study Group for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine in Childhood (AIKI)
Austrian Society for Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine (ÖGARI, member of the Study Group for Perioperative Coagulation)
Austrian Society for Autologous Blood Transfusion
Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives (NATA)
Head of the Innsbruck Research Group “Perioperative Coagulation Management”
German and International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (GTH, ISTH)
European Society of Anaesthesiologists (ESA)

Date and Place of Birth:        March 3, 1957, Innsbruck, Austria
Nationality:                               Austrian
Marital Status:                         Married

 

contact information 

E-mail: 
Petra [dot] Innerhoferati-med [dot] ac [dot] at
Phone: 
+43 512 504 80407
Address: 
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University , Innsbruck , Austria

Recent publications

Paer I. Johansson

Dr.
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Capital Region, Denmark
Head of Haemostasis Research Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Member of NATA Scientific Board

Education 1985-1991 Medical School, University of Lund, Sweden 1994-1998 Resident in Anaesthesiology, Denmark and Sweden 1999.2004 Resident in Clinical Immunology, Denmark 2002-2004 Master of Public Administration, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Scientific positions 1998-1999 Consultant in Anaesthesiology, Sweden 2004.2006 Consultant in Clinical Immunology, Denmark 2006.2007 Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, Blood bank, Rigshospitalet, Denmark 2002- Head of Haemostasis Research Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Denmark 2008- Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Capital Region, Denmark 2010- Member of NATA Scientific Board

Bibliography Peer-reviewed papers: 51 Abstracts and proceedings: 55 Invited lectures: 48 Book chapters: 3 Book chapters in teaching books: 2

Invited lectures (sel.) Euroanaesthesia 2004, 2008; ICCVA 2006; ISBT 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010; ISICEM 2006; BBTS 2008; AAGBI 2007, 2008, 2009; EICBT 2008; ITC 2009; ISCB 2009; NATA 2010.

Invited reviewer Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Transfusion, Anesthesiology, ACTA Anaesthesiol Scandinavia, Vox Sang, Intensive Care Medicine, Transfusion Medicine, Thrombosis Journal, European Journal of Applied Physiology

contact information 

E-mail: 
per [dot] johanssonatrh [dot] regionh [dot] dk
Phone: 
+4535452030
Address: 

Capital Region Blood Bank, Rigshospitalet Blegdamsvej 9 DK 2100 Copenhagen Denmark

Sybille Kozek-Langenecker

Prim. Ao.Univ.Prof. Dr.
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Vienna, Vienna Austria

After completing her medical studies at the University of Vienna in 1991, she was trained at the Department of Anaesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Management at the Vienna Medical University, Austria. She became Professor in Anaesthesiology in 2000 and Chairwoman of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at the Evangelic Hospital Vienna, Austria in 2008. Dr.

Kozek-Langenecker is president elect of the Austrian Society of Anaesthesiology (ÖGARI), member of the Austrian Task Force on Perioperative Bleeding Management of the ÖGARI, and chairperson of Subcommittee 6, Transfusion & Haemostasis, of the European Society of Anaesthesiologists (ESA). Her major research interests are perioperative bleeding management and postoperative pain. In 2009 she launched an innovative multi-media e-learning platform
www.perioperativebleeding.org
including modules with European CME accreditation. Dr. Kozek-Langenecker wrote more than 90 articles and 30 chapters in national and international textbooks. She is currently member of the editorial board for Anesthesiology Research & Practice, Section Transfusion and AINS.

contact information 

Homepage: 

www.perioperativebleeding.org

Address: 

Wenjun Zhou Martini

Ph.D.
Tenure Research Physiologist, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research

EDUCATION
1984, Chemical Engineering, B.S. -Zhejiang Institute of Technology, Hangzhou, China
1987, Chemical Engineering, M.S. -Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
1998, Nutrition and Physiology, Ph.D. -University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA

ORGANIZATION
American Physiological Society and SHOCK Society

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1/2003- Present Research Physiologist, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Ft. Sam Houston, TX 78234
6/2001-1/2003 Post-doc fellow, Dept. of Physiology and Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44122
1/1999-5/2001 Post-doc fellow, Metabolism unit, Shriners Burns Hospital, Galveston, TX 77550
1/1995-12/1998 Graduate student, the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555

HONORS
1. Graduate student Research Award from American Society for Nutritional Science, in recognition of an outstanding paper of Original Research, 1998.
2. The Caroline tum Sudden/ Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award from the American Physiology Society for research in “Lung Surfactant Kinetics in Conscious Pigs”, 1998
3. The Caroline tum Sudden/ Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award from the American Physiology Society for research in “Dietary effects on Surfactant Composition and Pulmonary Function”, 1999
4. N.I.H. (HL-007653), Research Fellowship
5. Invited speaker of “Alterations in Coagulation Process Induced by Acidosis, Hypothermia, and Hemorrhage”. Invited speech by the Defense Research and Development of Canada, Toronto, 2003.
6. The Best Manuscript award at the17th annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Jan 2004.
7. Invited moderator of Scientific Session III & IV Alexander Competition at 18th annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Jan 2005.
8. The Best Manuscript award at the19th annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Jan 2006.
9. Invited moderator of Scientific Session III & IV Alexander Competition at 20th annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Jan 2007.
10. Invited Chair of Coagulation Management session at the 3rd International Coagulation Course- Management of peri-opreative bleeding complications, Vienna, Austria, April 11-12, 2008
11. Invited plenary speaker at the Plenary session of “Multiple Injury and Coagulation” at the International SHOCK Congress, Cologne, Germany, 28 June – 2 July, 2008
12. Invited speaker at the international meeting of “Epidemiology, Mechanisms, Diagnosis and treatment of early coagulopathy following traumatic injury: Current state of Art”, Chicago, USA, 11-13-July, 2008.
13. Invited moderator at the 8th World Congress on Trauma, Shock, Inflammation, and Sepsis 2010, March 9-13, Munich, Germany.
14. Invited speaker at the session of “Coagulation Function and Resuscitation after Hemorrhage” at the 8th World Congress on Trauma, Shock, Inflammation, and Sepsis 2010, March 9-13, Munich, Germany.
15. Invited discussant of the Trans-Agency Coagulopathy in Trauma workshop by National Institute of Health, April 5-6, 2010, Bethesda, MD.
16. Editorial consultant for American College of Physicians, Physician’s Information and Education Resources, since 2008 to present.

PUBLICATIONS
1) Review articles:
1. Martini WZ. Fibrinogen and Trauma. Review article, MEDIMOND International Proceedings, 2008; 1-5.
2. Martini WZ. Coagulopathy by hypothermia and acidosis: Mechanisms of thrombin generation and fibrinogen availability. Review Article. J Trauma 2009 July, 67(1):202-8; discussion and editorial 208-9.
3. Martini WZ. Fibrinogen metabolic responses to trauma. Review Article. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2009 Jan 13; 17(1):2-7.
4. Dietmar F and Martini WZ. The role of fibrinogen in trauma induced coagulopathy. Review article, British Journal of Anaesthesia 2010, in press.

2) Original papers:
5. Martini WZ, Chinkes DL, Barrow RE, Murphey ED, and Wolfe RR. Lung Surfactant Kinetics in Conscious Pigs. Am J of Physiol. 277: E187-95, 1999.
6. Martini WZ, Irtun O, Chinkes DL, Barrow RE, and Wolfe RR. Glucose effects on lung surfactant kinetics in conscious pigs. Am. J. Physiol. 279:E920-926, 2000.
7. Wolfe RR and Martini WZ. Changes in intermediary metabolism in severe surgical illness. World Journal of Surgery. 24:639-647, 2000.
8. Martini WZ, Irtun O, Chinkes DL, Barrow RE, and Wolfe RR. Surfactant phosphatidylcholine in thermally injured pigs. Critical Care Medicine. 29:1417-1422, 2001.
9. Irtun O, Martini WZ, Ozkan O, and Wolfe RR. Caval backflow – a potential problem during blood sampling from the hepatic vein. Metabolism. 50:189-193, 2001.
10. Martini WZ, Irtun O, Chinkes DL, Rasmussen B, Traber DL, and Wolfe RR. Alteration of Hepatic Fatty acid Metabolism after burn injury in Pigs. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 25:310-316, 2001.
11. Wolfe RR, Martini WZ, Irtun O, Hawkins HK, and Barrow RE. Dietary fat composition alters pulmonary function in pigs. Nutrition. 18:647-653, 2002.
12. Kasumov T, Martini WZ, Reszko AE, Bian F, Piece BA, David F, Roe CR, and Brunengraber H. Assay of the concentration and 13C isotopic enrichment of propionyl-CoA, methylmalonyl-CoA, and Succinyl-CoA by Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Biochemistry. 305:90-96, 2002.
13. Martini WZ, Stanley WC, Huang H, Rosier CD, Hoppel CL, and Brunengraber H. Quantitative assessment of anaplerosis of propionate in pig heart in vivo. AJP, 284: E351-356, 2003.
14. Martini WZ, Chinkes DL, and Wolfe RR. Quantification of DNA synthesis from different pathways in cultured fibroblasts and myocytes. Metabolism 2004, 53:128-133.
15. Martini WZ, Chinkes DL, and Wolfe RR. The intracellular free amino acid pool represents precursor enrichment for protein synthesis in cultured fibroblasts and myocytes. Journal of Nutrition. 2004, 134: 1546-1550.
16. Zhang, XJ, Chinkes DL, Wu Z, Martini WZ, and Wolfe RR. Measurements of DNA and protein metabolism in intact skin. Journal of Nutrition. 2004, 134: 2401-2406.
17. Chandler MP, Kerner J, Huang H, Vasquez E, Reszko A, Martini WZ, Brunengraber H, Hoppel CL, Imai M, Rastogi S, Sabbah HN, and Stanley WC. Moderate Severity Heart Failure Does Not Involve a Down-Regulation of Myocardial Fatty Acid Oxidation. AJP: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2004, 287:H1538-1543.
18. Martini WZ, Pusateri AE, Uscilowicz JM, Delgado AV, and Holcomb JB. Independent Contributions of Hypothermia and acidosis to Coagulopathy in Swine. Journal of Trauma. 2005, 58:1002-1010.
19. Martini WZ, Chinkes DL, Pusateri AE, Holcomb JB, Yu YM, Zhang XJ, and Wolfe RR. Acute Changes in Fibrinogen Metabolism and Coagulation after Hemorrhage in Pigs. Am J of Physiol 2005, 289: E930-934.
20. Okere IC, McElfresh TA, Brunengraber DZ, Martini WZ, Sterk J, Huang H, Chandler MP, Brunengraber H, and Stanley WC. Differential effects of heptanoate and hexanoate on myocardial citric acid cycle intermediates following ischemia/reperfusion. J Appl Physiol 2005 Sep 1 (Epub ahead of print)
21. Martini WZ, Dubick MA, Pusateri AE, Park MS, Ryan KL, Holcomb JB. Does bicarbonate correct coagulation function impaired by acidosis in swine? J Trauma 2006, 61:99-106.
22. Martini WZ, Chinkes DL, Sondeen J, and Dubick MA. Effects of hemorrhage and Lactated Ringer’s resuscitation on coagulation and fibrinogen metabolism in swine. SHOCK 2006, 26:396-401.
23. Martini WZ. Effects of hypothermia on fibrinogen metabolism and coagulation function. Metabolism 2007, 56:214-221.
24. Martini WZ, Dubick MA, Wade CE, and Holcomb JB. Evaluation of tris-hydroxymethylaminomethane (THAM) on reversing coagulation abnormalities caused by acidosis in pigs. Crit Care Med. 2007, June, 35 (6): 1568-74.
25. Martini WZ and Holcomb JB. Acidosis and coagulopathy: the differential effects on fibrinogen synthesis and degradation in pigs. Ann Surg. 2007, Nov; 246:831-835.
26. Stinger HK, Spinella PC, Perkins JG, Grathwohl KW, Salinas J, Martini WZ, Hess JR, Dubick MA, Simon CD, Beekley AC, Wolf SE, Wade CE, Holcomb JB. The ratio of fibrinogen to red cells transfused affects survival in casualties receiving massive transfusions at an army combat support hospital. J Trauma. 2008 Feb; 64(2 Suppl):S79-S85. Discussion S 85.
27. Park MS, Salinas J, Wade CE, Wang JJ, Martini WZ, Pusateri AE, Merrill GA, Chung KK, Wolf SE, Holcomb JB. Combining Early Coagulation and Inflammatory Status Improves Prediction of Mortality in Burned and Nonburned Trauma Patients. J Trauma. 2008 Feb;64(2 Suppl):S188-S194.
28. Martini WZ, Cortez DS, Dubick MA, Park MS, Holcomb JB TEG is Better than PT, aPTT and ACT in Detecting Clinically Relevant Clotting Abnormalities after Hypothermia, Hemorrhagic Shock and Resuscitation in Pigs. J Trauma, 2008;65:535-543.
29. Park MS, Martini WZ, Dubick MA, Salinas J, Butenas S, Kheirabadi BS, Pusateri AE, Wang JJ, Wolf SE, Mann KG, Holcomb JB. Thromboelastography is superior to PT/PTT for the assessment of hypercoagulability and fibrinolysis after injury in burned vs. trauma patients. J Trauma. 2009 Aug, 67:266-75; discussion 275-6.
30. Martini WZ, Wolf SE, Chinkes DL, Chung KK, Dubick MA, Blackbourne L, Yu YM. Enhanced albumin synthesis in severely burned adults. SHOCK, 2010, Feb [Epub ahead of print]

contact information 

E-mail: 
wenjun [dot] martiniatamedd [dot] army [dot] mil
Phone: 
(210) 916-4573
Address: 

U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
3400 Rawley E. Chambers
ISR Building. 3611
Ft. Sam Houston, TX 78234

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