Barbara A. Latenser , MD
Clara L. Smith Professor of Burn Treatment
Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery
barbara-latenser@uiowa.edu
Office Telephone: 319-356-8940
Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery Clinic
Telephone: 319-356-2902
Medical School:
- University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada
Residency:
- University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada (General Surgery)
Fellowship:
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Trauma)
Certification:
- American Board of Surgery
Societies, Organizations, and Honors:
- American Medical Women's Association
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Association of Women Surgeons
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
- Western Trauma Association
- Pan-American Trauma Association
- American Burn Association
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
- International Association for the Surgery of Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care
- American Association of Tissue Banks
- North American Burn Society
- American Association of University Women
Research Interests
- Abdominal compartment syndrome
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Burn Resuscitation
- International Relief Work
- Burn prevention
Recent Peer-Reviewed Papers:
- Varghese TK, Kim AW, Kowal-Vern A, Latenser BA: Frequency of burn-trauma patients in an urban setting. Archives of Surgery, 138: 1292-1296, December 2003.
- Memmel H, Kowal-Vern A, Latenser BA: Infections in diabetic burn patients. Diabetes Care, 27(1): 229-233, January 2004.
- Emohare O, Kowal-Vern A, Wiley D, Latenser BA: Vacuum-assisted closure(TM) use in calciphylaxis. Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, 25(2): 161-164. March/April 2004.
- Truong AN, Kowal-Vern A, Latenser BA, Wiley DE, Walter RJ: Comparison of Dermal Substitute Efficacy on Wound Contracture in a Nude Mouse Model. www.JournalofBurnsandWounds.com, 96-107. 14 March 2005.
- Kowal-Vern A, Webster SD, Rasmasubban S, Casey L, Bauer KD, Latenser BA, Rubin DB: Circulating Endothelial Cell Levels Correlate with Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Increase in the Acute Phase of Thermal Injury. Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation;26(5):422-429, September/October 2005.
- Loor MM, Vern TZ, Latenser BA, Kowal-Vern A: Trends in Burn Research as Reflected in American Burn Association Presentations 1998-2003. Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation:26(5):397-404, September/October 2005.
- Recent Chapters:
Latenser BA: Shock and Fluid Resuscitation Chapter. Advanced Burn Life Support Course. American Burn Association, Spring 2001. - Kowal-Vern A, Latenser BA: Specimen Collection and Analysis: Burn Wounds. In Walker (Ed) Methods in Molecular Medicine, vol. 78, DiPietro L and Burns A eds: Humana Press, New York, 2003, pp. 241-258.
- Latenser BA: Burns. In Conn's Current Therapy, 58th edition, Rakel RE and Bope ET eds: W. B. Saunders Company, 2006.