Medical School:
- University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennesse
Residency:
- General Surgery, St Louis University Health Sciences Center, St Louis, Missouri
Fellowship:
- Surgical Intensive Care Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
Certification:
- American Board of Surgery
- American Board of Critical Care Medicine-Surgery
Professional Affiliations:
- 1986 Phi Beta Kappa
- 1986 Phi Kappa Phi
- 1991 Alpha Omega Alpha
- 1998 Society of Critical Care Medicine
- 1998 Association of VA Surgeons
- 1998 American Burn Association
- 1998 Associate Fellow of American Board of Surgery
Research Interests:
- Burn Epidemiology
- Burn Resuscitation
- Burn pain control
Current Projects:
- Principal investigator in single center industry
supported study evaluating the effectiveness of Kerlix
Biocide impregnated gauze in decreasing hospital associated
infections
- Assessment of pain control in burn patients
- Evaluation of environmental burning injuries
- Detection of child abuse by burning
Selected Recent Publications (Recent Papers):
LA Wibbenmeyer, R Danks, L Faucher, M Amelon, BA
Latenser, GP Kealey, LA Herwaldt. Prospective analysis of
nosocomial infection rates, antibiotic use and patterns of
resistance in a burn population. J Burn Care and Research:
27:2, 152-160, 2006.
LA Wibbenmeyer, MA Mitchell, IM Newell, LD Faucher, MJ
Amelon, TO Ruffin, RW Lewis II, BA Latenser, PG Kealey. Effect
of Fish Oil and Arginine-Fortified Diet in Thermally Injured
Patients. J Burn Care and Research: 27:5, 694-702, 2006.
HL Corwin, A Gettinger, TC Fabian, A May, RG Pearl, S Heard,
R An, PJ Bowers, P Burton, MA Klausner, MJ Corwin, for the EPO
Critical care Trials Group. Listed in author appendix L
Wibbenmeyer. Efficacy and Safety of Epoetin Alfa in
Critically Ill Patients. New England Journal of Medicine.
357:10, 965-76, 2007.
J Ballard, L Edelman, J Saffle, R Sheridan, R Kagan, D
Bracco, L Cancio, B Cairns, R Baker, LA Wibbenmeyer, D
Voigt, T Palmieri, D Greenhalgh, N Kemalyan, D Caruso and
participating members of the Multicenter Trials Group, American
Burn Association. Positive fungal cultures in burn patients: a
multicenter review. Presented at the 38th Annual meeting of the
American Burn Association, April 4-7, 2006, Las Vegas Nevada. J
Burn Care and Research. 29:1, 213-221, 2008.
LA Wibbenmeyer, G Kealey, T Young, I Newell, RW Lewis
II, B Miller, C Peek-Asa. A prospective analysis of trash, brush
and grass burning behaviors, J Burn Care and Research. 29:3,
441-445, 2008.
B Burke, RW Lewis II, BA Latenser, J Chung, C Willoughby, GP
Kealey, LA Wibbenmeyer. Methamphetamine-Related Burns in
the Cornbelt, presented at the 39th Annual meeting of the
American Burn Association, March 20-23, 2007, San Diego,
California. J Burn Care and Research: 29:4, 574-579, 2008.
LA Wibbenmeyer, GP Kealey, BA Latenser, D Diekema, I
Williams, S Coffman, P Winokur, J Kroeger, RW Lewis II, L
Herwaldt: Emergence of the USA300 Strain of Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus in a Burn-Trauma Unit. J Burn Care and
Research: 29:5, 790-797, 2008.
GM Brophy, V Sheehan, MJ Shapiro, L Lottenberg, D Scarlata,
P Audhya, for the ASSESS Study Group and Amgen Inc, Listed in
conclusion L Wibbenmeyer. US multicenter, retrospective,
observational study of erythropoiesis-stimulating agent
utilization in anemic, critically ill patients admitted to the
intensive care unit. Clinical Therapeutics: 30:12, 2324-2334.
SM Wells, C Noonan, KM Wells, A Holian, LA Wibbenmeyer.
Effects of Toxic Gases: Methamphetamine Inhalation. J Burn Care
and Research. 30:1, 152-154, 2009.
SN Hayek, LA Wibbenmeyer, LH Kealey, IM Williams, R
Oral, O Onwuameze, TD Light, BA Latenser, RW Lewis II, GP
Kealey, The efficacy of hair and urine toxicology screening on
the detection of child abuse by burning. J Burn Care and
Research. In press.
LA Wibbenmeyer, D
Appelgate, I Williams, TD Light, BA Latenser, RW Lewis II, GP
Kealey, Y Chen, O Onwuameze, L Herwaldt, Effectiveness of
Universal Screening for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus and
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on Admission to a
Burn-Trauma Step-Down Unit. J Burn Care and Research. In press.
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