Lucy A. Wibbenmeyer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery
lucy-wibbenmeyer@uiowa.edu
Office Telephone: 319-356-3551
Trauma, Burns, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery Clinic
Telephone: 319-356-2902
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
Current Projects:
- Primary investigator in a multiinstitutional FDA sponsored study evaluating the efficacy of erthropoietin in critically ill patients.
- Surveilance of medically treated burn injuries in southern Iowa.
- Primary investigator in a prospective study documenting the incidence of deep venous thrombosis in thermally injured patients.
- Evaluation of the significance of Troponin elevations on cardiac morbidity and mortality in postoperative patients.
- Gasoline related burn injuries
Selected Recent Publications (Recent Papers):
- R M Durham, W B Luchtefeld, L A Wibbenmeyer, P Maxwell, M J Shapiro and J E Mazuski: Evaluation of the thoracic and lumbar spine after blunt abdominal injury. Am J Surg 170:681-684, 1995.
- LA Wibbenmeyer, TP Wade, RC Chen, RC Meyer, RP Turgeon and CH Andrus. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy can disseminate in situ carcinoma of the gallbladder. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 181:504-510, 1995.
- L A Wibbenmeyer, MJA Sharafuddin, MK Wolverson, EV Heiber, TP Wade and JB Shields. Sonographic diagnosis of unsuspected gallbladder cancer: imaging findings in comparison with benign gallbladder conditions. AJR 165:1169-1179, 1995.
- LA Wibbenmeyer, AJ Lechner, CF Munoz and GM Matuschak. Down-regulation of E coli-induced TNF-a expression in perfused rat liver by hypoxia-reoxygenation. Am J Physiol 268:G311-G319, 1995.
- LA Wibbenmeyer, LJ Morgan, BK Robinson, SK Smith, RW Lewis, GP Kealey. Chemical Burn injuries: exposing the dangers of anhydrous ammonia. Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation 20(vol 3): 226-232, May/June, 1999.
- Lucy A. Wibbenmeyer, Marge J. Amelon, Lori J. Morgan, Bonnie K. Robinson, Phyllis X. Chang, Robert Lewis II, G. Patrick Kealey, Predicting survival in an elderly burn patient population. Burns 2001; 27(6):583-590.
- Recent Books and/or Chapters:
LJ Morgan, Wibbenmeyer L, and GP Kealey. Geriatric Trauma. In: SS Cox, WJ Pories, (eds.): Surgical Resident Curriculum. 3rd ed. Arlington VA: Association of Program Directors in Surgery, 1998:23-26. - LA Wibbenmeyer, LJ Morgan, L Webster, and GP Kealey. Geriatric Burns. In: Cox SS, WJ Pories, (eds.), Surgical Resident Curriculum. 3rd ed. Arlington VA: Association of Program Directors in Surgery, 1998, 27-30.
- L Webster III, LA Wibbenmeyer, GP Kealey. Burns. In: SS Cox, (ed): Curriculumm, second edition.