Education

• Fellowship: Surgical Ethics, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
• Fellowship: Acute Care Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
• Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, Barnes Jewish Hospital-Washington University, St Louis, MO
• Residency: General Surgery, Wellspan York Hospital, York, PA
• D.O., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ
• B.S., Biology, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

Areas of Expertise

• Chest Wall Injury
• Surgical Stabilization of Rib and Sternal Fractures
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• Flexible Endoscopy of the Treatment of General Surgical Conditions

Publications

• Fitzgerald CA, Barnes C, Bisgaard EK, et. al. "Primary repair versus resection for American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grades I and II colon injuries: Does the management approach really matter? An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial." The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, (), (2025) . doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004649
• Appelbaum RD, Yorkgitis B, Rosen J, et. al. "Trauma in pregnancy: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma." The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, (), (2025) . doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004661
• Kodadek LM, Cook M, Young J, et. al. "Primary palliative care in acute care surgery: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee and Palliative Care Committee clinical consensus document." Trauma surgery & acute care open, 10(1), (2025) e001616. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001616
• Moverman MA, Puzzitiello RN, Glass EA, et. al. "Implant-Positioning and Patient Factors Associated with Acromial and Scapular Spine Fractures After Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Study by the ASES Complications of RSA Multicenter Research Group." The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 106(15), (2024) 1384-1394. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.01203
• Fedorka CJ, Beck da Silva Etges AP, Best MJ, et. al. "Defining the Cost of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Multicenter, Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing and Cost Optimization Investigation." The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 107(1), (2025) 9-15. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.01351
• Leinweber KA, Bowler AR, Diestel DR, et. al. "Anatomic versus reverse shoulder replacement: Are we asking the right questions and what are the answers?" Journal of hand and microsurgery, 17(3), (2025) 100225. doi: 10.1016/j.jham.2025.100225
• Klein J, Lemma M, Prabhakaran K, et. al. "Robotic versus Laparoscopic Emergency and Acute Care Surgery: Redefining Novelty (RLEARN): feasibility and benefit of robotic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis at a level 1 trauma center." Trauma surgery & acute care open, 9(1), (2024) e001522. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001522

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Memberships and Affiliations

• American College of Surgeons
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• Chest Wall Injury Society
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
• Society of Critical Care Medicine