Robert D. Winfield, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Professional Background

Dr. Robert Winfield is the Division Chief of Emergency General Surgery, Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Comprehensive Surgical Care at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Winfield is a graduate of the University of Illinois, where he was an accomplished long-distance runner, and the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, where he earned Alpha Omega Alpha honors as a junior medical student. He completed his general surgery training as well as a two-year NIH-sponsored research fellowship at the University of Florida, during which time he won several research awards. He trained in trauma and surgical critical care at the University of California in San Diego. He has maintained continuous research funding for the entirety of his career, including awards from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the American College of Surgeons, institutional grants, and industry support.

• MD, Medicine, Southern Illinois Univ-Carbndl
• Internship, General Surgery, Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
• Residency, General Surgery, Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
• Post Doctoral Fellowship, Surgical Oncology, (T32 CA106493-02), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
• Residency, General Surgery, Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
• Clinical Fellowship, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California

• Board Certification - Surgery, American Board of Surgery
• Board Certification - Surgical Critical Care, American Board of Surgery
• Kansas Medical License, Kansas Board of Healing Arts

• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Disaster Committee, Member, 2020 - Present
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Inclusion and Diversity Committee, Member, 2020 - Present
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Communications Committee, Member, 2017 - Present
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Member, 2003 - Present

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Research

Overview

Dr. Winfield joined our faculty in 2015. In addition to his ongoing research efforts, Dr. Winfield has been awarded grants to convene multidisciplinary teams focused on addressing the relationships between structural inequality and interpersonal violence. His longstanding mission is to deliver optimal and compassionate care to injured patients, and to advance the field of trauma surgery to determine what is optimal and how best to deliver it.

• Bonne, S, Williams, B., H, Martin, M, Kaafarani, H, Weaver, W., L, Rattan, R, Byers, P., M, Joseph, D., K, Ferrada, P, Joseph, B, Santos, A, Winfield, R., D, DiBrito, S, Bernard, A, Zakrison, T., L. 2019. #EAST4ALL: An introduction to the EAST equity, quality, and inclusion task force.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 87 (1), 225-233
• Winfield, R., D, Parr, A., G, Ang, D., N, Martin, T., D, Chen, M., K, Seagle, M., B, Hochwald, S., N, Reed, A., I, Lottenberg, L. 2008. A case of dual thoracoabdominal impalement in vehicular trauma.. The American surgeon, 74 (8), 757-60
• Winfield, R., D, Parr, A., G, Ang, D., N, Martin, T., D, Chen, M., K, Seagle, M., B, Hochwald, S., N, Reed, A., I, Lottenberg, L. 2008. A case of dual thoracoabdominal impalement in vehicular trauma.. The American surgeon, 74 (8), 757-60
• Neal, M., D, Moore, E., E, Walsh, M, Thomas, S, Callcut, R., A, Kornblith, L., Z, Schreiber, M, Ekeh, A., P, Singer, A., J, Lottenberg, L, Foreman, M, Evans, S, Winfield, R., D, Goodman, M., D, Freeman, C, Milia, D, Saillant, N, Hartmann, J, Achneck, H., E. 2020. A comparison between the TEG 6s and TEG 5000 analyzers to assess coagulation in trauma patients.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 88 (2), 279-285
• Glass, N., E, Kulaylat, A., N, Zheng, F, Glarner, C., E, Economopoulos, K., P, Hamed, O., H, Bittner, 4th, J., G, Sakran, J., V, Winfield, R., D. 2015. A national survey of educational resources utilized by the Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons membership.. American journal of surgery, 209 (1), 59-64
• Veenis, A., C, Halimeh, B., N, Winfield, R., D. 2022. Acute stress disorder in trauma patients discharged in 72 h or less.. Injury, 53 (10), 3186-3190
• Winfield, R., D, Mellnick, V., M, Chamieh, J, Nohra, E, Tan, W., H, Ramirez, R, Raptis, C, Turnbull, I., R, Bochicchio, K, Reese, S, Spinella, P., C, Bochicchio, G., V. 2016. Adipose tissue location and contribution to postinjury hypercoagulability.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 81 (1), 79-85
• Winfield, R., D, Mozingo, D., W, Armstrong, J., H, Hollenbeck, J., I, Richards, W., T, Martin, L., C, Beierle, E., A, Lottenberg, L. 2010. All-terrain vehicle safety in Florida: is legislation really the answer?. The American surgeon, 76 (2), 149-53
• Alvarado, A., R, Udobi, K, Berry, S, Assmann, J, McDonald, T, Winfield, R., D. 2018. An opportunity for improvement in trauma care: 8-week booster vaccination adherence among patients after trauma splenectomy.. Surgery, 163 (2), 415-418
• Winfield, R., D, Southard, R., E, Turnbull, I., R, Bochicchio, K, Reese, S, Freeman, B., D, Bochicchio, G., V. 2015. Angiotensin Inhibition Is Associated with Preservation of T-Cell and Monocyte Function and Decreases Multiple Organ Failure in Obese Trauma Patients.. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 221 (2), 486-94.e4