Robert D. Winfield, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor, Surgery
Division Chief, Acute Care Surgery, SOM-Kansas City
Vice-Chair for Academic Affairs
Professional Background
Dr. Robert Winfield is the Director of Trauma Research and 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.
Education and Training
- 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
Professional Affiliations
- 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
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.