

CURRICULUM VITAE
Robert
H. Demling
MD Degree: Marquette Medical School, 1969 Completed his surgical and research
training at the University of California, San Francisco, in 1974 (Cardiovascular
Research). Since 1976, he has held a variety of academic appointments, beginning
with The University of Wisconsin and the University of California. Clinical
Interests: Burns, Pathophysiology of Post – Traumatic Pulmonary Edema, Prostaglandins
and Other Mediators of Microvascular Injury. He is a past president of the
American Burn Association. He has researched extensively in the field of the
inflammatory and metabolic response from burn injury and on the post burn
wound healing. During his distinguished career, he has published over 200
articles, predominantly in the areas of acute respiratory disease, the catabolic
state, burns and wound healing. Currently he is Professor of Surgery at Harvard
Medical School and Director of the Burn-Trauma Center and Surgical Intensive
Care Unit at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA,USA.