MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF
Hobart W. Harris, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of General Surgery
M. Margaret Knudson, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor of Surgery
Executive Director, San Francisco Injury Center
for Research and Prevention
Contact Information
Campus Box 0807
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0807
(415) 206-8673 Appointments
(415) 206-4623 Office
(415) 206-5484 Fax
pknudson@sfghsurg.ucsf.edu
Education
- University of Dayton, B.S., 1972
- University of Michigan Medical School, M.D., 1976
Residencies
- Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Intern Surgery, 1976-1977
- Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Resident Surgery, 1977-1979
- University of Michigan Medical School, Resident, Surgery, 1979-1981
- University of Michigan Medical School, Chief Resident, Surgery, 1981-1982
Fellowships
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Fellow, Pediatric Surgery, 1982-1983
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery, 1983
- American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 1988
Clinical Expertise
- Pediatric Trauma Surgery
- Trauma Surgery
- Breast Surgery
- General Surgery
- Ultrasound
Research Interests
- Trauma
- Injury Prevention
- Head Injuries
- Pediatric Trauma
- Resuscitation
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Ultrasound
- Simulation
Website LInks
San Francisco Injury Center
Biography
Dr. Knudson attended medical school and completed her general surgical residency at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Stanford University, she became involved with the development of trauma systems in California, with a special interest in pediatric trauma. After serving as the Associate Trauma Director at Stanford Medical Center, she joined the teaching faculty at the University of California, San Francisco in 1989.
Dr. Knudson is currently a Professor of Surgery at UCSF, and the Principal Investigator of the CDC- funded San Francisco Injury Center. She also serves as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Trauma, a member of the Executive Committee, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Board of Managers, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, on the editorial board of the Journal of Trauma, and as the Chair of the Western Trauma Association's MultiCenter Trials Committee. Her major areas of research include simulation training for medical personnel, the prevention of thromboembolic complications in trauma patients, the use of ultrasound in trauma evaluation, resuscitation following hemorrhagic shock, and injury prevention.
Selected Publications
- Knudson MM, Ikossi DG, Khaw L, Morabito D, Speetzen LS. Thromboembolism after trauma: an analysis of 1602 episodes from the American College of Surgeons National Trauma Data Bank. Ann Surg. 240: 490-6; discussion 496-8,Sep/2004.
- Ikossi DG, Lazar AA, Morabito D, Fildes J, Knudson MM. Profile of mothers at
risk: an analysis of injury and pregnancy loss in 1,195 trauma patients. J Am Coll Surg. 200: 49-56, Jan/2005. - Rozycki GS, Knudson MM, Shackford SR, Dicker R. Surgeon-performed bedside organ assessment with sonography after trauma (BOAST): a pilot study from the WTA Multicenter Group. J Trauma. 59: 1356-64, Dec/2005.
- Ikossi DG, Knudson MM, Morabito DJ, Cohen MJ, Wan JJ, Khaw L, Stewart CJ, Hemphill C, Manley GT. Continuous muscle tissue oxygenation in critically injured patients: a prospective observational study. J Trauma. 61: 780-8; discussion 788-90, Oct/2006.
- Wan JJ, Morabito DJ, Khaw L, Knudson MM, Dicker RA. Mental illness as an independent risk factor for unintentional injury and injury recidivism. J Trauma. 61: 1299-304, Dec/2006.