Conference Speakers

Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD, FACS, FABA is an acute care surgeon at MedStar Health. He is the Director of the Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He is also the lead investigator at the Firefighters’ Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory. Dr. Shupp is a Professor of Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Biochemistry, and Molecular & Cellular Biology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Given his regular collaboration with various entities in the Department of Defense and his frequent training of military medical students, residents, and fellows he holds and adjunct Professorship in Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Institutionally.

Dr. Shupp specializes in treating acutely injured patients, trauma to the skin, including electrical and chemical injuries, complex wounds, and other skin disorders that result in skin loss, such as toxic epidermal necrolysis and Stevens-Johnson syndrome. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland and his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dr. Shupp’s research interests include polytrauma, surgical infections, wound healing, biophotonics, burn pathophysiology, host response to injury, coagulopathy, TBI, combined radiation exposure, (endogenous and exogenous) cutaneous desquamating conditions and abnormal wound healing such as hypertrophic scar. His research has resulted in over 185 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Shupp’s research program encompasses all aspects of surgical research (multi-center clinical trials, pre-clinical, translational, and basic science research). His research is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and many corporate and foundation sponsors. Additionally, his laboratory receives generous funding and support from local philanthropic organizations.

Dr. Shupp has been an active member of the American Burn Association participating on, and chairing, committees. He is the co-chair of the Burn Science Advisory Panel and a member of the boar of trustees. He is a member of the Society of University Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, Southern Surgical Association and several other surgeon-scholar organizations.