Stephanie L. Nitzschke, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Associate Surgeon in the Division of Trauma, Burn, and Surgical Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Nitzschke is an associate surgeon in the Division of Trauma, Burn, and Surgical Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she also serves as program director for the general surgery residency. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary’s College at Notre Dame, her master’s from MCP Hahnemann University, and her medical degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. She completed her general surgery residency at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, a burn surgery fellowship at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, and a trauma and critical care fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.
Previously, Dr. Nitzschke was medical director of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Burn Center. Her research focuses on acute resuscitation in shock, triage of elderly trauma patients, and care of patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections.
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