Titles:
Medical Director, Division of Trauma Surgery
Director of Education, Trauma Surgery
Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery

Degrees:

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR	FIELD
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA	MD	1988-1992	Medicine
Residency:
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA	Resident	1992-2001	Surgery
Fellowship:
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA	Fellow	2001-2002	Surgical Critical Care
Board Certifications:			Year
General Surgery			2002
Surgical Critical Care			2003

Research Grants:

Current Research Interest:
Resuscitation endpoints in trauma
Selective management of solid organ injury
Surgical nutrition

Publications:

Peer-reviewed papers:

• Zamora R, Vodovotz Y, Alarcon L, Betten B, Loughran PA, Aulak KS, Stuehr DJ, Gibson KF, Billiar TR. Nitric oxide from the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) increases the expression of cytochrome P450 2E1 in iNOS-null hepatocytes in the absence of inflammatory stimuli. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2001 Jun 15;390(2):287-94.
• Zamora R, Alarcon L, Vodovotz Y, Betten B, Kim P, Gibson K, Billiar TR. Nitric oxide suppresses the expression of Bcl-2 binding protein BNIP3 in hepatocytes. J Biol Chem. 2001 Dec 14;276(50):46887-95.
• Zamora R, Vodovotz Y, Aulak K, Kim P, Kane J 3rd, Alarcon L, Stuehr D, Billiar T. A DNA microarray study of nitric oxide-induced genes in mouse hepatocytes: implications for hepatic heme oxygenase-1 expression in ischemia/reperfusion. Nitric Oxide. 2002 Nov;7(3):165.
• Sarani B, Alarcon LH. Journal club critique: Effect of reducing interns' work hours on sleep, attentional failures, and serious medical errors in intensive care units. Critical Care. 2005;9:E3.
• Alarcon LH, Fink MP. Is Albumin safe in critically ill patients? What’s new in ACS surgery, online publication January 2005.
  

  Book chapters:

• Alarcon LH: Paracentesis and diagnostic peritoneal lavage, in Fink MP, Abraham E, Vincent JL, Kochanek P (ed): Textbook of Critical Care (5th edition) pp 1841-1844. Elsevier, Philadelphia 2005.
• Alarcon LH, Fink MP: Physiologic monitoring of the surgical patient, in Brunicardi FC, Andersen DK, Billiar TR, Dunn DL, Hunter JG, Pollock RE (ed): Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery (8th edition) pp. 361-378. McGraw Hill, New York 2005.
• Harbrecht BG, Alarcon LH, Peitzman AB,: Management of shock, in Moore EE, Feliciano DV, Mattox KL (ed): Trauma (5th edition), pp 201-226. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
• Alarcon LH, Townsend RN: Peripheral vascular injuries, in Peitzman AB, Rhodes M, Schwab, Yealy DM, Fabian TC (ed): The Trauma Manual (2nd edition) pp 340-351. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 2002.
• Fink MP, Abraham E, Vincent JL, Kochanek P (ed):

  1. Alarcon LH. Rapid diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis by reagent strip (January 10, 2005).

  2. Alarcon LH. The SAFE choice of resuscitation fluid in critically ill patients (January 10, 2005).

  3. Alarcon LH. COX-2 inhibitors and cardiovascular toxicity (January 18, 2005).

  4. Alarcon LH. Haloperidol use is associated with reduced mortality in critically ill patients (January 25, 2005).

  5. Alarcon LH. The impact of blood transfusion on mortality in acute coronary syndromes (February 1, 2005).

Presentations at Major Meetings:

• Non-operative management of penetrating thoraco-abdominal trauma, Panamerican Trauma Society meeting, Lima, Peru, November 6, 2003.