Faculty

Geoffrey M. Silver, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery

Appointments: (708) 216-8563
Office: (708) 327-2682

Clinical Expertise

• Burn surgery
• General surgery
• Trauma surgery

Certification

American Board of Surgery

Residency/Fellowship Training

Fellow, Department of Surgery, Massachussets General Hospital and Shriners Burn Institute
General Surgery - Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
Research Fellow in Surgery - University of Vermont College of Medicine
 

Select Professional Organizations

American Burn Association
Association of Academic Surgery
John H Davis Society
Massachusetts Medical Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine

Select Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Silver's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.

Research Initiatives

• Mechanism of Action of G-CSF in septic models
• Mechanisms of neutrophil sequestration, and emigration during sepsis
• Pathogenesis of the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
• The activation of white blood cells following trauma and burns. Correlation of white blood cell activation to acute lung injury and septic compications after trauma and/or burns
• The use of anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory strategies in sepsis, trauma, and thermal injury