David J. Dries, MD, MSE
Distinguished Scholar, HealthPartners Institute

About

Academic appointment: John F. Perry Jr. Chair of Trauma Surgery, Professor of Surgery, and Clinical Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota.

Joined the Institute: 1999 – Board of Directors, Institute for Medical Education; 2001 – Board of Directors, HealthPartners Research Foundation.

Education and training: MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine; residency in surgery, Duke University School of Medicine; residency in surgery, University of California-Irvine; fellowship in critical care surgery, University of Chicago-Loyola.

Overview/research interests: Clinical Trials: Critical Care, Trauma, Burns

Current research activities and funding:  Mass Casualty Care Modeling, Radiation Injury.

Publications While At HealthPartners

selected publications

Journal Article
  • Damage control surgery in the era of globalization of health care - military and international outcomes: a systematic review
    Journal of Surgical Research. 2025
  • Does trauma center volume matter? An analysis of trauma center volume on outcome using the TQIP/NTDB database
    Journal of clinical medicine. 2024
  • So you want to do trauma research? A practical guide to creating a research program at your home institution
    Journal of Trauma Nursing. 2024
  • The effects of prehospital TXA on mortality and neurologic outcomes in patients with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage: a subgroup analysis from the prehospital TXA for TBI trial
    The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 2024
  • American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma clinical protocol for management of acute respiratory distress syndrome and severe hypoxemia
    The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 2023
  • Editorial Article
  • ABCs for HEMS (helicopter emergency medical services) [editorial]
    Air Medical Journal.  43. 2024
  • Learning by machines [editorial]
    The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.  92. 2022
  • Burn care: before the burn center [editorial]
    Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine.  28. 2020
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric burns: worth a closer look [editorial]
    Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.  21. 2020
  • Finding best PEEP: a little at a time [editorial]
    Respiratory Care.  65. 2020
  • Chapter
  • Traumatic shock and tissue hypoperfusion: nonsurgical management
    Critical care medicine: principles of diagnosis and management in the adult. 2014
  • Position and the compromised respiratory system
    Annual update in intensive care and emergency medicine. 2012
  • Principles of gas exchange
    Textbook of critical care medicine. 2011
  • Recent concepts in burn resuscitation
    Intensive Care Medicine 2010 Annual Update. 2010
  • Mechanical ventilation
    Surgery: basic science and clinical evidence. 2008
  • Review
  • Brain death/death by neurologic criteria: what you need to know [review]
    The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 2024
  • Editor's note: by the numbers [review]
    Air Medical Journal. 2024
  • Electrolyte disorders: causes, diagnosis, and initial care-part 1 [review]
    Air Medical Journal. 2024
  • Electrolyte disorders: causes, diagnosis, and initial care-part 2 [review]
    Air Medical Journal. 2024
  • Electrolyte disorders: causes, diagnosis, and initial care-part 3 [review]
    Air Medical Journal. 2024
  • Abstract
  • Psychological support strategies in hospitalized burn patients: a quality performance improvement assessment [abstract]
    Journal of burn care & research. 2015
  • How does IAP affect esophageal pressure [abstract]?
    American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2013
  • Fowler's position reduces effusion-caused compressive lung stress and increases functional residual capacity [abstract]
    American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2012
  • Increasing numbers of rib fractures do not worsen outcome: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank [abstract]
    Journal of Surgical Research. 2012
  • Intra-abdominal pressure transmission to the thorax is predominantly at end-inspiration [abstract]
    American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2012
  • presentations

    Presentation
  • Acute respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation; Postoperative management; Ventilation (Skill Station); Integration (Skill Station) [presentations], Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS) Course
  • Acute respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation; Sedation, analgesia, and neuromuscular blockade; Postoperative management; Ventilation (Skill Station) [presentation], Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS) Course
  • Acute surgical abdomen [presentation], International 4th Conference on Acute Care with Regions Hospital
  • Air medical transport protocols [presentation], International Acute Care Conference (2nd)
  • Alternative positive pressure ventilation equipment [presentation], Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 38th Critical Care Congress
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