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of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in in critically ill patients requiring transfusion. Dr. Spinella also
St. Louis. As director, he leads his own blood research pro- is a consultant for the U.S. Army Blood Research Program
gram, which focuses on improving outcomes for critically ill and the Norwegian Navy Blood Research Program. His pas-
patients requiring bold transfusions and improving methods sion for improving outcomes for critically ill patients requiring
to monitor shock and coagulopathy. Duties also include su- transfusion stems from his 12-year active duty career in the
pervising and mentoring other investigators participating in U.S. Army Medical Corps. His 1-year deployment to Baghdad,
pediatric critical care translational research and managing the Iraq, in 2004–2005 led to extensive experience with traumatic
numerous multicenter trials within the program. Dr. Spinella is hemorrhagic shock and many publications that have trans-
a well-established investigator who has received over $20 mil- formed the practice of resuscitation of the critically ill. For
lion in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense and the his contributions, he was awarded the Bronze Star and the
National Institutes of Health. He also leads two large interna- U.S. Army’s Best Invention Award in 2007 for his part in the
tional research networks: the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Re- development of the concept of damage control resuscitation.
search Network (Blood Net) and the Trauma Hemostasis and He separated from the U.S. Army at the rank of Lieutenant
Oxygenation Research (THOR) Network. Both are very pro- Colonel and was also awarded the Combat Medic Badge for
ductive and successful networks that aim to improve outcomes providing care under fire.

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