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Bachelor of Arts: University of Pennsylvania

MD: University of Pittsburgh

General Surgery Residency: University of Pittsburgh

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh

Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators: 2024

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Keynote Speaker, Gold Humanism Honor Society Pinning Ceremony: 2024

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Surgical Education Research Fellowship (SERF)Scholar:  4/2024-5/2025

Association for Surgical Education

Clerkship Preceptor of the Year Award: 2019, 2022, 2024

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Lifetime Achievement Award, Laurel Highlands Senior High School Hall of Fame: 2014

Uniontown, PA

Surgical Infection Society Fellowship Award: 1998

First Prize, American College of Surgeons Regional: 1998

Committee on Trauma Paper Competition

Second Prize, American College of Surgeons Regional: 1998

Committee on Trauma Paper Competition

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society: 1994

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Stephen Behan Prize in Surgery: 1994

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Academic advising

Trauma/ acute care surgery

Surgical critical care

Original Peer-Reviewed Articles:

1. Ramos-Jimenez RG, Deeb AP, Truong EI, Newhouse D, Narayanan S, Alarcon L, Bauza GM, Brown JB, Forsythe R, Leeper C, Mohan D, Neal MD, Puyana JC, Rosengart MR, Schuchert VD, Sperry JL, Watson G, Zuckerbraun B, Marsh JW, Humar A, Geller DA, Billiar TR, Peitzman AB, Tevar AD. High-grade liver injury: outcomes with a trauma surgery-liver surgery collaborative approach. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2025;10: e001611.doi:10.1136/tsaco-2024-001611.

2. Peitzman AB, Forsythe R, Rosengart M, Schuchert V, Zuckerbraun BS. 2019 Oriens Lecture: The yin and yang of life as a surgeon. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 July;87(1): 254-258.

3. Kutcher ME, Sperry JL, Rosengart MR, Mohan D, Hoffman MK, Neal MD, Alarcon LH, Watson GA, Puyana JC, Bauza GM, Schuchert VD, Fombona A, Zhou T, Zolin SJ, Becher RD, Billiar TR, Forsythe RM, Zuckerbraun BS, Peitzman AB. Surgical rescue: The next pillar of acute care surgery. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Feb;82(2):280-286.

4. Peitzman AB, Sperry JL, Kutcher ME, Zuckerbraun BS, Forsythe RM, Billiar TR, Alarcon L, Rosengart MR, Mohan D, Watson G, Puyana JC, Bauza G, Schuchert VD, Neal MD. Redefining acute care surgery: Surgical rescue. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Aug;79(2):327.

5. Bansal V, Wu EC, Compton C, Forsythe RM, Schuchert VD, Harbrecht BG, Dillavou ED. Successful endovascular repair of a ruptured aortic pseudoaneurysm after swallowing sulfuric acid. J Trauma. 2008 Aug:65(2):470-2.

6. Bansal V, Schuchert VD. Jaundice in the intensive care unit. Surg Clin North Am. 2006 Dec;86(6):1495-502.

7. Harbrecht BG, Zenati MS, Alarcon LH, Ochoa JB, Puyana JC, Schuchert VD, Peitzman AB. Is outcome after blunt splenic injury in adults better in high-volume trauma centers? Am Surg. 2005 Nov;71(11):942-8; discussion 948-

8. Carty SE, Colson YL, Garvey LS, Schuchert VD, Schwentker A, Tzeng E, Corcoran NA, Simmons RL, Webster MW, Billiar TR. Maternity policy and practice during surgery residency: how we do it. Surgery. 2002 Oct;132(4):682-7; discussion 687-9.

9. Schuchert VD, Baust JJ, Gallo DJ, Zenati MS, Peitzman AB, Billiar TR, Harbrecht BG. Mice deficient in eNOS have normal blood pressure response to resuscitation but increased early mortality following hemorrhagic shock. Surgical Forum. 2000;51.

Other Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Schuchert VD. ECG library. Crit Care. 2006 Oct;10(1):305.

Book Chapters:

1. Khan S, Schuchert V, Zuckerbraun B. Inflammatory Conditions of the Small and Large Intestines. In: Britt LD, Peitzman A, Barie P, Jurkovich G, eds. Acute Care Surgery, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2019.

2. Schuchert M, Schuchert V, Zuckerbraun B. Inflammatory Conditions of the Gastrointestinal Tract. In: Britt LD, Peitzman A, Barie P, Jurkovich G, eds. Acute Care Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2012.

3. Whelan S, Schuchert V, Zuckerbraun B. Inflammatory Diseases of the Intestines. In: Peitzman AB, Rhodes M, Schwab CW, Yealy DM, Fabian TC, eds. The trauma manual: trauma and acute care surgery, 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2012: 643-656.

4. Coello MC, Schuchert VD. Incarcerated Hernias. In: Peitzman AB, Rhodes M, Schwab CW, Yealy DM, Fabian TC, eds. The trauma manual: trauma and acute care surgery, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008: 691-700.

5. Schuchert VD, Peitzman AB. Abdominal Trauma. In: Fink MP, Abraham E, Vincent JL, Kochanek P, eds. Textbook of critical care, 5th ed. Elsevier, 2005.

6. Schuchert VD, Billiar TR. Inflammation. In: Greenfield LJ, Mulholland MW, Oldham KT, Zelenock GB, Lillemoe KD, eds. Surgery: scientific principles and practice, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001: 134-178.

Published Abstracts:

1. VD Schuchert, JJ Baust, DJ Gallo, TR Billiar, BG Harbrecht. The absence of eNOS increases mortality after hemorrhagic shock. Shock 13 (Suppl 2): 66, 2000.

2. EP Nadler, VD Schuchert, S Alber, HR Ford. Inducible nitric oxide synthase is required for enterocyte apoptosis after hemorrhagic shock. Shock 13 (Suppl 2): 43, 2000.

3. BG Harbrecht, VD Schuchert, RF Frye, TR Billiar, AB Peitzman, RA Branch. Hemorrhagic shock decreases hepatic cytochrome P450 expression. Shock 13 (Suppl 2): 43, 2000.

4. VD Schuchert, DJ Gallo, JJ Baust, AB Peitzman, TR Billiar, BG Harbrecht. NOX improves cardiac output after hemorrhagic shock. J Trauma 49 (6): 1172, 2000.

5. V Schuchert, J Baust, A Peitzman, T Billiar, B Harbrecht. Absence of iNOS impairs hepatic perfusion in resuscitated hemorrhagic shock. FASEB J 13 (5): A757; March 15, 1999.

6. VD Schuchert, JJ Baust, AB Peitzman, TR Billiar, BG Harbrecht. eNOS does not regulate hepatic perfusion in hemorrhagic shock. J Surg Res 86: 303- 304, 1999.

7. VD. Schuchert, MR Kibbe, SL Gleixner, TR Billiar, BG Harbrecht, SC Muluk. Inducible nitric oxide synthase upregulates tissue factor in trauma and shock. Crit Care Med 27 (12 Suppl): A24, 1999.

Abstracts:

1. A Althans, B Hashimi, S Rosas, M Hulme, M Rosengart, VD Schuchert, S Myers. Exploring barriers to giving and receiving quality feedback on the surgery clerkship: a group concept mapping approach. Poster presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Oct. 24, 2023.

2. V Humphrey, J Steiman, V Schuchert. “Check out” those skills! Resolving the need for increased suturing and surgical knot tying practice for medical students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Poster presented at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academy of Master Educators Fifth Annual Med Ed Day, Sep. 18, 2020.