Dr. Juan C. Duchesne joined the full-time faculty in December of 2024 as a Professor of Surgery at University of Mississippi Medical Center as Trauma Medical Director and Chief of Trauma at the only level one for the state. Prior to joining the UMMC faculty he was a professor at Tulane, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Tulane, the Graduate Medical Education Director of the Shock Trauma Program at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, Louisiana. He joined North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond Louisiana in June of 2013, and was a member of Tulane's Department of Surgery faculty since December 2006. He received his undergraduate education at the University of Puerto Rico (Humacao, Puerto Rico) and his Medical Degree from Ponce School of Medicine (Ponce, Puerto Rico). Dr. Duchesne completed his general surgery residency and fellowship training at the Louisiana State University Health Science Center (New Orleans, LA). Following his fellowship training in 2005, Dr. Duchesne was Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery/Trauma/Critical Care at The University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson, MS). While there, he received the Outstanding Clinical Research Achievement Award. He currently serves as Chair of the Committee of Trauma for the Louisiana chapter with the American College of Surgeons and Critical Care Chair for Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA) to provide overall strategic guidance to the organization. He and is the co-founder of the International Damage Control Resuscitation (DCR) Society and has presented his research results at national and international trauma and critical care surgical conferences. Dr. Duchesne is well published, with over 250 publications and more than 150 national and international guest speaker invitations.