CURRICULUM VITAE

Elizabeth Franco, M.D., MPH&TM

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address                                    3300 Gallows Road, Trauma Services

                                                  Falls Church, VA 22042

Telephone                                 (703) 776-6376

Fax                                            (703) 776-3242

Email                                        [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021- present                           Associate Professor of Medical Education, University of Virginia School of Medicine

2011-2020                                 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Falls Church, VA

2008-present                            Attending Physician, Acute Care Surgery/Trauma Services, Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA

2006-present                            Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

2006-2007                                 Visiting Instructor, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

2004-2006                                 Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC

2004-2006                                 Attending Physician, General Surgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC

2003-2004                                 Attending Physician, General Surgery Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX

1996-1998                                 Flight Surgeon, 1^st Battalion (Attack) 25^th Aviation Regiment

                                                  25^th Infantry Division (Light), Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii

1995-1996                                 Officer in Charge, Troop Medical Clinic #3 and Brigade Surgeon, 25^th Infantry Division (Light) Artillery, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

EDUCATION

1990-1994                                 M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

1990-1994                                 MPH&TM, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical

                                                  Medicine, New Orleans, LA                

1988-1990                                 Cornell University, The Graduate School, Ithaca, NY

1983-1988                                 B.A., Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY

POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2006-2007                                 Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

2003-2004                                 Surgical Critical Care Fellow, Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX

2000-2003                                 Resident (PGY 3-5), University of Louisville, Department of Surgery, Louisville, KY

1998-2000                                 Resident (PGY 2-3), Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, New Orleans, LA

1994-1995                                 Intern (PGY-1), Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery,           

                                                  New Orleans, LA

CERTIFICATIONS

Surgical Critical Care             American Board of Surgery, 18 Oct 2004, recertification 17 Sep 2015, No. 2113

Surgery                                     American Board of Surgery, 09 Feb 2004, recertification 11Dec 2013, No 48781

MEDICAL LICENSURE

Virginia                                    No. 0101243648, May 2008, Active

Maryland                                 No. D64877, July 2006, Inactive

Kentucky                                  No. 36017, July 2000, Inactive

Louisiana                                 No 022254, July 1995, Inactive

MILITARY SERVICE

2006-2008                                 Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, United States Army Reserves

2003-2006                                 Major, Medical Corps, United States Army

1998-2003                                 Captain, Medical Corps, United States Army Reserve

1995-1998                                 Captain, Medical Corps, United States Army

MILITARY EDUCATION

2005                                          Military Tropical Medicine Course

2005                                          Combat Casualty Care Team Training

2004                                          AMEDD Officer Advanced Course

1996                                          United States Army Flight Surgeon (Primary) Course

1990                                          AMEDD Officer Basic Course                                                                               

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

2012-present                            Fellow, American College of Surgeons

2010-present                            The Hiram C. Polk, Jr., M.D. Surgical Society

2006-present                            The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

2006-2010                                 Candidate Member, Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

2004-2012                                 Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons

HONORS AND AWARDS

2014                                          Excellence in Teaching Award, VCU School of Medicine Inova Campus

Military Awards                      Expert Field Medical Badge

                                                  Flight Surgeon Badge

                                                  Meritorious Service Medal (with Oak Leaf cluster)

                                                  Joint Service Achievement Medal

                                                  National Defense Service Ribbon (2)

                                                  Global War on Terrorism Service Ribbon

                                                  Army Service Ribbon

                                                  Overseas Service Ribbon

1996                                          Distinguished Honor Graduate, United States Army Flight Surgeon Course

1990-94                                     Health Professions Scholarship Program, United States Army                             

1989-90                                     SmithKline Beecham Research Fellowship

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

May – September 2021           Inova Fairfax Medical Center, Interim Chief, Trauma Acute Care Surgery

2017-present                            Northern Virginia Regional EMS Council Performance Improvement and Trauma Committee, Trauma Chair

2017- 2021                                Trauma Bay Committee, Inova Regional Trauma Center, Chair

2017-present                            Emergency Management Committee, Inova Fairfax Hospital

2017-2019                                 Disaster subcommittee, American College of Surgeons VirginiaDepartment of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services

2015- present                           Department of Surgery Quality Improvement/Peer Review Committee, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Chair since 2019

2010-2018                                 Ethics Committee, Inova Fairfax Hospital

2009-2015                                 Adult MSET Committee, Inova Fairfax Hospital

2009-present                            American College of Surgeons District of Columbia Committee on Trauma

2008-present                            Trauma Committee Member, Inova Regional Trauma Center

2006                                          Emergency Management Planning Committee, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

2004-2006                                 Infection Control Committee, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

2003-2004                                 Quality Improvement Committee, Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​2003-2004 ​​​​​​​                                 JCAHO Committee, Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center

TEACHING SERVICE

2003-present                            Supervision of surgical residents and medical students on general surgery service, daily rounds, weekly lectures

2003-present                            Supervision of fellows, residents and 3^rd/4^th-year medical students (USUHS/VCU/UVa) on surgical intensive care unit rotation, daily rounds and weekly lectures

2003- present                           Career advising and mentorship to medical students

2011-2015                                 Surgery Clerkship Director, VCU School of Medicine Inova Campus

1998-present                            Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor

1998-2003                                 Daily resident rounds and supervision of junior surgical residents and 3^rd /4^th-year medical students (Univ. of Louisville /Tulane Univ.) on general surgery rotations

1995-98                                     Supervision of physician assistants and medics (Schofield Barracks Troop Medical Clinic, 25^th Infantry Division (Light))

1988                                          Graduate Teaching Assistant, Animal Physiology Lab, Cornell University

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

1. Henry P, Liu C, Collins DT, Ha N, Franco E. Identification of factors related to an increased in-hospital mortality rate following tracheostomy and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Presented at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2019: San Francisco, CA, October 2019.
2. Meenaghan N, Franco E, Park A, Roth JS. Order of Placement Does Not Change Complication Rates for Patients with Concomitant Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt and Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy. Presented at Digestive Diseases Week (DDW):  San Diego, CA, May 2008.
3. Meenaghan N, Franco E, Roth JS. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in Patients on Antiplatelet Therapy: Are Bleeding Complications Increased? Presented at The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Meeting: Philadelphia, PA, April 2008.
4. Franco E, Park A, Park H, Greenwald B, Turner P, Kavic S, Roth JS. Post-Procedural Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Outcomes At A Single Institution. Presented at Digestive Diseases Week (DDW):  Washington, DC, May 2007.
5. Franco E, Park H, Kavic S, Turner P, Greenwald B, Park A, Roth JS. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: A Safe Technique In Patients Receiving Corticosteroids. Presented at The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Meeting: Las Vegas, NV, April 2007.
6. Franco E, Baskin TW. Assessment of adrenal function in critically ill surgical patients.  Presented at 26^th Annual Gray P. Wratten Army Surgical Symposium: Silver Spring, MD, April 2004.
7. Stassen N, Hoth J, Scott M, Franco E, Tucker J, Richardson JD, Seligson D.  External fixation of pelvic ring fractures: changes over a decade. Presented at Osteosynthese International Congress, September 2003.
8. Franco E, Lynch T, Taylor R. Less aggressive nature of urothelial cell cancer in Lynch II syndrome patients. Presented at American College of Surgeons, Kentucky Chapter Spring Meeting: Louisville, KY, May 2002.
9. Franco E, Lynch T, Taylor R. Behavior of urothelial cancer in Lynch II syndrome patients. Presented at Louisville Surgical Society Annual Resident Symposium: Louisville, KY, April 2002.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Michetti CP, Franco E, Coleman J, Bradford A, Trickey AW. Deep vein thrombosis screening and risk factors in a high-risk trauma population. J Surg Research 2015: 199(2): 545-551.
2. Reines HD, Franco E.  Upper airway obstruction.  SCORE: Surgical Council on Resident Education.  http://www.surgicalcore.org. Published 2015.
3.  Reines HD, Franco E. Tracheostomy.  In: Ashley SW, et al. ACS Surgery.  Hamilton, Ontario: Decker Publishing; 2014. http://www.acssurgery.com.
4. Reines HD, Franco E. Tracheostomy.  In: Ashley SW, et al. ACS Surgery.  Hamilton, Ontario: Decker Publishing; 2010. http://www.acssurgery.com.
5. Reines HD, Franco E.  Upper airway obstruction.  SCORE: Surgical Council on Resident Education.  http://www.surgicalcore.org. Published 2009.

INVITED LECTURES

1. Moderator, 2023 Emergency General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Virtual Symposium, Inova Health System, April 2023.
2.  Panelist, 2022 Emergency General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Virtual Symposium, Inova Health System, April 2022.
3. Ergonomics of Laparoscopy, Join the Future of Surgery Symposium, McLean VA, January 2013.
4. Laparoscopy for Small Bowel Disease, Join the Future of Surgery Symposium, McLean VA, January 2013.

GRAND ROUNDS

1. Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN) Investigation at Inova, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Medical Center, March 2023.
2. Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN) Investigation at Inova, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Medical Center, March 2021.
3. Small bowel obstruction the sun has risen, now what? Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, May 2015.
4. Management of non- traumatic splenic rupture, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, June 2014.
5. Upper GI hemorrhage: A management algorithm, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, February 2013.
6. Treatment and Complications of Acute biliary pancreatitis, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, December 2012.
7. Damage control laparotomy: expanding role beyond trauma, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, March 2012.
8. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: Indications and Outcomes, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, March 2011.
9. Acute Cholecystitis: Surgical management-,timing and approach, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, September  2010.
10. Multidisciplinary approach to exsanguinating pelvic fractures, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, May2009.
11. Evolving minimally invasive techniques in acute care surgery, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, March 2008.
12. Advances in Surgical Critical Care, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, January 2006
13. Ultrasonography in Critical Care, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, April 2005.

GRANTS

1. Principal Investigator, Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. $2,240,243.00. Sept 2022 to Sept 2027.
2. Co-Principal Investigator, Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. $1918894.00. July 2017 to July 2022.
3. Inova Health System’s Faculty grant for “A Comparative Genomic Analysis of Clostridium Difficile in Canine Animal Assisted Therapy.”  $20,000. July 2009.