Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Adjunct Professor
Primary Appointment:
Surgery
Additional Title:
Adjunct Volunteer
Education and Training
EDUCATION:
1965 B.A. Hunter College (City University of New York); Bronx, NY
1969 M.D. State University of New York (SUNY)
Downstate Medical Center; Brooklyn, New York
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION:
Internship - Surgery
1969-1970 Metropolitan Hospital Center/Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital
New York Medical College; New York, NY
Residency - General Surgery
- Junior years: Lenox Hill Hospital; New York, NY 10021
1972-1974 Senior & Chief Resident years: Beth Israel Medical Center; NY, NY
Fellowship - Surgery Traumatology
1976-1977 Shock Trauma Center, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medicine,
University of Maryland; Baltimore, MD;
Now R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical
Center, Baltimore MD
Additional Post-Graduate Education
1984, Fall EHS: Issues Seminar Emergency Health Services;
University of Maryland; Baltimore, County
1991, Fall Epidemiology & Clinical Research Methods Dept of Epidemiology,
U of MD School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD
Grants and Contracts
Select Grant/Support Funded Research - All Completed
Principal Investigator:
1986-87 Study of Seroprevalence of HIV Infections Among
Shock Trauma Center Patients
Baltimore City Health Department; Baltimore, MD
Funds from office of D. Glasser, MD, MPH
Assays funded: $22,000
1993-1997 Alcohol Abuse/Dependence in Trauma Patients
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
1 RO1 AA09050-01A2
Direct Costs: $480,907
Total Costs: $708,000
- Pilot Study Assessment of Drinking Patterns &
Motivation for Change Among Alcoholic Trauma Patient
Intra-mural Award; Dean's Office, U of MD School of
Medicine
Total Award (02-1-30853): $15,000
- Alcohol Abuse/Dependence in Trauma Patients
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Competitive Renewal: 2 RO1 AA09050-04A2
Direct Costs: $1,683,697
Total Costs: $1,963,245
2002-2003 An Assessment of Crash Culpability Relative to the Use of
Alcohol and Other Drugs by Injured Drivers
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant #04848
Total Costs $99,000
In addition to the highlighted efforts above, Dr. Soderstrom has served as co-investigator on 7 other research efforts including;
1988-1994 Creation of MAARS/Trauma Registry Linkage Database
Maryland Traffic Safety Office
Maryland Department of Transportation
Contract No: 02-4-30907
Direct Costs: $15-43,000/year
This project was spearheaded by Patricia C. Dischinger, PhD epidemiologist and Professor in the University of Maryland School Medicine and senior staff researcher at the University’s National Study Center for Trauma. This effort lead to the creation of the largest clinical toxicology database in the United States (world?) at the University’s R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.