Kevin W. Lobdell

Dr. Lobdell is board certified in thoracic surgery and has special qualifications in surgical critical care. His research interests include risk models, assessment, and mitigation strategies, telemedicine and digital health, acute kidney injury, goal-directed therapy, metabolic response to injury and sepsis, early extubation, effects of BMI on CV outcomes, euglycemia, and aortic dissection. He has authored > 80 peer-reviewed articles and chapters on quality, safety, and various clinical subjects and presented > 170 times at regional, national, and international forums. He led the Perfect Care initiative (a $1.11 million grant from the Duke Endowment) and is a reviewer and editor for various journals and societies.

Dr. Lobdell was Chair of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Workforce on Research Development and on the Council on Quality, Research, and Patient Safety and continues to serve on various boards and leadership of various professional societies, to include the research committee for the Thoracic Surgery Foundation and as a Section Editor of SESATS for the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Lobdell also serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserves.