Gordon K. Lindberg, MD
Curriculum Vitae
Office Address
Co-Medical Director, Burn Unit
Department of Surgery
Fort Wayne IN 46802
Phone: 303-***-****
Email:*******@***.***
Home Address
1518 South Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80210
Cell: 303-***-****
Academic Appointments
2/1/17-present Medical Director Burn Unit, St. Joseph Hospital
Fort Wayne Indiana
7/1/2004 – 10/12/16 Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
Division of Gastrointestinal, Tumor and Endocrine Surgery
University of Colorado at Denver
Education
7/1/03 – 6/30/04 University of California - San Diego, San Diego, California
Burn Fellowship
11/1/98 – 6/30/03 Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix Arizona
General Surgery Resident and Chief
7/1/96 – 6/30/98 University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, California Internship and Resident General Surgery
08/1/92 – 05/4/96 University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
Medical Scholars Program, MD
8/1/82 – 7/1/89 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Ph.D. Biochemistry
8/1/75 – 7/1/79 Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science
Professional Activity
7/1/2004-12/1/15 Medical Director of the Colorado Burn Unit, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado
2/1/2015-Present Co-Medical Director Burn St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Wayne IN
Honors and Awards
August 2012 Presidents Hospital Award for Collaboration with Multiple Services
May 2012 Co-investigator CCTSI Grant for novel Technology developing microchip analysis of types of anemia.
January 2008 Partners in Care Hospital Award for Cooperation with Staff/Nurses
June 1996 Granville A. Bennett Award for outstanding contributions to medical school education at University of Illinois, Urbana.
1990 - 1992 NIH Fellowship Training Award – Stanford
Professional Societies
2000 - Present American Burn Association
2004 - Present American College of Surgeons
2009 - 2010 International Association of Pain Control
Committees
2004 – 2015 COMIRB Committee, Univ. CO
2004 - 2015 The UCH Trauma Committee, Univ. CO
2004 - 2015 Critical Care Quality Assurance Committee, Univ. CO
2008 – 2015 University Physicians, Inc. Credentials Committee, Univ. CO
2016-Present Infection Control Committee, St Joseph Hospital, St Joseph Hosp.
Medical Licensure
June 2, 2004 The Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners, License Number 42639 NPI # 189*******
Sept. 30, 2016 Indiana License 01077631A
Certifications
December 2015 Recertification American College of Surgeons November 11, 2015
American Burn Life Support - Certified Instructor of the Provider Course 2004
November, 2003 American College of Surgeons - Board Certified in General Surgery
June, 2004 Certified ACGME credited Burn Fellow
November 2016 ACLS, BLS Certified
January 2017 ATLS
Journal Editor
Journal of Burn Care and Research
Burns
Journal of Wound Care
Research Experience
1989 - 1992 Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University.
Postdoctoral Research, DNA Replication Drosophila.
Bibliography:
Book Chapter:
Chapter 28-Burn in Denver Health Medical Center Handbook of Surgical Critical Care, The Practice and the Evidence. Fredric M. Pieracci, ME, FACS, Ernest Moore E. Moore, MD, FACS. World Scientific Publishing Co., 2015.
Published Articles
1) Matthew J Haferman, Gerard R Barber, Steven C Dreskin and Gordon Lindberg. Fatal case of cephalexin-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports : 2014 2:.
2) San Millán I, Godleski M, Lindberg G. Exercise metabolic dysfunction and recovery in a severe burn patient. Med Sci Sports Exerc.: 44: S45-781. 2012
3) Godleski M, Oeffling O, Bruflat AK, Craig E, Weitzenkamp D, Lindberg G. Treating burn-associated joint contracture: results of an intensive inpatient rehabilitation stretching protocol. J Burn Care Research: 34:420-426, 2013.
4) Godleski M, Holden MS, Luby D, Weitzenkamp D, Boimbo S, Lindberg G. Clinical outcomes from a foam wedge splinting program for axillary contracture prevention in the intensive care unit. J Burn Care Res: 2014 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print]
5) Guinta, D., Lindberg, G. and Rothman-Denes, L.B. (1986) Bacteriophage N4-coded 5’-3’ Exonuclease. Journal of Biochemistry, 261:107**-*****.
6) Lindberg, G., Rist, K., Kunkel, T.A., Sugino, A. and Rothman-Denes, L.B. (1988) Purification and Characterization of Bacteriophage N4-induced DNA Polymerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 263:113**-*****.
7) Lindberg, G., Pearle, M.S. and Rothman-Denes, L.B. (1988) N4 DNA Replication, in DNA Replication and Mutagenesis, pp 130-139. eds. Moses, R.E. and Summers, W.C., American Society for Microbiology, Washington D.C. 2006.
8) Lindberg, G., Kowalczykowski, S.C., Rist, J.K., Sugino, A. and Rothman-Denes, L.B. (1989) Purification and Characterization of Coliphage N4-coded Single Stranded DNA Binding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 264:124***-*****.
National Meeting Abstracts and Presentations
1) Bolus and Continuous Infusion of Antibiotics Achieves Therapeutic Levels Better Than Traditional Dosing In Burn Patients. Poster American Burn Association National Meeting, 4/11/18 Chicago Ill 2018. Gordon Lindberg MD, PhD, Pierre Moine MD, Nicole Paavola PharmD, Ty Kiser PharmD, Doug Fish PharmD, Scott Mueller, PharmD
2) Case Presentation of Scalp Burns from Hair Dye. American Burn Association National Meeting, 4/11/18 Chicago Ill 2018. Dr. Gordon Lindberg MD-PhD
3) Bolus and Continuous Infusion of Antibiotics Achieves Therapeutic Levels of Antibiotics Better Than Traditional Dosing" CME presentation. 38th Annual Conference in Maui, HI, February 14-18, 2016.
4) High Pressure Water Dissection and Xenograft Placement to Indeterminate/Deep Partial Thickness Burns Decreases Length of Hospital Stay and Narcotic Use. 47th American Burn Association Podium Presentation, Chicago Illinois April 23, 2015.
5) Burn & Complex Wound Management Utilizing a Fetal Bovine Acellular Dermal Matrix (PriMatrix) Dinner Symposium Sponsored by TEI Biosciences at the 47th American Burn Association Meeting, Chicago IL April 21, 2015.
6) High Pressure Water Dissection Can Diagnose Indeterminate/Deep Partial Thickness Burns Amenable to Healing with Xenograft. John A. Boswick Burn and Wound Care Symposia; Maui, HI. 2015
7) Burn & Complex Wound Management Utilizing a Fetal Bovine Acellular Dermal Matrix (PriMatrix) John A. Boswick Burn and Wound Care Symposia; Maui, HI. 2015
8) Safety and Efficacy of a Ketamine Protocol for Use during Burn Wound Care N. Townsend, MD, L. Baumgartner, PharmD, R. MacLaren, PharmD, A. Ivashchenko, BA, G. Lindberg, MD, PhD, K. J. Winkelman, RN, BSN, C. Boyle, MSN, RN, CCRN, M. Schurr, MD University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, Lecture at American Burn Association, Boston 2014.
9) Frostbite Treatment with t-PA Preserves Digit Length and Digit Survival. John A. Boswick Burn and Wound Care Symposia; Maui, HI. 2014
10) Davis T, Godleski M, Clyne W, Lindberg G. Examining experiences of support: making meaning in a burn survivor support group. Poster presentation at American Burn Association 2012 annual meeting.
11) Lactate Metabolism and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Burn Patients Western Region Burn Association Meeting, Phoenix AZ, Sept 28, 2013
12) Lactate Metabolism and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Burn Patients. John A. Boswick Burn and Wound Care Symposia; Maui, HI. 2013
13) San Millan, GodleskiM, Lindberg G. Exercise Metabolic Dysfunction and Recovery in a Severe Burn Ptient. Med Sci Sports Exerc.; 44: S781. 2012
14) Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for SJS/TENS Pt’s ABA 43rd Annual Meeting Chicago 2011.
15) Soft Tissue Diseases Treated at a Burn Unit and DRESS Syndrome. John A. Boswick Burn and Wound Care Symposia; Maui, HI. February 22, 2011.
16) Burn Patients are Iron Restricted, Over Produce Hepcidin and Under Produce Erythropoietin. American Burn Association 42nd Annual Meeting; Boston, MA. March 11. 2010.
17) SJS/TENS Chronic Complications. John A. Boswick Burn and Wound Care Symposia; Maui, HI. February 22, 2010.
18) Burn Patients are Iron Restricted and Under Produce Erythropoietin. John A. Boswick Burn and Wound Care Symposia; Maui, HI. February 22, 2010.
19) Burn Patients are Iron Restricted and Under Produce Erythropoietin. North American Burn Conference; Teton Village, WY. January 17, 2010.
20) Erythropoiesis in Burn Patients. Midwestern Region Burn Conference; Bloomington, MN. October 8, 2009.
21) Burn Patients are Iron Restricted. Western Region Burn Conference; Salt Lake City, UT. September 25, 2009
22) Erythropoiesis in burn Patients. John A. Boswick Burn and Wound Care Symposia; Maui, HI. February 16, 2009.
23) Preslaski, Candice; Kiser, Tyree; Fish, Douglas; MacLaren, Robert; Lindberg, Gordon. “918: EVALUATION OF AMIKACIN PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS IN BURN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS”.[Abstract] Critical Care Medicine. 40(12) (Supplement 1):1-328.
24) Lindberg, G., and Lehman, I.R., Cloning the Large Subunits of Drososphila DNA Polymerases Alpha and Delta. Keystone Symposia on DNA Replication and Recombination, January 25-February 1, 1989, Taos, New Mexico. J. Cell. Biol., Sup. 16B, 1992.
25) Baek, N.Y., Lindberg, G., and Rothman-Denes, L.B., Regulation of N4 Late Transcription. Cold Spring Harbor Conference on Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages., August 16-21, 1988, Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
26) Lindberg, G., Sugino, A., Kunkel., Kowalzcykowski, S., Rothman-Denes, L.B., Characterization of the N4-coded DNA Polymerase and Single-stranded DNA Binding Protein, ASM Conference on DNA Replication and Mutagenesis, November 8-12, 1987, Marco Island, Florida.
27) Pearle, M.S., Lindberg, G. and Rothman-Denes, L.B., In Vitro Replication of Bacteriophage N4 DNA. UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology- Mechanisms of DNA Replication and Recombination, March 16-23, 1986, Park City Utah, J. Cell. Biochem., Supplement 10B, 1986.
Select Local Presentations and Lectures
ABLS Lectures at University of Colorado every year for 8 years.
ABLS Lectures at St. Joseph Hospital
Emergency Burn Care, Nappanee IN 5-3-18
Modern Aspects of Burn Care, Columbia City Fire Department, Columbia City IN 2/11/17
Burn Care for MD’s Elkhart IN 11/8/17
Latest in Burn Care, Kosciusko Hospital Kosciusko IN 2/5/18
Latest in Burn Care, Goshen Hospital Goshen IN 3/10/18
Northern RETAC EMS Conference, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO 3/7/13
Combined Burn Care & Grand Rounds Lecture, Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO 3/1/13
Combined Burn Care & Grand Rounds Lecture, Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO 3/1/13
Burn Lecture-Case Studies, EMSAC Conference, Keystone, CO 11/10/12
Burn Lecture (EMS/Fire Audience), Montrose Hospital, Montrose, CO 11/8/12
Burn Lecture (RN/MD/EMS), Montrose Hospital, Montrose, CO 11/9/12
Paramedic Burn Lecture, Aims Community College, Greeley, CO 10/6/12
Flight for Life Burn Lecture, St. Anthony's Hospital, Lakewood, CO 12/17/11
Burn Care Lecture to Paramedic Students, Aims Community College, Greeley, CO 12/1/11
Burn Lecture for EMS/Helicopter/RN-Memorial Star, Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO 11/2/11
Burn Lecture for EMS Dr. Lindberg/Dr. Clyne, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO 10/28/11
Surgical Technologist Lecture, Via Streaming Web, Littleton, CO 9/10/11
Burn Lecture for Fire Fighters, Littleton Fire Station #12, Littleton, CO 7/18/11
Burn Lecture for Fire Fighters, Littleton Fire Station #12, Littleton, CO, 7/28/11
Burn Lecture for Fire Fighters, Littleton Fire Station #12, Littleton, CO 7/7/11
Burn Care Lecture for RNs/Fire/EMS, St. Anthony's North Hospital, Westminster, CO 6/30/11
Burn Lecture for EMS/Fire, Platte Valley EMS, Brighton, CO 6/7/11
Burn Lecture for EMS/Fire at Plains to Peaks Conference, Limon High School, Limon, CO 5/7/11
Burn Lecture for Paramedic Students, Aims Community College, Greeley, CO 4/5/11
Burn Care Lecture to Paramedic Students, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO 1/27/11
Burn Care Lecture for Trauma Conference, DoubleTree Hotel, Grand Junction, CO 1/28/11
Boulder Pridemark Trauma Conference, Fire Training Center, Boulder, CO 1/22/11
Burn Care Lecture for RNs/Fire/EMS, Durango Trauma Conference, Durango, CO 10/22/10
Burn Lecture for Xcel Linemen, Boulder Xcel Energy, Boulder, CO 6/23/10
Burn Care Lecture for RNs/Fire/EMS, Flight For Life Conference, Divide, CO 4/17/10
C-RING Burn Care/Treatment Lecture (50 attendees), Wilshire Inn, Denver, CO 4/8/10
Burn Care lecture for RNs/MDs/Fire/EMS (~40 attendees), Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO 1/28/10
Burn Care lecture for RNs/MDs/Fire/EMS (16 attendees), Swedish Hospital, Englewood, CO 1/28/10
Burn Care Lecture for Aurora Fire Department (42 attendees), University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO 1/22/10
Stabilizing and Transfer of the Acute Burn Patient. Penrose-St. Francis Health Services; Colorado Springs, CO. January 5, 2009.
Paramedics Training Lecture. St. Anthony’s Hospital; Denver, CO. September 8, 2008.
Summit County Ambulance Lecture. Senior/Community Center; Frisco, CO. June 11, 2008.
Chronic Wounds: What to do When Rafts/Flaps Fail. Brooks Steakhouse; Denver, CO. April 15, 2008.
Paramedic Student Lecture. Aims Community College; Greely, CO. May 15, 2008.
What’s New, What’s Next. Westminster Fire Department; Westminster, CO. April 5, 2008.
Treatment of Burn Trauma. Delta County Memorial Hospital; Delta, CO. April 4, 2008.
Firefighters’ Class Case Review. St. Anthony’s Central; Denver, CO. January 16, 2008.
Soft Tissue Infections. Boulder Community Hospital; Boulder, CO. August 23, 2007.Initial and Subsequent Management of Major and Minor Burns. University of Colorado Health Science Center Department of Surgery, Grand Rounds; Denver, CO. August 13, 2007.
Versijet Debridement in Burns; Erythropoiesis in Burn Patients. North American Burn Conference; Vail, CO. January 3, 2007.
Erythropoiesis in burn Patients. North American Burn Society; Vail, CO. January 2007.
Versijet and TransCyte for Treatment of Near Full-Thickness Burns. North American Burn Conference; Vail, CO. January 2007.
Practical Consideration Burn and Wound Care. Kit Carson Memorial Hospital; Burlington, CO. November 1, 2006.
EMS M&M Rounds. Medical Center of Aurora, South; Aurora, CO. October 16, 2006.
Burn Education. Boulder Community Hospital; Boulder, CO. October 27, 2005.
51st Annual Family Practice Review. YMCA of the Rockies; Estes Park, CO. June 28, 2005.
Burn Injuries. University of Colorado Health Science Center; Denver, CO. March 17, 2005.
Nuts and Bolts of Burn Care. University of Colorado Health Science Center; Denver, CO. March 15, 2005.
Practical Considerations in Burn and Wound Care. Horizons In Surgery; Breckenridge, CO. March 1, 2005.
Burn Care Update. Mercy Medical Center; Durango, CO. February 22, 2005.
Burn Care for Dummies. University of Colorado Health Science Center; Denver, CO. November 18, 2004
Early Burn Resuscitation. Montrose Memorial Hospital; Montrose, CO. October 1, 2004.
Teaching Experience
2011-present Part of Surgical Lecture Series to Medical Students, University of Colorado
1993 – 1996 University of Illinois School of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois
Clinical Instructor for Biochemistry Classes
1982 – 1989 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Teaching Assistant for undergraduate, graduate and medical school classes in Biochemistry
1979 -1981 Atlantic City Friends School, Atlantic City
High School Science Instructor, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Algebra II/III, and stage crew director
Professional Activities
1983 Organized first annual Lake Geneva Retreat for Biological Sciences Division
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1994 Organized Allerton Conference for Medical Scholars Program
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
1995 Editor and contributing author to 2nd Edition of Students’ Companion to Sryer’s Biochemistry, R. Gumport, A. Jonas, R. Mintel, C. Rhodes, and R. Koepe, published by W.H. Freeman & Co.
1996 Co-wrote curriculum for “Clinical Applications of Biochemistry,” a new class at the University of Illinois Medical School