Education

• MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1996
• Surgical Residency, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 1996-2001
• Fellow, Burn Trauma, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2001-2002

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Faucher is certified by the American Board of Surgery, a member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, American Burn Association, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He specializes in the surgical treatment of trauma and burns, and surgical critical care.

Dr. Faucher provides a wide range of services including Appendectomy, Burn Surgery, Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder Removal), Excision of Lipoma, Hidradenitis, Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair, Open Groin Hernia Repair, Sebaceous Cyst Removal, Sports Hernia Repair, Subcutaneous Tumor Removal, and Trauma Surgery.

Research Interests

Dr. Faucher’s research interests include burn and trauma epidemiology, the clinical aspects of burn and trauma care, wound healing, and nonpharmacologic adjuncts for the treatment of burn pain.

Active Clinical Trials

• An Open-Label, Controlled, Randomized, Multicenter, Dose Escalation Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of StrataGraft® Skin Tissue in Promoting the Healing of the Deep Partial-Thickness Component of Complex Skin Defects as an Alternative to Autografting
  Principal Investigator(s): Lee D Faucher, MD
  Status: Recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01437852]
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Recent Publications

• Molten copper inhalation.
  Gibson A, Faucher L, Schurr M
  Burns 2011 Sep; 37(6):e50-3.
  [PubMed ID: 21726951]
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• Is there still a shortage of burn surgeons?
  Faucher LD
  J Burn Care Res 2011 Jul-Aug; 32(4):e156.
  [PubMed ID: 21577135]
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• StrataGraft Skin Substitute Is Well-tolerated and Is Not Acutely Immunogenic in Patients With Traumatic Wounds: Results From a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Dose Escalation Trial.
  Centanni JM, Straseski JA, Wicks A, Hank JA, Rasmussen CA, Lokuta MA, Schurr MJ, Foster KN, Faucher LD, Caruso DM, Comer AR, Allen-Hoffmann BL
  Ann. Surg. 2011 Apr; 253(4):672-83.
  [PubMed ID: 21346549]
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• StrataGraft skin substitute is well-tolerated and is not acutely immunogenic in patients with traumatic wounds: results from a prospective, randomized, controlled dose escalation trial.
  Centanni JM, Straseski JA, Wicks A, Hank JA, Rasmussen CA, Lokuta MA, Schurr MJ, Foster KN, Faucher LD, Caruso DM, Comer AR, Allen-Hoffmann BL
  Ann. Surg. 2011 Apr; 253(4):672-83.
  [PubMed ID: 21475006]
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• Editorial comments: Burn disasters--an audit of the literature.
  Faucher LD
  Prehosp Disaster Med 2010 Nov-Dec; 25(6):581.
  [PubMed ID: 21181693]
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