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 Burn Surgery, Hidradenitis, Management of Complicated Wounds, and Trauma Surgery.

Research Interests

Dr. Faucher’s research interests include burn and trauma epidemiology, the clinical aspects of burn and trauma care, and scientific and clinical aspects of wound healing.

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: Active, not recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01437852]
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Recent Publications

• Local delivery of allogeneic bone marrow and adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells for cutaneous wound healing in a porcine model.
  Hanson SE, Kleinbeck KR, Cantu D, Kim J, Bentz ML, Faucher LD, Kao WJ, Hematti P
  J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2013 Feb 18.
  [PubMed ID: 23418160]
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• Bilateral versus unilateral bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
  Jonker MA, Sauerhammer TM, Faucher LD, Schurr MJ, Kudsk KA
  Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2012 Dec; 13(6):391-5.
  [PubMed ID: 23240724, PMC ID: 3532003]
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• 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: 21475006, PMC ID: 3392756]
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