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Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine

Bio for Benjamin Suratt, M.D.

Benjamin Suratt, M.D.

Associate Director, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Unit
Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell & Molecular Biology
Department of Medicine

Contact Information

E-mail: benjamin.suratt@uvm.edu
Office Location: Medicine, Given E407

Education

AMHERST COLLEGE, Amherst, MA. Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1988 - Interdisciplinary Major: Biochemistry/Immunology
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS, New York, NY. Doctor of Medicine, 1993- Alpha Omega Alpha

Postdoctoral Training

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Boston, MA. Residency Training in Internal Medicine, 1993-1996
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, Denver, CO. Fellowship Training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 1997-2000

Certification/Board Eligibility

AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE: 1996, 2006
ABIM PULMONARY MEDICINE: 1999, 2009
ABIM CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE: 2000, 2010

Clinical Expertise

General Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Pulmonary complications of Cancer Survivorship

Research Interests

Dr. Suratt's research career has focused on the role of innate immunity in the pathogenesis of critical illness, particularly ARDS. His recent work has focused on host factors, such as obesity and genetic polymorphisms, and their influence on inflammatory response in the development of and outcomes from critical illness.

Academic Appointments

2002- Attending physician, Fletcher Allen Hospital MICU & Pulmonary Consult service
2002- Attending physician, Fletcher Allen Hospital Pulmonary subspecialty clinic
2001 - Lecturer, Pulmonary Topics lectures, “Pulmonary complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation”
2001 - Lecturer, Critical Care Topics lectures: “Critical care complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation”
1999- Lecturer, Housestaff CCM Lectures, instruct residents and interns, various topics
2001-02 Attending physician, University Hospital Bone Marrow Transplantation Clinic
2000-02 Attending physician, Denver Health Medical Ctr MICU & Pulmonary Consult service
2000-02 Attending physician, Denver Health Medical Ctr Pulmonary subspecialty clinic
1998-02 Instructor, Pulmonary Physiology, instruct 2nd yr students in physiology lab
8/02 – Assistant Professor of Medicine, University Vermont College of Medicine
8/01 – 7/02 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
8/01 – 7/02 Assistant Professor of Medicine , University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Managed pulmonary complications of HSCT for UCHSC Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

Professional Societies

Society of Critical Care Medicine, 1998-present
American Thoracic Society, 1998-present
Massachusetts Medical Society, 1993-present
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1992-present

Publications

Essential role of IL-6 in protection against H1N1 influenza virus by promoting neutrophil survival in the lung. Dienz O, Rud JG, Eaton SM, Lanthier PA, Burg E, Drew A, Bunn J, Suratt BT, Haynes L, Rincon M. Mucosal Immunology. Feb 2012 (Epub ahead of print)

Extreme obesity and outcomes in critically ill patients. Martino JL, Stapleton RD, Wang M, Day AG, Cahill NE, Dixon AE, Suratt BT, Heyland DK. Chest. 140(5): 1198-1206, 2011.

The association between BMI and plasma cytokine levels in patients with acute lung injury. Stapleton RD, Dixon AE, Parsons PE, Ware LB, Suratt BT. NHLBI Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network. Chest. 138(3): 568-577, 2010.

Plasma granulocyte colony-stimulating factor levels correlate with clinical outcomes in patients with acute lung injury. Suratt BT, Eisner MD, Calfee CS, Allard JB, Whittaker LA, Engelken DT, Petty JM, Trimarchi T, Gauthier L, Parsons PE. NHLBI Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrom Network. Critical Care Medicine. 37(4): 1322-1328, 2009.

Crosstalk between CXCR4/stromal derived factor-1 and FLA-4/VCAM-1 pathways regulates neutrophil retention in the bone marrow. Petty JM, Lenox CC, Weiss DJ, Poynter ME, Suratt BT. J Immunol. 182(1): 604-612, 2009.