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Lucy Wibbenmeyer, MD, FACS

Clinical Professor of Surgery - Acute Care Surgery
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Lucy Wibbenmeyer, MD, FACS - University of Iowa
Primary Office
8321 Colloton Pavilion
Iowa City, IA 52242

Current Positions

  • Clinical Professor of Surgery - Acute Care Surgery

Education

  • BA, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
  • MD, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Resident in General Surgery, St Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Fellow in Surgical Intensive Care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Research Interests

  • Pain control in burn patients
  • Burn Resuscitation
  • Burn Epidemiology
  • Burn Scarring
  • Burn Teleconference
  • Child Abuse by burning
  • Nutrition in Thermally Injured patients

Licenses & Certifications

  • Certified Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider
  • Certified, Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • Certified, Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) Course Director/Instructor
  • Board Certified, Critical Care, American Board of Critical Care Medicine-Surgery
  • Board Certified, General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
  • Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine
  • Certified Advanced Trauma Life Support Course Instructor
  • Medical License, Arizona Board of Medicine
  • Medical License, Missouri Board of Medicine

Selected Publications

  • Glat P, Quirk L, Hultman S, Kesey J, Jain A, Griswald J, Fitzgerald N, Wibbenmeyer L, Amani H, Cramer C, Hickerson WL. Establishing Consensus of Best Practice for CEA Use in Treatment of Severe Burns: A US Burn Provider Delphi Study. Journal of Burn Care & Research 2024 Sep 6;45(5):1287-1293. DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irae050 PMID: 38502864 PMCID: PMC11379135 Free PMC article
  • Holmes IV JH, Gibson ALF, Short T, Joe VC, Litt J, Caron J, Carter JE, Wibbenmeyer L. A Phase 3b, Open-Label, Single-Arm, Multicenter, Expanded-Access Study of the Safety and Clinical Outcomes of StrataGraft® Treatment in Adults with Deep Partial-Thickness Thermal Burns. Burns 50(8):2013-2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.05.023 Epub 2024 June PMID: 39043513 Free article Clinical Trial
  • Kurjatko A, Galet C, Weigel I, Suarez J, Wibbenmeyer L. Trace Element Supplementation in Burn Patients: Exploring the Relationship Between Burn Size and Mineral Needs. Journal of Burn Care & Research online ahead of print 12:irae175 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irae175 PMID: 39269627
  • Sharma M, Roach L, Bull A, Flygt L, Ballas Z, Kurjatko A, Chegondi M, Wibbenmeyer L, Cytokine Storm in a Massively Burned Pediatric Patient. Journal of Burn Care & Research Online ahead of print. PMID: 39820414 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraf007
  • Dornbush C, Mohr W, Galet C, Wibbenmeyer L, Kurjatko A. Carbon Monoxide Toxicity Secondary to Cutaneous Methylene Chloride Exposure: A Case Report. Clinical Case Reports 2025 Jan 20;13(1):e70141. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.70141 PMID: 39839948 PMCID: PMC11746923
  • Nelcon C, Weigel I, Galet C, Wibbenmeyer L, Kurjatko A. Unplanned Extubation in the Burn Unit: A Retrospective Review. Journal of Burn Care & Research Online ahead of print DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraf011 PMID: 39903685
  • Shoham Y, Narayan R, Monstrey S, Hoeksema H,Lewis G, Kumar M, Larson S, Kravtsov O, Hanganu E, Gozar H, Pham T, Singer A, Sheridan R, Glat P, Sander F, Bhavsar D, Wibbenmeyer L. (2022) Bromelain Based Enzymatic Debridement of Pediatric Deep Burns: Top Line Result of a Multicenter RCT Journal of Burn Care & Research Volume 43, Issue Supplement_1, April 2022, Pages S33–S34 doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irac012.052
  • Herndon D, Carson J, Fagan S, et al. Wibbenmeyer L. (2022) Propranolol use in adult burn patients: Results from a multicenter safety and efficacy trial. Journal of Burn Care & Research, Vol.44(Suppl 2), pp.S184 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irad045.263 PMCID: PMC10464572
  • Pedroza A, Fleishhacker Z, Galet C, Wibbenmeyer L. (2022) Procedural Pain Management in Burns Patients )Phase II) A quality improvement project. Journal of Burn Care & Research 2022 Mar 23;43(Suppl 1):S25–S26. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irac012.040
  • Simpson R., Dwars B, Wellsandt S, Schneider J, Slagel M, Galet C, Wibbenmeyer L. (2024) "Holding the Line: Decreasing CLABSI Rates In Burn Patients. 2024 Apr 17;45(Suppl 1):229. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irae036.294 PMCID: PMC11023094 Journal of Burn Care & Research: Official publication of the American Burn Association.