Ronald V. Maier MD, FACS

Dr. Maier is the surgeon-in-chief of Harborview Medical Center and professor and vice-chair of surgery at the University of Washington. He is the Jane and Donald D. Trunkey professor of trauma surgery. He is an expert in trauma care, emergency general surgery and surgical critical care. He conducts research on clinical approaches to improve survival after severe injuries and following severe life-threatening surgical illness. He is also an expert in care and research of patients in the ICU with multiple organ failure and critical illness.

Dr. Maier earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and his M.D. from Duke University. He first came to the University of Washington to complete his general surgery residency. After a postdoctoral fellowship in immunopathology at the Scripps Research Foundation in La Jolla, CA, he returned to the University of Washington as an attending in surgeon. After 30 years as a faculty member, he is now the surgeon- in -chief of Harborview Medical Center. He is listed in ""The Best Doctors in America."" He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is board certified in surgery and surgical critical care. He is past-president of the Society of University Surgeon, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Surgical Infection Society, the Shock Society and the Halsted Society. In addition, he has served as chair of the American Board of Surgeon and the NIH Study Section for Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma.