Dr. Hemmila’s research focuses on comparative effectiveness evaluation of care provided for trauma and acute care surgery. He serves as the Medical Director for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield funded Michigan Trauma Quality Improvement Program (MTQIP) and Michigan Acute Care Surgery (MACS) Quality Improvement Collaboratives. He also provides expertise for the State of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ Michigan Statewide Trauma System, the U-M International Center for Automotive Medicine (ICAM), and the Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research & Innovation. Dr. Hemmila serves as the medical director of Adult Trauma and the associate chief medical information officer for the Department of Surgery at University of Michigan Health.
- M.D., University of Michigan Medical School
- M.S., Columbia University
- B.S., University of Rochester
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