Jay Johannigman on Blogger: The Schott Foundation Seeks to Improve Surgical Capabilities

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

The Schott Foundation Seeks to Improve Surgical Capabilities

Colonel Jay Johannigman served his country for nearly four decades as a military trauma surgeon in the United States Air Force. Decorated with numerous military awards over his seven combat deployments, he also served as a trauma and critical care surgeon as a civilian with the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. During his tenure at the university, Jay Johannigman and his trauma and critical care team received a generous gift from the Schott Foundation to support research efforts, training, and scholarships for the medical center.

The Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in Ohio, donated over $3 million to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and the College of Medicine in 2017.

Caring for over 5,000 trauma patients annually for injuries resulting from a myriad of causes, such as automobile and industrial accidents and violence, the University of Cincinnati Medical Center is the only trauma center in the Greater Cincinnati area that provides Level 1 trauma care for adults. With the Schott Foundation donation, the medical center has been able to expand its research efforts as well as provide endowments for a chair and an SICU nurse-training program. Upgrades to the SICU were also part of the gift.

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About Jay Johannigman

A surgeon with Matrix Providers and adjunct professor of surgery at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Dr. Jay Johannigman has been working as a trauma and critical care surgeon for more than 25 years. He began his career shortly after receiving his MD from Case Western Reserve University. Already commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant for the USAF Reserves, Dr. Jay Johannigman returned to active duty as a staff surgeon and medical director of the Surgical Critical Care Service at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center after finishing his postdoctoral training.

Upon completion of his active duty service duty obligation, Dr. Johannigman joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati and served in the Department of Surgery and the Division of Trauma.During the ensuing years he would continue an active presence in both military and civilian medicine. Dr. Johannigman was a founding leader in the establishment of the Cincinnati Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (Cincinnati CSTARS). Established in 2001 and continuing to this date, Cincinnati CSTARS was one of the first five Military-Civilian Strategic Partnerships in the United States. . Over the next two decades, he split his time between academic appointments, military roles, and professional positions at civilian hospitals. He would deploy to the combat theaters of Iraq and Afghanistan on seven occasions over the ensuing 18 years; translating the lessons learned at war to the civilian trauma centers of the United States and his home institution. Dr Johannigman has served in trauma leadership positions at the local, state and national level to include serving as State Chair for the Ohio Committee on Trauma as well as Region Chief for the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. In the military arena he has served as a consultant to the Office of the Surgeon of the Air Force as well as a founding member of the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

Beyond his academic and professional experience, Dr. Jay Johannigman has maintained an active presence in the professional community as both a member of numerous organizations and a medical researcher. He was involved in nearly 100 peer-reviewed research papers including work in the area of mechanical ventilation, enroute care, resuscitation and whole blood utilization. He continues to be active in both basic science and clinical research investigations.