May 5, 2023

CURRICULUM VITAE

Mohammad Amin Frotan, M.D., FACS

Texas Health Presbyterian

Dallas, Texas

Home Address:         1346 Claire Lane

                                    Allen, Texas 75013

                                    972-742-1978 – cell

Office Address:         Presbyterian Professional Bldg. III

                                    8230 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 320

                                    Dallas, Texas 75231

                                    Phone: (214)-369-5432

                                    Fax:     (214)-369-5591

                                    Email:   [email protected]

Education:                 1996-2000       Bachelor of Science Biology &

Bachelor of Business Administration

                                                            Cum laude

                                                            Southern Methodist University

                                                            Dallas, TX

                                    2000-2004       Doctor of Medicine Degree

                                                            Texas Tech University School of Medicine

                                                            Lubbock, TX

Postgraduate Training and Clinical/Research Fellowship Appointments:

                                    2004-2005       Internship General Surgery

                                                            University of South Alabama

                                                            Mobile, AL

                                    2005-2007       2^nd – 3^rd Year General Surgery Residency

                                                            University of South Alabama

                                                            Mobile, AL

                                    2007-2008       Clinical Fellowship, Burn Surgery

                                                            University of South Alabama

                                                            Mobile, AL

                                    2008-2010       4^th – 5^th Year General Surgery Residency

                                                            University of South Alabama

                                                            Mobile, AL

                                    2010-2011       Trauma Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

                                                            UT Southwestern, Parkland Memorial Hospital

                                                            Dallas, TX

Faculty Appointments:

                        11/01/11-10/31/14       Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery

                                                            Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care

                                                            University of South Alabama College of Medicine

                                                            Mobile, AL

                        11/01/14-04/30/16       Southwest General Surgical Associates, P.A.

                                                            Staff General, Trauma, Critical Care Surgeon

                                                            Texas Health Presbyterian

                                                            Dallas, TX

                         05/01/16-current        Texas Health Presbyterian Group

                                                            Staff General, Trauma, Critical Care Surgeon

                                                            Texas Health Presbyterian

                                                            Dallas, TX

Administrative Appointments:

                        02/01/12-10/31/23       Medical Director, Burn Intensive Care Unit

                                                            Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care

                                                            University of South Alabama College of Medicine

                                                            Mobile, AL

                        11/01/14-current         Assistant Trauma Medical Director

                                                            Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care

                                                            Texas Health Presbyterian

                                                            Dallas, TX

                        1/01/17-08/30/19         Trauma Research Director

                                                            Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care

                                                            Texas Health Presbyterian

                                                            Dallas, TX

                        1/01/22- Present         Chair Robotic Steering Committee

                                                            Texas Health Presbyterian

                                                            Dallas, TX

Specialty Boards and Certifications:

            Board Certified                                                Issue Date                  Expiration

            American Board of Surgery General              10/04/2011                 01/20/2024

            American Board of Surgery – Critical Care    09/10/2012                 12/31/2023

            Fellow of the American College of Surgeons 10/06/2013

            American Board of Anesthesia- Neurocritical 10/11/2022                 12/31/2032

            Licensure                    Number                       Issue Date                   Expiration

            Alabama License        MD28468                    11/01/2007                  12/31/2023

            DEA Registration        FF1837972                  09/26/2009                  09/30/20-

            Texas License             P2645                          05/01/2012                  05/31/2025

Advanced Trauma Life Support Course Director

Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor

Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma Course Director

Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma Instructor

            Advanced Burn Life Support Instructor

            Fundamentals of Critical Care Instructor

            Acute Cardiac Life Support

            Pediatric Acute Care Life Support

            Advanced Trauma Operative Management  

            Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery

            Fundamentals of Critical Care Ultrasound

            Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound

            Practical Emergency Airway Management

            Advanced Mechanical Ventilation

            Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma

            Robotic Surgical Training (Intuitive Surgical)

            Regional Anesthesia Essentials

            Regional Anesthesia Advanced

Awards and Honors:

            2010    Highest Percentile Score

                        American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination,

University of South Alabama

            2008    Highest Percentile Score

                        American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination,

University of South Alabama

            2002    Certificate of Excellence in Anatomy Tutoring

                        Dr. Branislav Vidic, Professor of Gross Anatomy

                        Texas Tech School of Medicine

Memberships in Professional and Honorary Societies:

            1998-00           Alpha Epsilon Delta

                                    Premedical Honor Society

            1998                Golden Key Honor Society,   

                                     Achievement Honor Society

            2010-2023       American College of Surgeons

            2011-2023       Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

            2011-2023       Society of Critical Care Medicine

            2012-2014       American Burn Association

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Department Committees or Responsibilities:

            2011-2014       Organizer, Greater Gulf Coast Trauma and Acute Care Surgery                                                     Symposium

            2011-2014       Member, Infection Prevention and Review Committee,

            2011-2014       Member, Burn/Trauma Committee

            2014-2023       Member, Trauma Review Committee 

            2016-2023      Member, Practitioner Performance Evaluation Committee

2018-2023       Trauma Emergency Room Education Committee

Invited Lectures/Workshops/Presentations:

Frotan, A  Trauma Surgery, Surgery Grand Rounds, University of South Alabama, 03/2010

Frotan, A  Thoracic Trauma, Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Texas Southwestern,

                  06/2011

Frotan, A   Trauma Surgery, Physician Assistant Students (UTSW), 07/2011

Frotan, A   Thermal Injury, 3^rd Annual Greater Gulf Coast Trauma and Acute Care Surgery                      

                   Symposium, 03/2012

Frotan, A   Resuscitation of Thermal Injury, 4^th Annual Greater Gulf Coast Trauma and Acute

                   Care Surgery Symposium, 03/2013

Frotan, A   Thermal Injury, Physician Assistant Students (USA), 04/2013

Frotan, A,  Blast Thermal Injury, 12^th Mississippi Coastal Trauma Symposium, 05/2013

Frotan, A   Trauma Porcine Simulation Lab, 10/2013

Frotan, A   Vascular Exposure Trauma Fresh Cadaver Lab 05/2013

Frotan, A   Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Training, 11/2013

Frotan, A   ICU Ultrasound, 5^th Annual Greater Gulf Coast Trauma and Acute Care Surgery  

                   Symposium, 03/2014

Frotan, A   Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Cadaver Lab University of South Alabama, 08/2014

Frotan, A   Vascular Exposure Trauma Fresh Cadaver Lab 08/2014

Frotan, A    Hyponatremia, Texas Health Presbyterian-Dallas, Trauma M&M, 2015

Frotan, A   Thoracic Damage Control, Surgery Grand Rounds, Texas Health Presbyterian

                   Dallas, TX, 12/2016

Frotan, A    Spine Clearance, Texas Health Presbyterian-Dallas, Trauma M&M, 2017

Frotan, A    Delirium, Texas Health Presbyterian-Dallas, Trauma M&M, 2017

Frotan, A    Difficult Airway, Texas Health Presbyterian-Dallas, Trauma M&M, 2018

Frotan, A    Thromboelastography, Texas Health Presbyterian-Dallas, Trauma M&M, 2018

Frotan, A    REBOA, Texas Health Presbyterian-Dallas, Trauma M&M, 2018

Frotan, A    Gossypiboma, Texas Health Presbyterian-Dallas, Trauma M&M, 2018

Frotan, A    Restrictive versus Liberal Blood Transfusion, 7^th Annual Society of Critical Care

        Medicine Texas Chapter Symposium, 10/2018

Frotan, A    Blunt and Penetrating Thoracic Trauma, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas-

        Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Conference, 01/2019

Frotan, A    REBO MADE EASY, Prytime Medical Consultant, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 02/2019

Frotan, A    High Reliability Healthcare, Texas Health Presbyterian-Dallas, Trauma M&M, 2019

Frotan, A   Difficult Airway Management, Surgery Grand Rounds, Texas Health Presbyterian

                   Dallas, TX, 03/2019

Frotan, A   Advanced Trauma Life Support Course Director, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas,

                   TX, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION

College of Medicine Teaching Activities:

Medical Student Education:                2011-2023                   Work with Medical Students directly

Residents & Fellow Education            2011-2023                   Work with Residents directly

Faculty Development/Continuing

Medical Education:                             2011-2023                   Assorted Grand Rounds  

Physician Assistant Education           2015-2023                   Simulation Lab Yearly Surgical APP

IACUC: Trauma simulation

lab for surgical residents using

swine:                                                  2013-2014                   Surgical Skills Simulation

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO SHOLARSHIP OR SERVICES

2017                Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas, Development Trauma Research Program

2016                Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas, Development Trauma Critical Care Protocol

2014                Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas, Surgical Residency Education

2012                University of South Alabama Burn Unit, Critical Care Protocol IM

2007                University of South Alabama Trauma Triage Protocol “Roles of different members of trauma team”

2001                Big Sibling Program, “Mentor to incoming medical students”,

Community Service:

2003                Medical Mission Trip to Juarez, Mexico

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Journal Publications/Original Papers

1. John D. Buynak, Venkata Ramana Doppalapudi, Mohammed Frotan, Ramon Kumar.  A Stille Coupling Approach to the Stereospecific Synthesis of 7E-Alkylidenecephalosporins.  Tetrahedron 40:5709-5717. 1999

2.  John D. Buynak, Venkata Ramana Doppalapudi, Mohammed Frotan, Ramon Kumar, Alison Chambers Catalytic Approaches to the Synthesis of β-Lactamase Inhibitors. Tetrahedron Volume 56, 31:5709-5718, 2000

3.  Rose MK, Rosal LM, Gonzalez RP, Rostas JW, Baker JA, Simmons JD, Frotan MA, Brevard SB.  Clinical clearance of the cervical spine in patients with distracting injuries: it is time to dispel the myth.  J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2012 Aug; 73(2): 498-502

4.  Gonzalez RP, Rostas J, Simmons JD, Allen J, Frotan MA, Brevard SB. Improved outcome of ventilator associated pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a trauma population. Am J Surg. 2013 Mar;205(3):255-8

5.  Gonzalez RP¹, Cummings GR, Baker JA, Frotan AM, Simmons JD, Brevard SB, Michon E, Harlan SM, Meyers DC, Rodning CB.  Prehospital clearance of cervical spines: a prospective study.  Am Surg. 2013 Nov;79(11):1213-7

6.  Lee YL, King MB, Gonzalez RP, Brevard SB, Frotan MA, Gillespie MN, Simmons JD. Blood Transfusion Products Contain Mitochondrial DNA DAMPs: A Potential Effector of Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury. J Surg Res. 2014 Oct;191(2):286-9

7.  Rostas JW, Manley J, Gonzalez RP, Brevard SB, Ahmed N, Frotan MA, Mitchell E, Simmons JD.  The safety of low molecular-weight heparin after blunt liver and spleen injuries.

Am J Surg. 2015 Jul; 210(1):31-4

8.  Butts CC, Rostas JW, Lee YL, Gonzalez RP, Brevard SB, Frotan MA, Ahmed N, Simmons JD.  Larger ATV engine size correlates with an increased rate of traumatic brain injury. 

Injury. 2015 Apr; 46(4):625-8

9.  Blair SG, Kennedy RO, Salisbury DR, Frotan MA, Brevard SB, Gonzalez RP, Simmons JD.  Simultaneous stimulation of multiple parasympathetic afferents may have a synergistic effect causing severe bradycardia.  Am Surg. 2015 Jan; 81(1):E20-1

10.  Blair SG, Bright AC, Kennedy RO, Allen JM, Frotan MA, Brevard SB, Gonzalez RP, Simmons JD.  Green urine in the intensive care unit: is this clinically relevant?  Am Surg. 2015 Jan; 81(1):E32-3.

11.  Butts CC, Sahawneh J, Duffy A, Curtis R, Mishra N, Frotan MA, Hodge J, Luterman A, Gulati S.  Cost-benefit analysis of outcomes from the use of fibrin sealant for fixation of skin grafts in small-size burns compared to staples as historical controls: a retrospective review.

Ann Plast Surg. 2015 Feb; 74(2):173-5.

12.  Kennedy R, Brevard SB, Bosarge P, Simmons JD, Frotan MA, Baker JA, Tuart L, Pritchett C, Gonzalez RP.    Mesh wrapping for severe hepatic injury: a beneficial option in the trauma surgeon's armamentarium.  Am J Surg. 2015 Mar; 209(3):515-20.

13.  Rostas J, Cason B, Simmons J, Frotan MA, Brevard SB, Gonzalez RP.  The validity of abdominal examination in blunt trauma patients with distracting injuries.  J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Jun; 78(6):1095-100; discussion 1100 - 1.

14.  Rostas JW, Brevard SB, Ahmed N, Allen J, Thacker D, Replogle WH, Gonzalez RP, Frotan AM, Simmons JD.  Standard Dosing of Enoxaparin for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Is Not Sufficient for Most Patients Within a Trauma Intensive Care Unit.  Am Surg. 2015 Sep; 81(9):889-92.

15.  Cason B, Rostas J, Simmons J, Frotan MA, Brevard SB, Gonzalez RP.  Thoracolumbar spine clearance: Clinical examination for patients with distracting injuries.

J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Jan; 80(1):125-30

16.  Lee YL, Simmons JD, Gillespie MN, Alvarez DF, Gonzalez RP, Brevard SB, Frotan MA, Schneider AM, Richards WO.  Evaluation of Microvascular Perfusion and Resuscitation after Severe Injury.  Am Surg. 2015 Dec; 81(12):1272-8.

17.  Rostas J, Simmons JD, Frotan MA, Brevard SB, Gonzalez RP.  Intraoperative management of renal gunshot injuries: is mandatory exploration of Gerota's fascia necessary?

Am J Surg. 2016 Apr; 211(4):783-6.

18.  Butts CC, Bose K, Frotan MA, Hodge J, Gulati S.  Controlling intraoperative hemorrhage during burn surgery: A prospective, randomized trial comparing NuStat_® hemostatic dressing to the historic standard of care. Burns. 2017 Mar; 43(2):374-378.

19.  Rostas JW, Lively TB, Brevard SB, Simmons JD, Frotan MA, Gonzalez RP.  Rib fractures and their association with solid organ injury: higher rib fractures have greater significance for solid organ injury screening.  Am J Surg. 2017 Apr; 213(4):791-797.

20.  Lee YL, Sims KD, Butts CC, Frotan MA, Kahn S, Brevard SB, Simmons JD.  The Combination of SAT and SBT Protocols May Help Reduce the Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Burn Intensive Care Unit.  J Burn Care Res. 2017 Mar/Apr; 38(2):e574-e579.

21.  Kluck SL, Russo RM, Appel NB, Frankfurt AI, Weltge C, Shimer T, Feagins B, Frotan A, Rinehart B, Cohen RA. Aortic balloon occlusion in distal zone 3 reduces blood loss from obstetric hemorrhage in placenta accreta spectrum. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 May 1;94(5):710-717. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003917. Epub 2023 Feb 24. PMID: 36812423; PMCID: PMC10155693.

22.  Frotan MA, Edmundson P, Cooper C, Tibbs B, Garlow L, Vandertulip K, Miller A, Aryal S, Roden-Foreman JW, Shires GT 3rd. Role of Serial Phlebotomy in the Management of Blunt Solid Organ Injury in Adults. J Trauma Nurs. 2023 May-Jun 01;30(3):135-141. doi: 10.1097/JTN.0000000000000718. PMID: 37144801.

Books, Chapters, & Reviews

1.  Phelan, Hebert A.; Eastman, Alexander L.; Frotan, Amin; Gonzalez, Richard P.  Shock and Hypoperfusion States. Chapter 4.  The Physiologic Basis of Surgery (4^th Ed). J. Patrick O’Leary; Lippicott, Williams and Wilkins, 2008, 87-111.