Matthew Borgman, M.D.

Matthew A. Borgman, M.D. is a Professor of Pediatrics and is the current Director of Education for the Critical Care Division of Children’s Medical Center.  He is a Fellow of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and a Contributing Scientist for the American Association for Surgery in Trauma (AAST).  He joined UT Southwestern in 2023 after retiring from the US Army reaching the rank of Colonel and serving for over 25 years. 

Dr. Borgman graduated from Uniformed Services University (USU) as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society in 2004.  He completed Pediatric Residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in 2007, followed by a fellowship in Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital.  His scholarly activities include over 60 peer-reviewed publications, editor of one textbook, Fundamentals of Critical Care Support: Resource Limited, and over 30 invited podium presentations.  He is an internationally recognized leader in the field of trauma and critical care medicine, having authored the most cited article on combat casualty resuscitation, which helped establish the concept of “1:1” transfusion of red cells and plasma in trauma. In addition, he has published several other ground-breaking papers in pediatric trauma management which have helped redefine the care of children injured during combat operations as well as in peacetime. He is the former national chair of the Pediatric Trauma Society Research Committee and has served as a representative to the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters.  He is also well known as an educator, serving as a national consultant for the Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Course, creating the Fundamentals of Critical Care Resource Limited course, and, as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), has extensive experience in simulation education.  Dr. Borgman continues his work here at UT Southwestern as an educator and a research mentor.

Medical School

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (2004)

Residency

Brooke Army Medical Center (2007), Pediatrics

Fellowship

Boston Children's Hospital (2010), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

• Pediatric Trauma
• Transfusion and Resuscitation
• Traumatic coagulopathy

Featured Publications

A scoping review of two decades of pediatric humanitarian care during wartime.

Kocik VI, Borgman MA, April MD, Schauer SG, J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2023 Aug 95 2S Suppl 1 S170-S179

Pediatric traumatic hemorrhagic shock consensus conference recommendations.

Russell RT, Esparaz JR, Beckwith MA, Abraham PJ, Bembea MM, Borgman MA, Burd RS, Gaines BA, Jafri M, Josephson CD, Leeper C, Leonard JC, Muszynski JA, Nicol KK, Nishijima DK, Stricker PA, Vogel AM, Wong TE, Spinella PC, J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2023 Jan 94 1S Suppl 1 S2-S10

Pediatric traumatic hemorrhagic shock consensus conference research priorities.

Russell RT, Bembea MM, Borgman MA, Burd RS, Gaines BA, Jafri M, Josephson CD, Leeper CM, Leonard JC, Muszynski JA, Nicol KK, Nishijima DK, Stricker PA, Vogel AM, Wong TE, Spinella PC, J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2023 Jan 94 1S Suppl 1 S11-S18

Tranexamic acid in pediatric hemorrhagic trauma.

Borgman MA, Nishijima DK, J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2023 Jan 94 1S Suppl 1 S36-S40

Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Trauma Patients in a Combat Zone.

Moulton AW, Schauer SG, Borgman MA, Pediatr Crit Care Med 2022 Dec 23 12 1009-1016

Incidence of post-traumatic seizures in children during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Cuenca CM, Borgman MA, Dengler BA, Schauer SG, Injury 2022 Oct 53 10 3297-3300

An Analysis of Outcomes and Interventions for Female Pediatric Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Gale HL, Koons NJ, Borgman MA, April MD, Schauer SG, Mil Med 2022 Aug 187 9-10 e1037-e1042

An analysis of early volume resuscitation and the association with prolonged mechanical ventilation.

Schauer SG, April MD, Fisher AD, Bynum J, Hill R, Gillespie KR, Chung KK, Borgman MA, Transfusion 2022 Aug 62 Suppl 1 S114-S121

The Use of Whole Blood Transfusion During Non-Traumatic Resuscitation.

Nowadly CD, Fisher AD, Borgman MA, Mdaki KS, Hill RL, Nicholson SE, Bynum JA, Schauer SG, Mil Med 2022 Jul 187 7-8 e821-e825

An Analysis of Prolonged, Continuous Ketamine Infusions.

Schauer SG, Naylor JF, Davis WT, Borgman MA, April MD, Mil Med 2022 May 187 5-6 e547-e553

 Featured Books

Toxic Inhalations. In Management of Chest Trauma

Lee TJ, Borgman MA (2022). Switzerland, Springer International

Chapter 9: Traumatic Injuries in Children. In Pediatric Fundamentals of Critical Care Support. 3rd Ed

Borgman MA and Cooper A (2018). Mount Prospect, IL, Society of Critical Care Medicine

Update on Pediatric Damage Control Resuscitation. In Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care

Borgman MA, Cap AP (2017). Mount Prospect, IL, Society of Critical Care Medicine

Case Studies. In A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths after Injury.

Cap AP, Borgman MA, Kragh JF, Gross KR (2016). Washington, DC, National Academies Press

Chapter 5: Transfusion Medicine. In Pediatric surgery and medicine for hostile environments 2nd Ed

Borgman MA (2017). Ft. Sam Houston, TX, Borden Institute

Prologue. In Pediatric surgery and medicine for hostile environments 2nd Ed

Borgman MA and Edwards (2017). Ft. Sam Houston, TX, Borden Institute

Pediatric surgery and medicine for hostile environments 3rd Ed

Borgman MA and Walk R (Ed.) (2023). Ft. Sam Houston, TX, Borden Institute

Fundamentals of Critical Care Support: Resource Limited: Delivery of Care in Austere and Operational Environments

Borgman MA and Pamplin JC (Ed.) (2020). Mount Prospect, IL, Society of Critical Care Medicine

Overview of Pediatric and Neonatal Transport. In . Aeromedical Evacuation: Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients

Lee TJ, Fagiana AM, Wells RJ, Heiman HS, Hurd WW, Borgman MA (2019). Switzerland, Springer International

Prediction of Life Threatening Hemorrhage. In Damage Control Resuscitation: Identification and Treatment of Life-Threatening Hemorrhage

Vitale DA, Maegele M, Borgman MA (2020). Switzerland, Springer International

Aeromedical Evacuation of the Neurosurgical Patient. In Aeromedical Evacuation: Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients

Donovan DJ, Borgman MA, Leary-Wojcik RM, Perez-Cruet MJ (2019). Switzerland, Springer International

• Legion of Merit
  US Army (2023)
• Gold Headed Cane
  San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (2021)
• Presidential Citation
  Society of Critical Care Medicine (2021)
• Silver Snapshot Award
  Society of Critical Care Medicine (2021)
• Army Commendation Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster),
  US Army (2020)
• Humanitarian Service Medal
  US Army (2020)
• Surgeon General LTC Physician of the Year
  The US Army Surgeon General (2020)
• Army Achievement Medal (1st Oak Leaf Cluster)
  US Army (2019)
• Meritorious Service Medal (1st Oak Leaf Cluster)
  US Army (2019)
• Presidential Citation
  Society of Critical Care Medicine (2019)
• Top Abstract
  Society for Simulation In Healthcare Pediatric Section (2017)
• Editor's Choice Article
  Journal of Trauma (2015)
• Army's Greatest Invention: Damage Control Resuscitation
  US Army (2007)
• Commander's Award: Primary Care Research
  San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (2007)
• Highest Impact Article
  Journal of Trauma (2007)
• Dean's Award for Academic Excellence
  Uniformed Services University (2004)
• Expert Field Medical Badge Honor Graduate
  US Army (2004)
• Paratrooper Badge
  US Army (2004)
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
  (2003)
• Distinguished Military Graduate
  US Army (1997)

• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Contributing Scientist (2018)
• Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators, BloodNet Sub-committee (2007)
• Pediatric Trauma Society, Research and Child Abuse Sub-committee (2011)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (2007)
• Society of Simulation in Healthcare, Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (2016)