Brett Arnoldo, M.D.

Brett D. Arnoldo, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dr. Arnoldo received his medical degree from State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine in 1995, followed by a general surgery residency at State University of New York at Buffalo from 1995-2000. He was the general surgery administrative chief resident in 1999-2000. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Arnoldo came to UT Southwestern to do a Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care. In August 2001, he joined the faculty at State University of New York at Buffalo as Assistant Professor of Surgery. Dr. Arnoldo returned to UT Southwestern in January 2003 and joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the section of burns. Dr. Arnoldo specializes in burn and trauma surgery and his research interests include all aspects of burns.

Medical School	State University of New York - Downstate (1993)
Medical School	State University of New York - Buffalo (1995)
Residency	State University of New York Buffalo - GME (2000), General Surgery
Fellowship	University of Texas Southwestern (2001), Surgical Critcal Care

Featured Publications

Practice Guidelines for the Management of Electrical Injuries

Arnoldo BD, Klein M, Gibran NS J Burn Care Res 2006 27(4) 439-447

Self-esteem measurement before and after summer burn camp in pediatric burn patients

Arnoldo BD, Crump D, Burris AM, Hunt JL, Purdue GF Journal of Burn Care & Research 2006 27 786-789

Adult burn patients: The role of religion in recovery, a patient survey.

Arnoldo BD, Hunt JL, Burris A, Wilkerson L, Purdue GF Journal of Burn Care & Research 2006 27 923-924

Electrical Injuries: A 20 Year Review

Arnoldo BD, Purdue GF, Kowalske K, et al Burn Care Rehabil 2004 25 479-484

Aerosolization of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus during an epidemic in a burn intensive care unit

Dansby W, Purdue G, Hunt J, Arnoldo B, Phillips D, Moody B, Kemp D, Byrd L, Walter P, Luby J Journal of Burn Care & Research 2008 29 331-337

The Parkland Formula under fire: Is the criticism justified?

Blumetti J, Hunt JL, Arnoldo BD, Parks JK, Purdue GF Journal of Burn Care & Research 2008 29 180-186

Cutaneous vasoconstriction during whole-body and local cooling in grafted skin 5 - 9 months post surgery

Davis SL, Shibasaki M, Low DA, Cui J, Keller DM, Purdue GF, Hunt JL, Arnoldo BD, Kowalske KJ, Crandall CG Journal of Burn Care & Research 2008 29 36-41

Epistatic interactions are critical to gene-association studies: PAL-1 and risk for mortality after burn injury

Barber RC, Ling-Yu E, Lemaire SM, Burris A, Purdue GF, Hunt JL, Arnoldo BD, Horton JW Journal of Burn Care & Research 2008 29 168-175

The association between fluid administration and outcome following major burn: A multicenter study

Klein MB, Hayden D, Elson C, Nathens AB, Gamelli RL, Gibran NS, Herndon DN Annals of Surgery 2007 245 622-628

• Excellence in Education Award, Clinical Teaching Core Clerkship, Acute Care
  UTSW (2006)
• Special Recognition for Outstanding Achievement in Resident Teaching Award, Department of Surgery
  UTSW (2005)
• Traveling Fellow Award
  American Burn Association (2005)
• Best Overall Resident, Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo
  (2000)
• Residency Candidate Interviewer, Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo
  (2000)

• American Burn Association
• American College of Surgeons, FACS
• American Medical Association
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• The International Society for Burn Injuries