Arek Wiktor, MD
Associate Professor, Surgery-GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery

Professional Titles

• Medical Director UCH Burn and Frostbite Center

Teaching

Publications

• 2. Choy K, Dyamenahalli KU, Shanawaj Khair S, Colborn KL, Wiktor AJ, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, 1,3, PhD, Burnham EL, Kovacs, EJ. Aberrant Inflammatory Responses in Intoxicated Burn Injured Patients Parallel Impaired Cognitive Function. Alcohol; accepted for publication January 2023.
• 1. Mueller SW, Blass B, Molina KC, Gibson C, Krsak M, Kohler AD, Deeter L, Stalilonis J, Wiktor AJ. Augmented Renal Function in Burn Patients: Occurrence and Discordance with Commonly Used Methods to Assess Renal Function. Journal of Burn Care & Research; accepted for publication July 2023.
• Carmichael H, Michel S, Smith TM, Duffy PS, Wiktor AJ, Lambert Wagner A. Remote Delivery of Thrombolytics Prior to Transfer to a Regional Burn Center for Tissue Salvage in Frostbite: A Single-center Experience of 199 Patients. J Burn Care Res. 2022 Jan 5;43(1):54-60. PubMed PMID: 33657205
• Dyamenahalli K, Choy K, Frank DN, Najarro K, Boe D, Colborn KL, Idrovo JP, Wagner AL, Wiktor AJ, Afshar M, Burnham EL, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Age and Injury Size Influence the Magnitude of Fecal Dysbiosis in Adult Burn Patients. J Burn Care Res. 2022 Sep 1;43(5):1145-1153. PubMed PMID: 35020913
• Torian SC, Wiktor AJ, Roper SE, Laramie KE, Miller MA, Mueller SW. Burn Injury and Augmented Renal Clearance: A Case for Optimized Piperacillin-Tazobactam Dosing. J Burn Care Res. 2022 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36173707
• Carmichael H, Brackett H, Scott MC, Dines MM, Mather SE, Smith TM, Duffy PS, Wiktor AJ, Lambert Wagner A. Early Palliative Care Consultation in the Burn Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Utilization. J Burn Care Res. 2021 Nov 24;42(6):1128-1135. PubMed PMID: 34302472
• Carmichael H, Dyamenahalli K, Duffy PS, Lambert Wagner A, Wiktor AJ. Triage and Transfer to a Regional Burn Center-Impact of a Mobile Phone App. J Burn Care Res. 2020 Sep 23;41(5):971-975. PubMed PMID: 32588890
• Jeschke MG, Phelan HA, Wolf S, Romanowski K, Rehou S, Saetamal A, Weber J, Schulz J, New C, Wiktor A, Foster C, Deeter L, Tuohy K. State of the Science Burn Research: Burns in the Elderly. J Burn Care Res. 2020 Jan 30;41(1):65-83. PubMed PMID: 31999337
• Steward L, Wagner AL, Neumann R, Wiktor AJ. Delayed Presentation of a Vertex Epidural Hematoma Following High-Voltage Electrical Injury to the Head. J Burn Care Res. 2019 Jun 21;40(4):517-519. PubMed PMID: 30938441
• Carmichael H, Wiktor AJ, McIntyre RC, Lambert Wagner A, Velopulos CG. Regional disparities in access to verified burn center care in the United States. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Jul;87(1):111-116. PubMed PMID: 30865160
• Carmichael H, Joyce S, Smith T, Patton L, Lambert Wagner A, Wiktor AJ. Safety and efficacy of intraoperative gastric feeding during burn surgery. Burns. 2019 Aug;45(5):1089-1093. PubMed PMID: 30948280
• Mueller SW, Baumgartner LJ, MacLaren R, Neumann R, Wiktor AJ, Kiser TH, Lindberg G, Cava L, Fish DN, Janoff EN. Divergent humoral responses to 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in critically-ill burn and neurosurgical patients. PLoS One. 2018;13(5):e0197037. PubMed PMID: 29758059
• Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Engoren M, Wiktor A, Raghavendran K, Napolitano LM. Hepcidin and Anemia in Surgical Critical Care: A Prospective Cohort Study. Crit Care Med. 2018 Jun;46(6):e567-e574. PubMed PMID: 29517550
• Tignanelli CJ, Wiktor AJ, Vatsaas CJ, Sachdev G, Heung M, Park PK, Raghavendran K, Napolitano LM. Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients With Severe ARDS Due to Influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 Virus. Am J Crit Care. 2018 Jan;27(1):67-73. PubMed PMID: 29292278
• Wiktor AJ, Haft JW, Bartlett RH, Park PK, Raghavendran K, Napolitano LM. Prolonged VV ECMO (265 Days) for ARDS without technical complications. ASAIO J. 2015 Mar-Apr;61(2):205-6. PubMed PMID: 25423122
• Bell C, Slim J, Flaten HK, Lindberg G, Arek W, Monte AA. Butane Hash Oil Burns Associated with Marijuana Liberalization in Colorado. J Med Toxicol. 2015 Dec;11(4):422-5. PubMed PMID: 26289652

Professional Memberships

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow