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Philip A Efron, MD, FACS, FCCM

Critical Care Surgeon

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Research at a glance

Top areas of exploration

  • Sepsis , 90 publications
  • Critical Illness , 38 publications
  • Disease Models, Animal , 31 publications
  • Shock, Hemorrhagic , 31 publications

Research activity

303 publications

7,679 citations

Why is this important?

Focus

Dr. Efron has a professional interest in surgical critical care and trauma, both clinically as well as in the laboratory. He conducts basic science and translational research in sepsis and inflammation. He is currently one of the principal investigators for an NIH-funded P50 center grant for the UF Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center to study the persistent inflammation, immunosuppression and catabolism syndrome (PICS) following sepsis in surgical intensive care unit patients.

Active clinical trials

My publications

303 publications

2024

A modified Mediterranean-style diet enhances brain function via specific gut-microbiome-brain mechanisms.

Gut microbes

PubMed Publisher's site

2024

Acute Emergence of the Intestinal Pathobiome after Postinjury Pneumonia

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Publisher's site

2024

Adverse outcomes and an immunosuppressed endotype in septic patients with reduced IFN-γ ELISpot.

JCI insight

PubMed Publisher's site

2024

Exosomal microRNA following severe trauma: Role in bone marrow dysfunction.

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery

PubMed Publisher's site