Dr. Lisa Knowlton, MD, MPH, FACS, FRCSC

Dr. Knowlton is a trauma and critical care surgeon and public health researcher whose focus is on improving access to and quality of care for trauma patients, including those suffering from traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. She obtained her medical degree at McGill University and completed her surgical residency at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

Her desire to understand varied healthcare systems and develop solutions for vulnerable surgical populations led her to obtain an M.P.H. at the Harvard School of Public Health and complete a research fellowship at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

Most recently, she trained as a Surgical Critical Care fellow at Stanford University Medical Center and will be joining their Trauma and Critical Care faculty in 2018. Dr. Knowlton is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.