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Last published 2026
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Richard Betzold

Researcher

Also affiliated: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2024–2025); University of Maryland, Baltimore (2019–2022); Nebraska Medical Center (2025); University of Maryland Medical Center (2020–2021); Madigan Army Medical Center (2024); University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital (2024); University of Maryland Medical System (2020–2021); Angeles University Foundation (2020); Vanderbilt University (2018–2019); Medical College of Wisconsin (2019–2025); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2025); Jefferson State Community College (2024); United States Department of the Navy (2020); University of Alabama at Birmingham (2023–2025); United States Army (2020); United States Air Force (2020); Feed Control (Norway) (2021); Birmingham VA Medical Center (2023); Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (2014–2016); Johns Hopkins Hospital (2021); Chippenham Community Hospital (2024); St. Mary's Medical Center (2021); University of Nebraska Medical Center (2025); Florida Atlantic University (2021); Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2017–2021)

Faculty Researcher

15 h-index 58 pubs 730 cited

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Trauma Centers
  • Military Medicine
  • Vascular System Injuries
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Injury Severity Score
  • United States
  • Aged
  • Critical Care

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Richard Betzold's research focuses on trauma and emergency care, with a particular emphasis on vascular injuries and resuscitation strategies. He has investigated contemporary management and outcomes for injuries to the inferior vena cava through a prospective multicenter trial. His work also examines the role of whole blood transfusion in the early resuscitation of traumatically injured patients, exploring its association with decreased mortality and transfusion requirements. Betzold has contributed to studies on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with traumatic brain injuries and severe respiratory failure. He has also analyzed in-hospital outcomes comparing autogenous vein versus synthetic graft interposition for traumatic arterial injury. His publication record includes contributions to evolving tactical combat casualty care guidelines and the logistical challenges of medical supply delivery in combat zones.

Metrics

  • h-index: 15
  • Publications: 58
  • Citations: 730

Selected Publications

  • Improvised shunt for combined ipsilateral traumatic radial and ulnar artery injury (2026)
    Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open DOI OpenAlex
  • Opioid Administration in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Association of Persistent Opioid Use (2025)
    The American Surgeon DOI OpenAlex
  • Dissemination and Impact of a Multimodal Pain Regimen on Analgesia Prescribing at an Academic Hospital (2025)
    Southern Medical Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • VENO-VENOUS EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION IMPROVES OUTCOMES IN TRAUMA PATIENTS SUFFERING RESPIRATORY FAILURE (2024)
    Shock 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • 1562: MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA IN A MASSIVELY TRANSFUSED GUNSHOT VICTIM (2017)
    Critical Care Medicine DOI OpenAlex
  • Use of a Novel Accounting and Grouping Method for Major Trunk Injury—Analysis of Data from a Statewide Trauma Financial Survey (2016)
    The American Surgeon DOI OpenAlex
  • Successful Treatment of Esophageal Necrosis Secondary to Acute Type B Aortic Dissection (2016)
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Does Axillary Reverse Mapping Prevent Lymphedema After Lymphadenectomy? (2016)
    Annals of Surgery 104 citations DOI OpenAlex

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