Board of Directors

Dr. Napolitano is Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Chief of Surgical Critical Care and Associate Chair for Critical Care for the Department of Surgery. Dr. Napolitano is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery as well as Surgical Critical Care. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American College of Critical Care Medicine, and the American College of Chest Physicians. Dr. Napolitano is a member and holds leadership positions in numerous professional organizations in surgery, trauma and surgical critical care.

Dr. Napolitano is Secretary and an active member of the Board of Regents, American College of Critical Care Medicine. She is Chair of the Surgical Section of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. She is Chairperson of the Committee on Perioperative Care for the American College of Surgeons. She is past-Chairperson of the Multi-Institutional Trials Committee and a member of the Board of Directors for the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management and the Washington Area Critical Care Society. She is a member of the Society of University Surgeons, Surgical Infection Society, Association of Women Surgeons, and American Surgical Association, among others. She participates nationally in many organizations, and is a member of the Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program (SESAP) Committee of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Steering Committee of the ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Resident Curriculum Committee.

Dr. Napolitano has a research effort in trauma and surgical critical care, and is Principal Investigator on a number of research grants focused on translational research. Dr. Napolitano is a member of the Editorial Boards of the journals Surgical Infections, Journal of Surgical Research and New Surgery, Molecular Basis of Surgical Disease and New Technology. She is also a reviewer for many surgical journals, including Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Journal of Trauma, Chest, Journal of Vascular Surgery, American Journal of Medicine, and Journal of Intensive Care Medicine.

Dr. Napolitano has received such honors as the 2002 Association of Women Surgeons Distinguished Member Award, awarded to a member that exemplifies the ideals and mission of the association. Her other honors include Surgical Critical Care Educator of the Year Award in 1998, 1999, and 2000 from the University of Maryland Medical Systems, and the Surgery Teacher of the Year Award in 1999 and 2001. She has been a mentor to a number of research fellows at the surgical resident and fellow level. Her research group that she mentors has received numerous awards, including the annual Resident Paper Competition of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Society of Critical Care Medicine Best Paper award, and numerous others. Dr. Napolitano has authored or coauthored numerous publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, books, chapters, and abstracts. She has been an invited lecturer at many national and regional symposia over the course of her career.