Fellowship Faculty

Sara A. Buckman, MD, PharmD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program

Dr. Buckman received her doctor of pharmacy degree in 1999 and her medical degree in 2008, both from the University of Wisconsin. She completed pharmacy practice and solid organ transplant specialty residencies at the University of Nebraska, a surgical residency at the University of Wisconsin and a surgical critical care fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Buckman specializes in surgical critical care. Her research interests include surgical infectious diseases and nutrition.

Douglas J.E. Schuerer, MD, FACS, FCCM
Associate Program Director
Professor of Surgery
Director of Trauma

Dr. Schuerer graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1995 and went on to complete his residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He completed a fellowship in surgical critical care at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, which also included a fellowship in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. He continued as a staff member in general surgery and critical care at the University of Michigan before joining the staff at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in 2002.

Dr. Schuerer’s research interests include patient safety, deep venous thrombosis, severe respiratory failure and trauma outcomes.

Thoi H. Ngo, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor

Dr. Ngo earned his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY. He completed general surgery residency training at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey. He completed surgical critical care and trauma and acute care surgery fellowships at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Ngo specializes in surgical critical care and trauma surgery and has an interest in surgical training education and mentorship.