Dr. Robert Buckman

Robert F. Buckman, Jr., M.D. is an internationally-known surgeon and inventor of medical technology. He has conducted extensive trauma research, has run two East Coast trauma centers, and was deployed as a Lieutenant Colonel military combat surgeon. Formerly a full professor of surgery in the Temple University School of Medicine, he served for 15 years as the director of the busiest trauma center in the city of Philadelphia. During this period, he won numerous awards for clinical excellence and surgical teaching. He is the author or co-author of approximately 100 surgical publications and 15 United States patents. He served for 10 years as the editor-in-chief of Trauma Quarterly. He has given several presentations and lectures to the American College of Surgeons and has been a visiting professor at 12 American medical schools, including Yale, Stanford and the University of Virginia. He has been an invited lecturer at medical centers in England, France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Austria, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. Dr. Buckman has served as an examiner for the American Board of Surgery, and has been involved in multiple early-stage medical device companies.