Brett Arnoldo, MD

Associate Professor
Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

brett.arnoldo@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Brett D. Arnoldo, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dr. Arnoldo received his medical degree from State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine in 1995, followed by a general surgery residency at State University of New York at Buffalo from 1995-2000. He was the general surgery administrative chief resident in 1999-2000. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Arnoldo came to UT Southwestern to do a Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care. In August 2001, he joined the faculty at State University of New York at Buffalo as Assistant Professor of Surgery. Dr. Arnoldo returned to UT Southwestern in January 2003 and joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the section of burns. Dr. Arnoldo specializes in burn and trauma surgery and his research interests include all aspects of burns.

Education

FellowshipUniversity of Texas Southwestern, Surgical Critcal Care (2001)
ResidencyState University of New York Buffalo - GME, General Surgery (2000)
Medical SchoolState University of New York - Buffalo (1995)
UniversityState University of New York - Downstate (1993)

Publications

Featured
Practice Guidelines for the Management of Electrical Injuries

Arnoldo BD, Klein M, Gibran NS , J Burn Care Res , 2006; (27(4)):439-447

Featured
Self-esteem measurement before and after summer burn camp in pediatric burn patients

Arnoldo BD, Crump D, Burris AM, Hunt JL, Purdue GF , Journal of Burn Care & Research , 2006; (27):786-789

Featured
Adult burn patients: The role of religion in recovery, a patient survey.

Arnoldo BD, Hunt JL, Burris A, Wilkerson L, Purdue GF , Journal of Burn Care & Research , 2006; (27):923-924

Featured
Electrical Injuries: A 20 Year Review

Arnoldo BD, Purdue GF, Kowalske K, et al , Burn Care Rehabil , 2004; (25):479-484

Aerosolization of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus during an epidemic in a burn intensive care unit

Dansby W, Purdue G, Hunt J, Arnoldo B, Phillips D, Moody B, Kemp D, Byrd L, Walter P, Luby J , Journal of Burn Care & Research , 2008; (29):331-337

The Parkland Formula under fire: Is the criticism justified?

Blumetti J, Hunt JL, Arnoldo BD, Parks JK, Purdue GF , Journal of Burn Care & Research , 2008; (29):180-186

Cutaneous vasoconstriction during whole-body and local cooling in grafted skin 5 - 9 months post surgery

Davis SL, Shibasaki M, Low DA, Cui J, Keller DM, Purdue GF, Hunt JL, Arnoldo BD, Kowalske KJ, Crandall CG , Journal of Burn Care & Research , 2008; (29):36-41

Epistatic interactions are critical to gene-association studies: PAL-1 and risk for mortality after burn injury

Barber RC, Ling-Yu E, Lemaire SM, Burris A, Purdue GF, Hunt JL, Arnoldo BD, Horton JW , Journal of Burn Care & Research , 2008; (29):168-175

The association between fluid administration and outcome following major burn: A multicenter study

Klein MB, Hayden D, Elson C, Nathens AB, Gamelli RL, Gibran NS, Herndon DN , Annals of Surgery , 2007; (245):622-628

Honors/Awards

Excellence in Education Award, Clinical Teaching Core Clerkship, Acute Care

UTSW (2006)

Special Recognition for Outstanding Achievement in Resident Teaching Award, Department of Surgery

UTSW (2005)

Traveling Fellow Award

American Burn Association (2005)

Best Overall Resident, Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo

(2000)

Residency Candidate Interviewer, Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo

(2000)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Burn Association

American College of Surgeons, FACS

American Medical Association

Society of Critical Care Medicine

The International Society for Burn Injuries