University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; BS, Biological Sciences, 2005
University of Colorado, Denver, CO; MD, 2009
University of California, San Francisco, CA 2019, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, M.D., F.A.C.S. received her undergraduate degree from University of California Santa Barbara, her M.D. from the University of Colorado, completed her General Surgery residency at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), a Trauma and Critical Care Clinical Translational Research Fellowship at UCSF, and subspecialty training in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at UCSF prior to joining the faculty at UCSF.
She clinically practices Trauma Surgery, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care. She has played a pivotal role in the translational study of blood system failure after injury, centrally focused on post-injury platelet biology. Her research program is multi-pronged, covering 1) Translational research to identify novel biology of blood system failure through the lens of platelets, 2) Large observational studies to identify predictors of bad outcomes after injury, and 3) Clinical trials investigating therapeutics and resuscitation strategies for injured patients. Her research program has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the American College of Surgeons, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the UCSF School of Medicine Irene Perstein Award, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Dr. Kornblith is the Department of Surgery Director of Gender Equity and a co-chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery Muriel Steele Society, an inclusive community dedicated to inspiring, supporting, and promoting 400+ women surgeons so they can thrive at all stages of their careers.
Dr. Kornblith is a mentor for a diverse learner pool. Her mentees are in pursuit of academic scientific agendas across various points in their careers, various specialties, and various institutions (including other University of California campuses). She works with undergraduate students from various universities to learn important activities of translational research including data collection via chart review, clotting assays, plasma organization, transport of biospecimens, and laboratory clerical activities. She serves as a mentor for UCSF medical students in the UCSF School of Medicine Deep Explore program and Clinical Microsystems Course, and has UCSF medical students in her laboratory. She is a designated clinical and research advisor to residents in the UCSF Department of Surgery. Dr. Kornblith was awarded the 2021 UCSF CTSI Mentor of the Year Award. In addition. Dr. Kornblith mentors beyond UCSF via participating on Thesis Statement Review Committees and dissertation committees at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition, Dr. Kornblith mentors in the San Francisco BUILD Student Training program which is an NIH-funded pipeline/pathway program support historically underrepresented undergraduate students from San Francisco State University to pursue graduate study (PhD, MD-PhD, or Masters) in the biomedical sciences.
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Dr. Kornblith is a surgeon scientist focused on translational studies in the field of Trauma with a particular interest in elucidating the mechanisms and mediators of trauma-induced coagulopathy and resuscitation techniques for post-traumatic hemorrhage. She has essential research experience studying post-injury platelet biology and technical expertise in functional laboratory measures of coagulation. She has extensive experience and expertise in the nuances of biospecimen collection in severely injured patients. She is trained in clinical research design and biostatistics from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at UCSF. She is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the American College of Surgeons, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the UCSF School of Medicine Irene Perstein Award, and the Doris Duke Chartiable Foundation. She collaborates cross-disciplinary and multi-institutionally to advance knowledge within her field of interest.