Matthew E. Kutcher, MD

Matthew E. Kutcher, MD

Associate Professor

Department:
SOM-Surgery-Trauma/Critical Ca

Email:
mkutcher@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 815-1312

Biography

Dr. Kutcher is a board-certified surgeon and intensivist with fellowship training in trauma, acute care surgery, and critical care. As a practicing trauma and acute care surgeon at Mississippi's only Level One trauma center, he is also the vice chair of Mississippi's state Committee on Trauma. In addition to a busy practice in clinical surgery, he is co-director of the surgical intensive care unit and an associate program director of UMMC's surgical critical care fellowship. His NIH-funded research laboratory focuses on coagulation abnormalities in trauma and critical illness, specifically evaluating the role of innate immune mediators underlying platelet and fibrinolytic abnormalities.

Education

University of Mississippi School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences, MS, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation2019
University of Pittsburgh, Acute Care Surgery2016
University of Pittsburgh, Surgical Critical Care2015
University of California, San Francisco, General Surgery2014
Tufts University School of Medicine, MD, Medicine2007

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Surgical Critical Care
Certification, General Surgery

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program, NIMHD09/2022 - 06/2024
Extramural, Mechanisms of transition from acute to chronic pain in Non-Hispanic Black and White injury patients, NIMHD09/2022 - 04/2027
Extramural, Mitochondrial DNA in the pathogenesis of post-injury coagulopathy, NIGMS08/2020 - 07/2025
Extramural, Mitochondrial DNA as a driver of trauma-induced platelet dysfunction, NIH NCATS - University of Alabama, Birmingham CTSA04/2018 - 03/2019
Intramural, Obesity-Associated Hypercoagulability in Trauma Patients, MCCTR05/2017 - 04/2018

Presentations

Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Practice patterns in trauma and acute care surgery, MS-AL ACS Chapter Meeting, Gulf Shores, AL07/2023
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, 2023 Mississippi State Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition, MS-AL ACS Chapter meeting, Gulf Shores, AL07/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Multidisciplinary optimization of hernia and fistula care in Mississippi, MS-AL ACS Chapter meeting, Gulf Shores, AL07/2023
Poster Presentation, Sex-dependent differences in liver mitochondrial function: Implications for trauma, Shock Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR06/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The emerging role of whole blood in trauma, Mississippi Trauma Symposium 2023, Biloxi, MS05/2023
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hot off the press: 10 critical care trials from the last year that should inform your practice, Mississippi Critical Care Organization Conference, Ridgeland, MS04/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The emerging role of whole blood in trauma, University of South Alabama Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Mobile, AL04/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The emerging role of whole blood in trauma, University of South Alabama Acute Care Surgery Symposium, Mobile, AL03/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, EMS literature review, University of South Alabama Acute Care Surgery Symposium, Mobile, AL03/2023
Poster Presentation, Adiposity and coagulation: Predicting post-injury hypercoagulability with advanced imaging analysis, Academic Surgical Congress, Houston, TX02/2023
Poster Presentation, Adipose tissue and coagulation: Novel insights into traumatic coagulopathy using advanced imaging analysis, Region IV ACS Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition, Orlando, FL11/2022
Poster Presentation, Sex dimorphism in rodent models: Implications for post-injury hypercoagulability, Region IV ACS Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition, Orlando, FL11/2022
Poster Presentation, Use it or lose it: The evolution of salvaged autologous blood transfusion in emergency surgery, American College of Surgeons, San Diego, CA10/2022
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, 2022 Mississippi State Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition, American College of Surgeons, MS/AL Chapter, Gulf Shores, AL07/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ulcer Disease: Perforation, Bleeding, and Acid-Reducing Surgery, American College of Surgeons, MS/AL Chapter, Gulf Shores, AL07/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nuclear and mitochondrial antigen effects on coagulation after trauma, Shock Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada06/2022
Poster Presentation, Amphetamine use may have occult platelet effects relevant to management of hemorrhage, Shock Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada06/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Upcoming Clinical Trials in Hemorrhagic Shock at UMMC, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS04/2022
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Adjuncts for Hemorrhage Control in the Field, Gulf Coast Trauma Symposium, Mobile, AL03/2022
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Trauma Update: Trauma Imaging and Procedures, Decision-Making in Trauma Transfer, & Teletrauma, American College of Surgeons, MS Chapter, Virtual03/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Do not resuscitate (DNR) status after injury: Does race play a role?, Western Trauma Association, Big Sky, MT02/2022
Platform Presentations, Population Density and Triage of Pediatric Firearm Injuries in a Predominantly Rural State Trauma System, Pediatric Trauma Society, Baltimore, MD11/2021
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, 2021 Mississippi State Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition, American College of Surgeons, MS/AL Chapter, Gulf Shores, AL07/2021
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, From the Field to the ICU: Critical Care Concerns in Injured Patients, Mississippi State Trauma Symposium05/2021
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Massive Transfusion Protocol - The Hemorrhage Stops Here, Mississippi State Trauma Symposium, Virtual05/2021
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hypercoagulability after Injury: Clinical and Research Implications, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL01/2020
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mitochondrial DNA in the pathogenesis of post-injury coagulopathy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI11/2019
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Immunothrombosis in inflammation: A unifying concept in the coagulopathy of critical illness?, International Federation of Shock Societies, Chania, Greece10/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, 2019 Mississippi State Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition, American College of Surgeons, MS-AL Chapter, Gulf Shores, AL07/2019
Platform Presentations, Circulating cell-free nuclear DNA is associated with fibrinolytic shutdown after injury, Shock Society, Coronado, CA06/2019
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Coagulopathy and platelet failure in trauma, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL04/2019
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Trauma-induced platelet dysfunction, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL12/2018

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Translational Research Team Award, UMMC Office of Research2022
Medical Student Teacher of the Year, UMMC Department of Surgery2018

Professional Membership and Service

American Burn Association, Member2023 - Present
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Fellow2021 - Present
American College of Surgeons, Fellow2019 - Present
Association for Academic Surgery, Member2017 - Present
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST), Member2017 - Present
Pediatric Trauma Society, Member2016 - Present
Society for Critical Care Medicine, Member2014 - Present

Committee Service

MEDICAL CENTER-INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD 2, Member2022 - Present
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma - Critical Care Committee, Member2021 - Present
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES-MD/PHD ADVISORY, Member2021 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-INSTITUTIONAL COMPLIANCE, Member2021 - Present
Department of Surgery Promotions and Tenure Committee, Member2021 - Present
Discovery Curriculum Committee, Member2020 - Present
Pressure Injury Assessment and Prevention Team, Member2020 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-RESEARCH ADVISORY, Member2020 - Present
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS, Member2020 - Present
Manuscript and Literature Review Committee, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Member2019 - Present
Publications Committee, Pediatric Trauma Society, Member2018 - 2022
Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, Member2018 - Present
Medical Student Research Program committee, Member2017 - Present
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-CRITICAL CARE, Member2017 - Present
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-TRAUMA, Member

Teaching Experience

MSCI 755, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Special topics in Clinical InvestigationAnnual 2021
Medicine, Lab, Lecturer, Surgical ICU Simulation Skills LabAnnual
Medicine, Lecturer, M4 surgery clerkshipAnnual

Directed Student Learning

Supervised Research, Advised: Rebekah Hazlewood2022 - 2022
Supervised Research, Advised: Kendall Rains2022 - 2022
Supervised Research, Advised: Joshua Parker2021 - Present
Supervised Research, Advised: Libby Li2021 - 2021
Supervised Research, Advised: Brycen Witcher2018 - 2021

Fellows supervised

Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised06/2020 - 06/2021
T32 Research Fellowship, Research Advisor, 3 fellows supervised07/2018 - Present
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Fellowship Director, 9 fellows supervised07/2017 - Present