ChristopherJamesTignanelliMD

Summary

• Dr. Tignanelli is a native of New Jersey. He obtained his medical degree from Rutgers Medical School and graduated from General Surgery residency at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He then completed a Surgical Critical Care fellowship at the University of Michigan. He is currently a trauma surgeon and health outcomes researcher at the University of Minnesota.
  
  His research involves identifying and understanding barriers to high quality healthcare among trauma centers. Dr. Tignanelli has won multiple grants including: the NIH T32 research grant, the Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement seed grant, the American College of Surgeons Resident Research Scholarship, and the CHAAMPS Disparity Research Scholarship. He has over a dozen publications and given over 35 national presentations. His research has received numerous awards including: the 2017 Surgical Critical Care Program Director Society (SCCPDS) excellence in research award, the 2017 Michigan State Committee on Trauma (CoT) resident paper competition winner and he represented the state of Michigan in the regional CoT competition, 2017 best AAS overall manuscript submission by an AAS resident or fellow, 2015 Herbert J. Proctor Award for excellence in surgical research, and the 2014 John William Pope clinical fellowship.