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Office
8901 Wisconsin Ave
Bethesda, MD 20889Phone+1 301-319-8632
Summary
- Eric Elster, MD, FACS, CAPT, MC, USN (Ret.) serves as Dean of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) School of Medicine. Dr. Elster received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of South Florida in Tampa as a recipient of the U.S. Navy’s Health Professional Scholarship Program. Upon graduation, he completed a general surgery residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Elster served as ship’s surgeon aboard the USS Kitty Hawk during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon returning from the Persian Gulf, he completed a solid organ transplantation fellowship at the National Institutes of Health; and then directed a translational research program at the Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, MD, with a focus on developing improved diagnostics and therapies for serious traumatic injuries, transplantation, and advanced operative imaging. Now retired, Dr. Elster was last deployed as a surgeon and Director of Surgical Services at the NATO Role 3 Military Medical Unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Dr. Elster is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons; and a member of the Society of University Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, the Southern Surgical Association, the Halsted Society, and the American Surgical Association. He has published over 200 scientific manuscripts in leading journals including JAMA, Annals of Surgery, American Journal of Transplantation, and Science Translational Medicine, and has received numerous research grants spanning all aspects of surgery.
Education & Training
- National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 1997 - 2002
- National Capital ConsortiumInternship, Transitional Year, 1995 - 1996
- University of South Florida College of MedicineClass of 1995
Certifications & Licensure
- VA State Medical License 1997 - 2026
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Key Issues in Surgical Residency Education: Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon II Committee Residency Education Subcommittee.John D Mellinger, Karen Brasel, Eric Elster, Gerald Fried, Daniel A Hashimoto
Annals of Surgery. 2025-01-01 - Predicting Vasospasm and Early Mortality in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Model Using Serum Cytokines, Neuronal Proteins, and Clinical Data.Rima S Rindler, Henry Robertson, LaShondra De Yampert, Vivek Khatri, Pavlos Texakalidis
Neurosurgery. 2024-10-11 - Derivation and validation of generalized sepsis-induced acute respiratory failure phenotypes among critically ill patients: a retrospective study.Tilendra Choudhary, Pulakesh Upadhyaya, Carolyn M Davis, Philip Yang, Simon Tallowin
Critical Care. 2024-10-01
Press Mentions
- USU School of Medicine Dean Adds Modern Commentary to New Edition of Edward D. Churchill’s Surgeon to SoldiersNovember 5th, 2024
- USU Professor Dr. Michael Roy Receives $500,000 Grant for Blast Exposure ResearchSeptember 5th, 2024
- USU Graduate Students Win First Place in Prestigious Emory Global Health CompetitionMarch 23rd, 2023
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