Mark a CarlsonDr. Carlson is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, with a part-time appointment at the Omaha VA Medical Center. He is Principal Investigator of a federally-funded research laboratory at UNMC, perforing basic and preclinical research on solid tumor, limb ischemia, hemostasis, wound healing, and biomaterials, with interest in the use of large animal models. In addition, Dr. Carlson is the Director of UNMC's Center for Advanced Surgical Technology (CAST), which focuses on developing novel surgical technologies for the clinic. He also participates in education, training, and outcomes-based research. Dr. Carlson completed two Fellowships, one in Minimally Invasive Surgery at MCW in 1996 and then one in Wound Healing at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 1999. Dr. Carlson is a clinically active surgeon whose interests include Minimally Invasive Surgery, Foregut Surgery, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, and Emergency General Surgery. Read More Read Less