Dr. Michael James Mosier M.D.

Expert Publications

• Microbial contamination in burn patients undergoing urgent intubation as part of their early airway management.
• American Burn Association Practice guidelines for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in burn patients.
• Predicting acute kidney injury among burn patients in the 21st century: a classification and regression tree analysis.
• Use of therapeutic plasma exchange in the burn unit: a review of the literature.
• Making the case for de-escalation therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia once again.
• The care of necrotizing soft-tissue infections: patterns of definitive intervention at a large referral center.
• A 15-year review of pediatric toxic epidermal necrolysis.
• Pediatric toxic epidermal necrolysis: using SCORTEN and predictive models to predict morbidity when a focus on mortality is not enough.
• Cervical spine clearance when unable to be cleared clinically: a pooled analysis of combined computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
• Need for Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Scald Burns: Why it Happens and Why it Matters.
• Predicting Mechanical Ventilation and Mortality: Early and Late Indicators in Steven-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.
• Not All Drugs Are Created Equal: The Importance of Causative Agent in Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.
• Acute Kidney Injury in Burn Patients: Clinically Significant Over the Initial Hospitalization and 1 Year After Injury: An Original Retrospective Cohort Study.
• The Effect of Socioeconomic Status and Parental Demographics on Activation of Department of Child and Family Services in Pediatric Burn Injury.
• Multiple-Drug Resistance in Burn Patients: A Retrospective Study on the Impact of Antibiotic Resistance on Survival and Length of Stay.

Media Releases

Get to know Dr. Michael Mosier, a highly regarded Surgeon at the Oregon Clinic.

As a physician-led specialty medical group, the Oregon Clinic delivers the best practices and latest advances in medicine.

Dr. Mosier specializes in, and focuses on Critical Care, general surgery, necrotizing soft tissue infections, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis and acute burn care and rehabilitation at the Oregon Burn Center. Oregon Burn Center is the only burn center in Oregon and cares for both adult and pediatric burn patients from all over the state.

Prior to this work at the Oregon Clinic, Dr. Mosier was an Associate Professor of Surgery at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and vice chair of clinical trials, division of trauma, surgical critical care and burns, at Loyola University Medical Center.

Dr. Mosier earned his medical degree from Saint Louis University. Located in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis University School of Medicine was established in 1836 and has the distinction of awarding the first M.D. degree west of the Mississippi River.

Dr. Mosier underwent general surgery training at Loyola University, and has has been active in teaching and research at Loyola University. He gained fellowships in trauma, surgical critical care and burns at the University of Washington. The Trauma Burn and Critical Care programs are located at Harborview Medical Center, the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the region and a leading Trauma Center in the USA and internationally.

Dr. Mosier is certified in surgery and critical care by the American Board of Surgery; holds an IL State Medical License; and OR State Medical License.

He has authored articles in numerous professional publications including 15-Year Review of Pediatric Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, Pediatric toxic epidermal necrolysis: using SCORTEN and predictive models to predict morbidity when a focus on mortality is not enough, Surgical excision of the burn wound and many more.

Recipient of numerous awards and accolades, Dr.Mosier has been honored with the Loyola National Humanism Award, Juan Angelats Distinguished Service Award, the John L. Keeley Traveling Fellowship Award, MAGIS Award For Excellence In Patient Care, and Top Doctor Award.

While devoted to his profession, Dr. Mosier enjoys a full life outside of work where he runs, competes in marathons and triathlons, golfs, cooks and spends time with his family.

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