Edward E. Cornwell III, M.D., FACS, FCCM
Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
and Department of Health Policy & Management, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Director, Adult Trauma Service, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Biography:
Edward E. Cornwell III, M.D., was born and raised in Washington D.C. He attended Sidwell Friends School and then received his undergraduate education at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, graduating with a degree in Biology in 1978. He then attended Howard University College of Medicine and graduated with honors (Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society) and as class President in 1982.
Dr. Cornwell received his surgical training (internship and residency) at the Los Angeles County & University of Southern California Medical Center (1982-1987) and his trauma/critical care fellowship at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems in Baltimore, Maryland (1987-1989). He has been certified and re-certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care by the American Board of Surgery. He has risen through the academic ranks through teaching and clinical appointments at the Howard University College of Medicine (1989-1993), the University of Southern California (USC)(1993-1997), and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1998-present). He is presently Professor of Surgery and Chief of Adult Trauma at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cornwell's career interest is in the prevention and treatment of traumatic injuries, and their critical care sequelae. He has authored or co-authored over 130 articles and chapters and has given over 300 invited scientific presentations in the field.
Among his activities in numerous surgical and critical care societies, Dr. Cornwell is the former Chief Editor of the Multidisciplinary Critical Care Knowledge Assessment Program sponsored by the Soceity of Critical Care Medicine; served as President of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, President of the Surgical Section of the National Medical Association, and Chairman of TraumaNet of Maryland. he is currently deputy editor of Archives of Surgery.
Dr. Cornwell has received numerous awards and citations for his efforts in education, outreach, and violence prevention. He has received major teaching awards in every faculty position he has held, and was selected as the commencement speaker at the USC School of Medicine in 1996 and at the Howard University School of Medicine in 2002. In 1998 he was given the "What's Right with Southern California" community service awardby KCBS television in Los Angeles. He received the 1999 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award for his violence prevention activities in Baltimore, as well as the 2000 Maryland Governor's Volunteer Service Award. In 2001, he was named on of America's Best 100 Physicians by Black Enterprise Magazine. He received the 2003 Champion of Courage Award, Fox 45 TV, Baltimore, Md, as well as the 2005 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award, presented by the Greater Baltimore Urban League, and the Speaker's Medallion given by the Speaker of the House of Delegates of Maryland in 2006 for "contributions to medical care in Maryland and commitment to the cause of a better life for all Marylanders."
His present interests are focused on the multidisciplinary approach to violence prevention among at risk youth and trauma systems development as it relates to pre-hospital care.
Board Certification:
- Diplomate - American Board of Surgery
- General Surgery, September 1988, Certificate #33568
- Recertified October 1996
- Added Qualifications in Critical Care, October 1990 Certificate #530
- Recertification, October 1998
Credentials:
- Instructor, Advanced Trauma Life Support, November 1987 - Present
- Provider, Advanced Trauma Life Support, May 1986 - Present
- National Faculty, "Fundamentals of Critical Care
- Support" (Society of Critical Care Medicine), November 1993 - Present
Contact Information:
Phone: (410) 955-2244
Fax: (410) 955-1884
