Laurie Anne Loiacono, M.D.
Associate Director of Surgical Critical Care. Dr. Loiacono received her bachelor of arts degree in Biology from Goucher College and her medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. She proceeded to complete her general surgical residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital and her fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at Hartford Hospital/University of Connecticut.

Prior to her position at Saint Francis Hospital, she was Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Baystate Medical Center and provided medical and surgical critical care services as a member of Baystates multidisciplinary critical care team. She received additional training in Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine and participated in Baystates Wound Care/Hyperbaric Medicine Program.

Dr. Loiacono is board certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. She is a member of the ACS, the SCCM, the Shock Society, the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS), the Wound Healing Society (WHS), the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS) and the Brain Trauma Foundation. Her research interests include shock and resuscitation, metabolic response to injury, neurocritical care, nutrition in the critically ill, methods of advanced wound care, burn wound management and physiologic response to hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Anthony S. Morgan, MD, FACS
Chairman/Director for the Department of Surgery and Trauma-Critical Care, Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury Team, and Director of the Trauma Research and Education Center. Dr. Morgan received his Bachelors Degree from Villanova University, followed by his M.D. degree from Hahnemann University. After completing his residency at Hahnemann, he completed a Trauma/Critical Care Fellowship at the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical System Services (MIEMSS) in Baltimore.

His research interests have concentrated on the area of brain injury, and he is co-author of the book Maximizing Brain Injury Recovery. Dr. Morgan was ranked as one of the top 100 doctors by Connecticut Magazine in 2001.

Manuel Lorenzo, MD, FACS
Director of Trauma. Dr. Lorenzo received his Bachelors degree in Biology from Fairfield University and his medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Lorenzo completed his surgical residency at the University District Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico and a fellowship in Trauma/Critical Care at the University of California-San Francisco-Fresno University Medical Center.

He was the Associate Director of the Trauma Center at the Puerto Rico Medical Center and the Vice-Chairman of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma in Puerto Rico. He is the Founder and President of the Caribbean Trauma Society and an active member of SCCM, EAST, ACS, American Trauma Society and the Panamerican Trauma Society.

His research interests include shock and resuscitation, surgical infections, development of trauma systems, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.

Lisa Barratt, MS, PA-C
Ms. Barratt received her bachelors degree in Chemistry from the University of Connecticut, her Masters degree in Chemistry from St. Josephs College in West Hartford, and her Physician Associate Certificate from Yale University School of Medicine.

Ms. Barratt is a member of SCCM and the American Academy of Physician Assistants. She is Vice-President of the Connecticut Physician Assistant Foundation.

She is a Clinical Associate in Surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and serves as the Academic Coordinator and Assistant Professor of the Quinnipiac University Physician Assistant Program.

Laura Boone, PA-C
Received her BS degree in Biology from George Mason University in 1990, then attended George Washington Universitys Physician Assistant Program, where she graduated as an Alpha Eta Honor Society member in 1995.

After her general surgery residency at Norwalk Hospital, Ms.Boone worked as a cardiothoracic PA at the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven. Laura came to Saint Francis in 1999 and helps coordinate patient care in the ICU, serving as a liaison between patients, families, and physicians.

Peter Sandor, PA-C
Graduated from Quinnipiac College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Respiratory Care. Mr. Sandor worked as a registered respiratory therapist in the ICU at Yale-New Haven Hospital and returned to Quinnipiac University to become a Physician Assistant, graduating with distinction in his Master of Health Science degree.

As a student, he volunteered at the Hartford Homeless Shelter and also worked as a teacher in health promotion and disease prevention. His research focus is in mechanical ventilation and sedation in critical care.

James Lunn, PA-C
Graduated from Quinnipiac College with a BS degree in Respiratory Care. Mr. Lunn then worked as a Registered Respiratory Therapist at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He graduated as a Physician Assistant, with a Masters of Health Science at Quinnipiac University. While there he graduated with Honors and received an Academic and Clinical Excellence Award.

Before coming to Saint Francis, Mr. Lunn worked as a Cardiothoracic P.A. at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. His areas of research are mechanical ventilation and cardiac shock.