Felix Lui, MD, FACS
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Associate Professor of Surgery (Trauma)
Director, Surgery Clerkship Program, Yale School of MedicineBiography
Dr. Lui is board certified in general surgery and in surgical critical care by the American Board of Surgery. His clinical interests include trauma, surgical critical care, emergency and elective general surgery, re-operative surgery, sepsis and resuscitation, and shock. His research interests include shock physiology, resuscitation in trauma, pediatric trauma, and surgical infections, including necrotizing soft tissue infections, surgical education and bioethical issues in medicine.
He is certified in and is an instructor of Advanced Trauma Life Support and Advanced Trauma Operative Management. He is also certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
Dr. Lui earned his undergraduate degrees in Biomedical Ethics and Biology and his medical degree from Brown University. He completed his residency in general surgery at Berkshire Medical Center, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine in Pittsfield, and was fellowship trained in trauma and surgical critical care at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore. He is an Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine Department of Surgery (Trauma).
Dr. Lui is a member of the following organizations: Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Society for Critical Care Medicine, Surgical Infection Society, Association for Surgical Education, Connecticut Committee on Trauma, Connecticut chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and Association for Academic Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Appointments
General Surgery, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
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Education & Training
- Fellow
- R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical School (2006)
- Chief Resident
- Berkshire Medical Center, University of Massachusetts, Pittsfield, MA (2005)
- Resident
- Berkshire Medical Center, University of Massachusetts, Pittsfield, MA (2004)
- Intern
- Berkshire Medical Center, University of Massachusetts, PIttsfield, MA (2000)
- MD
- Brown University (1999)
- BA
- Brown University, Biology (1995)
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Overview
Felix Lui, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon specializing in trauma, surgical critical care, emergency and elective general surgery, re-operative surgery, sepsis and resuscitation, shock, and necrotizing soft tissue infection, a severe condition that destroys a patient’s skin, muscle, and soft tissues.
Dr. Lui’s research interests include shock physiology, trauma resuscitation, pediatric trauma, and surgical infections. He also researches ways to advance surgical education and to call attention to bioethical issues in medicine. He serves as the director of Yale School of Medicine’s Surgery Clerkship Program, which helps improve medical students’ understanding of the benefits and limitations of surgery and teaches them how to assess surgical risks and outcomes.
Dr. Lui is an associate professor of surgery (trauma) at Yale School of Medicine.
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Board Certifications
Surgical Critical Care Surgery
- Certification Organization
- AB of Surgery
- Latest Certification Date
- 2018
- Original Certification Date
- 2007
Surgery General
- Certification Organization
- AB of Surgery
- Latest Certification Date
- 2015
- Original Certification Date
- 2006