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Areas of Interest 
hemorrhage control, REBOA, trauma resuscitation

Biography

Captain Kyle Stigall, M.D., is an active duty Air Force trauma surgeon with the Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST) based out of UAB. In 2023, he became a clinical assistant professor with the UAB Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.

Stigall came to UAB from the Brooke Army Medical Center Department of Surgery, where he completed his general surgery residency. He earned his medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

Stigall was also recently a teaching fellow for the Uniformed Service University Department of Surgery and a research resident with the Naval Medical Research Unit.

Stigall’s research interests include hemorrhage control and resuscitation.

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Stigall KS, Neidert LE, Morgan CG, Hemond P, Salas M, Glaser JJ. Therapeutic Circulatory Arrest as an Adjunct to REBOA: Bridging the Gap from Fatal Hemorrhage to Definitive Surgical Control in Swine. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Feb 1;90(2):369-375.

Stigall KS, Sleeter JJ, Blough PE, Harwell CL, Rall JM, Kauvar DS. Conversion of the Abdominal Aortic and Junctional Tourniquet (AAJT) to Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlution of the Aorta (REBOA) in a Swine (Sus scrofa) Model of Hemorrhagic Shock. J Spec Oper Med. 2021 Spring;21(1):30-36.

Stigall KS, Sleeter JJ, Thomas SB, Schechtman DW, Blough PE, Rall JM, Kauvar DS. Performance of a novel temporary arterial shunt in a military-relevant controlled hemorrhage swine model. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Aug 1;91(2S Suppl 2):S74-S80.

Glaser JJ, Stigall KS, Cannon J, et al. Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guideline (JTS CPG) Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Hemorrhagic Shock (CPG ID: 38). Joint Trauma System Clinical Practive Guidelines. 2020.

Sleeter JJ, Parry OG, Stigall KS, Rall JM, Kauvar DS. Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta and Resuscitative Thoracotomy in Select Patients with Solid Organ Injury: Results from the American Association for Surgery of Trauma’s Aortic Occlusion in Resuscitation for Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Registry. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020. Pending publication.

Morgan CG, Neidert LE, Stigall KS, Rodriguez GJ, Pratt GA, Lonowski D, Harrell K, Mcneal ND, Cardin S. Glaser JJ. Non-Invasive Cerebral Perfusion and Oxygenation Monitoring Augment Prolonged Field Care in a Non-Human Primate Model of Decompensated Hemorrhage and Resuscitation. Shock. 2021 Mar 1;55(3):371-378.

Glaser JJ, Neidert LE, Morgan CG, Brenner M, Stigall KS, Cardin S. Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Thoracic Trauma: A Translational Swine Study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Sep; 89(3);474-481.

Glaser JJ, Neidert LE, Morgan CG, Brenner M, Stigall KS, Cardin S. Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Thoracic Trauma in the Setting of Platelet Dysfunction: A Translational Swine Study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Oct. 89(4):708-715.

Borman DA, Sunshein KE, Stigall KS, Madabhushi VV, Davenport DL, Plymale MA, Roth JS. Clinical and Quality of Life Assessment of Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair. Am Surg. 2019 Nov 1;85(11):1269-1275.

Becker C, Plymale MA, Wennergren J, Totten C, Stigall K, Roth JS. Compliance of the abdominal wall during laparoscopic insufflation. Surg Endosc. 2017 Apr;31(4):1947-1951.

Wennergren JE, Plymale M, Davenport D, Levy S, Hazey J, Perry KA, Stigall K, Rother JS. Quality-of-life scores in laparoscopic preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair. Surg Endosc. 2016;30(8):3467-3473.

Yadav P, Stigall K, Johnson HE, Rayapati AO, Chopra N. Functional foods: How functional are they? A case report of supplement-induced psychosis. Int J Psychiatry Med. 2016 Aug;51(6):479-485.

Honors and Awards

Brooke Army Medical Center Basic Science Research Award - 2023

BAMC Auxiliary Grant Award Winner - 2023

1st Place ACS Committee on Trauma Research Paper Competition; Region 13 - 2020

USAF Committee on Trauma Research Award - 2020

Education

Medical School
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Residency
Brooke Army Medical Center

Contact

Phone
Patient Appointments and Questions: 205-975-7521

Email
stigallk@uab.edu