Gianmarino Gianfrate Male • United States of America
Gianmarino Gianfrate is a Trauma and Critical Care Fellow at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He has dedicated his professional career to trauma surgery, surgical critical care, and advanced resuscitation. He became a board-certified general surgeon after passing his general surgery boards in October 2025 and is scheduled to take his critical boards in September 2026. He is an active member of the American College of Surgeons, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and the Chest Wall Injury Society.
Alongside patient care, Dr. Gianfrate is actively involved in trauma education, physician training, and clinical quality improvement. He serves as an instructor through Advanced Trauma Life Support, Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma, Rural Trauma Team Development, Stop the Bleed, and multicenter pREBOA education programs. As Course Director for both ATLS and ASSET, he helps prepare physicians and healthcare providers in trauma assessment, resuscitation, and operative trauma management. He also participates in the Advanced Resuscitation Fellows Educational Series, which focuses on resuscitation science, innovation, simulation-based learning, and leadership development.
Gianmarino Gianfrate, MD, has been invited to teach through a multicenter collaborative that focuses on pREBOA utilization and advanced resuscitation techniques. In this role, he trains residents, fellows, and multidisciplinary healthcare teams while helping create educational materials used across participating institutions. He has delivered presentations at academic centers and conferences and was invited to speak at the SHIP Conference, where he presented institutional venous thromboembolism data and updates to practice guidelines.
Before beginning his fellowship, Gianmarino served as a Clinical Instructor of Surgery at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He taught medical students and surgical residents in clinical and operative settings while also contributing to research, accreditation, physician wellness, and graduate medical education initiatives. His leadership and committee service supported quality improvement efforts, research oversight, resident education, and professional development.
Gianfrate's honors include the Dr. Rashid Abdu “My Surgeon” Award; the Surgical Research Resident Award for three consecutive years from 2023 through 2025; the Surgical Critical Care Resident Award in 2022; the Looking to the Future Scholarship Award in 2023; and the Glimmer of Hope Grant. His research interests include trauma surgery, trauma resuscitation, traumatic brain injury, critical care, hemorrhage management, and surgical outcomes.
Gianmarino Gianfrate completed his General Surgery Residency at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital from 2020 to 2025. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, earned a Master’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Science with the same distinction, and received a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh. A first-generation Italian-American and former collegiate lacrosse captain, he enjoys mentorship, leadership, surgical education, cooking, winemaking, volunteer service, and spending time with his wife and their two dogs.
