Episode 81: Stefan Leichtle

Stefan Leichtle, MD walks us through the potential for intravenous vitamin C to help with traumatic head injury and his goal for a clinical trial.

Stefan Leichtle, MD is an Acute Care Surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA. His clinical practice focuses on trauma surgery and surgical critical care. Dr. Leichtle received his medical education in Germany at the Technical University Munich, completed his General Surgery residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI, and underwent fellowship training in Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Surgery at the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Dr. Leichtle’s academic interests are in the implementation of evidence-based guidelines in clinical practice, multi-disciplinary research in critical care including traumatic brain injury, and development of novel strategies for the resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock. He is the Program Director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at VCU and Medical Director of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit.