Nicole S. Gibran, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Gibran is a UW professor of surgery and Director of the UW Medicine Regional Burn Center at Harborview Medical Center. After completing her medical degree and residency in surgery at Boston University, she completed a one-year fellowship at the Burn Center at Harborview, followed by a two-year National Institutes of Health Trauma Fellowship in the UW Department of Surgery.

Dr. Gibran's expertise is in burns, critical care and wound healing. Her research includes the role of nerves in wound repair, genetic influences on scarring, and long-term functional outcomes following burn injuries.

Scope Of Care
Patients with burn injuries and other major wounds that require advanced wound and intensive care

Clinical Interests
Burns and inflammatory responses to injury

Metabolism

Neuroinflammation in wound healing

Research Interests
Neuroinflammation in wound healing

Epigenetic effects on wound healing

Genetic influences on scarring

Hypertrophic scar formation

Genomic responses to burn injury

Languages
English

Expertise
Burn Care, Critical Care Medicine, General Surgery