Matthew Neal, MD, FACS, is the Roberta Simmons assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. His areas of interest and expertise include: trauma-induced coagulopathy and hemostasis following trauma and hemorrhagic shock; measurement of coagulopathy in trauma and sepsis; clinical outcomes in trauma/hemorrhagic shock; clinical outcomes in massive transfusion; immunomodulation and transfusion of red blood cells; acute care surgery outcomes research and surgical rescue; and outcomes research focusing on emergency general surgery, elective abdominal wall reconstruction, and surgical rescue.