Education & Training
- BS, Georgetown University
- MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- General Surgery Residency, UPMC
- Pediatric Surgery Research Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
- Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, UPMC
Representative Publications
Dr. Neal's publications can be reviewed through NCBI.
Research, Clinical, and/or Academic Interests
- Co-lead for the coordinating center for the NIH-sponsored Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV-4) program; Co-chair, Inpatient Anti-Thrombotics for COVID-19 clinical trial
- 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
- Acute care surgery outcomes research and surgical rescue
- Outcomes research focusing on emergency general surgery, elective abdominal wall reconstruction, and surgical rescue
Research Grants
- PI: Mechanistic Elucidation and Targeted Therapy of Platelet Dysfunction after Trauma (1R35GM119526-01 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA)), NIH/NIGMS, 08/01/16-07/31/21
- PI: Mechanisms of platelet exosome-mediated acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease (R01HL141080-01A1), NIH/NHLBI, 04/22/2019-03/31/2023
- Co-PI: Field-Deployable Dried Platelet Surrogate Nanotechnology for Hemorrhage Control in RDCR (Department of Defense), Department of Defense JPC-6 Combat Casualty Care Research Program, 04/01/2020-03/31/2023
- Co-I: Dual role of HMGB1 in pathogenic platelet biology in pulmonary hypertension (R01HL130268-04), NHLBI, 3/1/19-2/28/22
- Co-I: REVIVE: Reducting Exsanguination Via In-Vivo Expandable Foam (Sperry), Arsenal Medical Inc.,12/1/18-11/30/20
- Co-I: Engineering Biologic Topography into Vascular Grafts (R56HL142743), NIH/ NHLBI, 9/15/18-8/31/20
- Co-I: Pragmatic, Prehospital Group O Whole Blood Early Resuscitation Pilot Trial R34 HL135224-01A1, NIH/NHLBI, 07/05/17-06/01/21
- Co-I: Linking Investigations in Trauma and Emergency Services (LITES) W81XWH-16-D-0024, Department of Defense, 2017- (Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract)
- PI: Testing for Platelet Inhibition before and after platelet transfusion in Traumatic Brain Injury (TPI-TBI), Accriva Diagnostics, 1/01/2018-12/31/2020
- Site PI: Analysis and Characterization of Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy NIH UM1HL120877, NIH/NHLBI, 7/01/19 – 6/30/21