Board certified by the American Board of Surgery in surgical critical care and general surgery, Dr. Douglas Tamura is a member of the American Pediatric Surgery Association, the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group and an associate member of the American College of Surgeons. He has been published in numerous journals including The Journal of Trauma: Injury Infection & Critical Care and The Journal of Surgical Research.
Dr. Tamura earned his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Dr. Tamura completed a fellowship in surgical critical care at the University of California, Davis Medical Center and a pediatric surgery fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine.
In his free time Dr. Tamura enjoys biking, golfing, running, sailing, skiing, soccer and tennis.
Publications
Tamura DY, Moore EE, Partrick DA, Johnson JL, Offner PJ, Silliman CC. “Acute hypoxemia in humans enhances the neutrophil inflammatory response.” Shock. 2002; 17(4):269-73.
PMID: 11954825
Johnson JL, Moore EE, Offner PJ, Partrick DA, Tamura DY, Zallen G, Silliman CC. “Resuscitation with a blood substitute abrogates pathologic postinjury neutrophil cytotoxic function.” J Trauma. 2001; 50(3):449-55; discussion 456.
PMID: 11265023
Zallen G, Moore EE, Tamura DY, Johnson JL, Biffl WL, Silliman CC. “Hypertonic saline resuscitation abrogates neutrophil priming by mesenteric lymph.” J Trauma. 2000; 48(1):45-8.
PMID: 10647564
Partrick DA, Moore EE, Offner PJ, Meldrum DR, Tamura DY, Johnson JL, Silliman CC. “Maximal human neutrophil priming for superoxide production and elastase release requires p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation.” Arch Surg. 2000; 135(2):219-25.
PMID: 10668885
Zallen G, Moore EE, Johnson JL, Tamura DY, Aiboshi J, Biffl WL, Silliman CC. “Circulating postinjury neutrophils are primed for the release of proinflammatory cytokines.” J Trauma. 1999; 46(1):42-8.
PMID: 9932682
Zallen G, Moore EE, Johnson JL, Tamura DY, Ciesla DJ, Silliman CC. “Posthemorrhagic shock mesenteric lymph primes circulating neutrophils and provokes lung injury.” J Surg Res. 1999; 83(2):83-8.
PMID: 10329099
Zallen G, Moore EE, Johnson JL, Tamura DY, Shames B, Biffl WL, Silliman CC. “Postinjury suppression of human neutrophil cytokine production results from the stabilization of inhibitory kappaB.” Shock. 1999; 11(2):77-81.
PMID: 10030791
Johnson JL, Moore EE, Hiester AA, Tamura DY, Zallen G, Silliman CC. “Disparities in the respiratory burst between human and rat neutrophils.” J Leukoc Biol. 1999; 65(2):211-6.
PMID: 10088604
Johnson JL, Moore EE, Partrick DA, Tamura DY, Zallen G, Elzi DJ, Silliman CC. “Extracellular signal-related kinase 1/2 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways serve opposite roles in neutrophil cytotoxicity.” Arch Surg. 1999; 134(10):1074-8.
PMID: 10522849
Tamura DY, Moore EE, Partrick DA, Johnson JL, Offner PJ, Harbeck RJ, Silliman CC. “Clinically relevant concentrations of ethanol attenuate primed neutrophil bactericidal activity.” J Trauma. 1998; 44(2):320-4.
PMID: 9498504
Johnson JL, Moore EE, Tamura DY, Zallen G, Biffl WL, Silliman CC. “Interleukin-6 augments neutrophil cytotoxic potential via selective enhancement of elastase release.” J Surg Res. 1998; 76(1):91-4.
PMID: 9695746
Tamura DY, Moore EE, Partrick DA, Johnson JL, Zallen G, Silliman CC. “Primed neutrophils require phosphatidic acid for maximal receptor-activated elastase release.” J Surg Res. 1998; 77(1):71-4.
PMID: 9698536
Tamura DY, Moore EE, Partrick DA, Johnson JL, Offner PJ, Silliman CC. “Prostaglandin E1 attenuates cytotoxic mechanisms of primed neutrophils.” Shock. 1998; 9(3):171-6.
PMID: 9525323
Zallen G, Moore EE, Johnson JL, Tamura DY, Barkin M, Stockinger H, Silliman CC. “New mechanisms by which secretory phospholipase A2 stimulates neutrophils to provoke the release of cytotoxic agents.” Arch Surg. 1998; 133(11):1229-33.
PMID: 9820355
Partrick DA, Moore EE, Offner PJ, Johnson JL, Tamura DY, Silliman CC. “Hypertonic saline activates lipid-primed human neutrophils for enhanced elastase release.” J Trauma. 1998; 44(4):592-7; discussion 598.
PMID: 9555828
Johnson JL, Moore EE, Offner PJ, Haenel JB, Hides GA, Tamura DY. “Resuscitation of the injured patient with polymerized stroma-free hemoglobin does not produce systemic or pulmonary hypertension.” Am J Surg. 1998; 176(6):612-7.
PMID: 9926800
Tamura DY, Moore EE, Johnson JL, Zallen G, Aiboshi J, Silliman CC. “p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibition attenuates intercellular adhesion molecule-1 up-regulation on human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells.” Surgery. 1998; 124(2):403-7; discussion 408.
PMID: 9706165
Tamura DY, Minkes RK, Bellan JA, McMahon TJ, McNamara DB, Kadowitz PJ. “Analysis of responses to big endothelin in the hindquarters vascular bed of the cat.” Can J Cardiol. 1992; 8(9):954-60.
PMID: 1486546