Luke Zabrocki

Captain, Navy

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Title
PICU Medical Director
Location: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Research Interests:
ECMO
Office Phone

Education

Primary Children’s Medical Center Jul 2007 – Jul 2010
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship
Salt Lake City, Utah

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Jul 2002 – Jul 2005
Pediatric Residency / Internship
Portsmouth, Virginia

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Jun 1998 – May 2002
Doctorate of Medicine
Bethesda, Maryland

University of California at San Diego Aug 1991 – Jun 1996
Bachelor of Science - Animal Phys. and Neuroscience
La Jolla, California

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Operation Allies Welcome Camp Atterbury, Indiana 2021-22

Pacific Partnership 2014 JDS Kunasaki Yokosuka, Japan 2014

Operation Enduring Freedom NATO Role 3, Multinational Medical Unit Kandahar, Afghanistan 2012

Representative Bibliography

PICU in the MICU: How Adult ICUs Can Support Pediatric Care in Public Health Emergencies. King MA, Matos RI, Hamele MT, Borgman MA, Zabrocki LA, Gadepalli SK, Maves RC. PICU in the MICU: How Adult ICUs Can Support Pediatric Care in Public Health Emergencies. Chest. 2022 May;161(5):1297-1305.

Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of fluoxetine as an antiviral for acute flaccid myelitis. Messacar K, Sillau S, Hopkins SE, Otten C, Wilson-Murphy M, Wong B, Santoro JD, Treister A, Bains HK, Torres A, Zabrocki L, Glanternik JR, Hurst AL, Martin JA, Schreiner T, Makhani N, DeBiasi RL, Kruer MC, Tremoulet AH, Van Haren K, Desai J, Benson LA, Gorman MP, Abzug MJ, Tyler KL, Dominguez SR.. Neurology. 2019 Apr 30;92(18):e2118-e2126.

Pediatric Acute Flaccid Paralysis: Enterovirus D68-Associated Anterior Myelitis. Yoder JA, Lloyd M, Zabrocki L, Auten J. J Emerg Med. 2017 Apr 12. pii: S0736-4679(17)30232-9.

Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Member Centers.. Development and Validation of a Score to Predict Mortality in Children Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Respiratory Failure: Pediatric Pulmonary Rescue With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Prediction Score. Bailly DK, Reeder RW, Zabrocki LA, Hubbard AM, Wilkes J, Bratton SL, Thiagarajan RR Crit Care Med. 2017 Jan;45(1):e58-e66.

Zabrocki LA, Pediatric Surgery and Medicine for Hostile Environments: Chapter 4. Mechanical Ventilation, Online Access at http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/borden/Portlet.aspx?ID=6633bc15-2d66-43f2-8d45-d7bbca73663d

Zabrocki LA, Shellington D, Bratton SL, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence: Vol. 1. Ch 49: Heat Illness and Hypothermia, 2nd Edition; Wheeler, Shanley & Wong

Prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for children with respiratory failure Brogan TV, Zabrocki L, Thiagarajan RR, Rycus PT, Bratton SL Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul;13(4):e249-e254

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation trends for pediatric respiratory failure and central nervous system injury. Rollins MD, Hubard A, Zabrocki L, Barnhart DC, Bratton SL J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Jan;47(1):68-75

ECMO for Pediatric Respiratory Failure: Survival and Predictors of Mortality Zabrocki LA; Brogan TV ; Statler KS; Poss WB; Rollins M; Bratton SL Crit Care Med 2011 Feb;39(2):364-70

Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Luke Zabrocki, MD and Gitte Y. Larsen, MD, MPH AAP Grand Rounds 2009 22(2): 21