Rochelle Dicker, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Rochelle Dicker is a Trauma Surgeon and Critical Care Intensivist. Her academic interest focuses on injury prevention. Dr. Dicker is Director of the Wraparound Project, a hospital-based violence prevention program that has been replicated in other trauma centers. Her publications re ect the positive effects of this program which aims to reduce violent injury recidivism. In addition, Dr. Dicker works with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to address pedestrian and bicycle injury within a framework of the public health model. Dr. Dicker’s focus is on populations most vulnerable to particular forms of injury.

Her work with vulnerable populations start locally and span globally where the burden of injury in low- and middle-income countries is growing. She contributes to efforts in trauma surveillance and workforce development overseas.