Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery
University of Michigan Medical Center
Dr. Katherine Gallagher is a tenure-track Professor of Surgery, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and the John R. Pfeifer Collegiate Professor of Surgery. She treats patients at the University of Michigan and at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Ann Arbor, MI.
Since joining the faculty at the University of Michigan, Dr. Gallagher’s research has focused on the intercept between epigenetics and metabolism in macrophages as it related to wound marrow progenitor cells and the impact on peripheral macrophage phenotypes as it relates to inflammation in wound healing and vascular disease. Her clinical interest includes the management of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), particularly in diabetic patients. She runs a large translational research program focused on vascular inflammation and the intercept between epigenetics and peripheral macrophage phenotypes in wound repair and vascular disease. For the past ten years she has been an NIH-funded researcher as the PI on multiple R01s and a U01. She also has significant societal funding/awards from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Wylie Scholar, SUS, SVS, and the ACS, amongst others. She is a standing member on the BTSS NIH-study section and is a founding member of the NIH-NIDDK Wound Consortium. She was recently inducted into the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the American Surgical Association. She currently trains many residents to be the next generation of surgeon-scientists, with numerous general/vascular surgery residents who have all achieved NIH(F32/T32) and society funding(ACS,AAS/SUS,VESS,SVS).