Michael Rouse

Michael Rouse serves as Associate Director of Laboratory Science and Operations for the Surgical Critical Care Initiative (SC2i) and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Silver Spring, MD. He holds an affiliate faculty appointment in the School of Systems Biology.

His research centers on surgical critical care innovation through laboratory operations management, with emphasis on translational systems biology approaches to trauma and critical illness. The SC2i program under his leadership focuses on optimizing clinical outcomes via integrated laboratory-science frameworks in military-relevant critical care scenarios.

Dr. Rouse directs laboratory operations for the Surgical Critical Care Initiative (SC2i), driving research infrastructure development to advance evidence-based practices in combat casualty care and critical surgical interventions within the military health system.