Clinical Interests
Dr. Palmieri is a board-certified surgical intensivist and burn surgeon who specializes in the care of adults and children who have sustained burned injury or have major skin sloughing disorders such as toxic epidermal necrolysis. She has expertise in all aspects of burn injury, but she focuses on critical care, acute burn injury management, and burn disasters. Her past military service in the Air Force gives her a unique perspective on triage and developing priorities of care ranging from wildfire disasters to individual patient care.

Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Palmieri's clinical research focuses on collaboration with diverse stakeholders to optimize outcomes; as such, she has led multicenter trials in blood transfusion and coagulation, complex burn/trauma and brain injury, artificial skin development, opiate pharmacogenomics, and burn outcomes. She has also led the development of international burn care guidelines and burn disaster management guidelines, including treatment of humans and animals injured in wildfires. Finally, she is the director of the UC Davis Burn Data Coordinating Center, which has led multicenter burn trials for the American Burn Association Multicenter Trials Group.