As one of the foremost authorities in Burn Surgery and Care, David Greenhalgh, MD, was named Chief of Staff for Burn Surgery at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California and Chief of the Burn Division, Department of Surgery, for the University of California, Davis School of Medicine in 1997.

Board certified by the American Board of Surgery, with Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care, Dr. Greenhalgh manages all aspects of burn care at Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California and at the University of California Davis, School of Medicine. He performs research related to the response to injury, cell signaling, and the regulation of wound healing and scar formation.

In 2006, Dr. Greenhalgh served as President of the American Burn Association and is a member of the International Society for Burn Injuries, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Surgical Association.

Dr. Greenhalgh graduated from the State University of New York Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, and then completed his General Surgery Residency at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont. He spent a one year Fellowship conducting surgical research at the University of Vermont, College of Medicine. This year was followed by a one-year Fellowship completing wound healing research at the University of Washington and then another year of burn Fellowship at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.

Upon completion of his Fellowships, Dr. Greenhalgh was named Assistant Chief of Staff at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Cincinnati, which focuses on pediatric burn medicine. He also joined the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Surgery, concentrating his research on burn injury and burn care. In 1990, he was promoted to Associate Professor in the department. At the University of California, Davis, he was promoted to Professor in 1999.

In addition to his research, Dr. Greenhalgh has published and presented extensively in the areas of burn injury, burn care, and burn prevention.