Matthew Borgman, M.D.

Pediatrics - Critical Care

Biography

Matthew Borgman, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Borgman earned his medical degree at the Uniformed Services University in Maryland. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium and received advanced training through a pediatric critical care fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatric critical care medicine, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2023.

Dr. Borgman is Director of Education in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care at UT Southwestern. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, BloodNet, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Education & Training

Residency - Brooke Army Medical Center (2004-2007), Pediatrics
Medical School - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (2000-2004)
Fellowship - Boston Children's Hospital (2007-2010), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics
BloodNet
Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators
Society of Critical Care Medicine

Honors & Awards

Presidential Citation 2025, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Gold-Headed Cane Award 2021, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Presidential Citation 2021, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Silver Snapshot Award 2021, Society of Critical Care Medicine

Books & Publications

Books
- Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatric (3rd ed.)
  Borgman MA, assoc. ed. (2025), Mount Prospect, IL, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Traumatic injuries in children in Fundamentals of Critical Care Support: Pediatrics
  Borgman MA, Cooper A (2024), Mount Prospect, IL, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Toxic inhalations in Management of Chest Trauma
  Lee TJ, Borgman MA (2022), Switzerland, Springer International
- Fundamentals of Critical Care Support: Resource Limited: Delivery of Care in Austere and Operational Environments
  Borgman MA, Pamplin JC, eds (2020), Mount Prospect, IL, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Prediction of life-threatening hemorrhage in Damage Control Resuscitation: Identification and Treatment of Life-Threatening Hemorrhage
  Vitale DA, Maegele M, Borgman MA (2020), Switzerland, Springer International
- Overview of pediatric and neonatal transport in Aeromedical Evacuation: Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients
  Lee TJ, Fagiana AM, Wells RJ, Heiman HS, Hurd WW, Borgman MA (2019), Switzerland, Springer International
- Aeromedical evacuation of the neurosurgical patient in Aeromedical Evacuation: Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients
  Donovan DJ, Borgman MA, Leary-Wojcik RM, Perez-Cruet MJ (2019), Switzerland, Springer International
- Traumatic injuries in children in Pediatric Fundamentals of Critical Care Support (3rd ed.)
  Borgman MA, Cooper A (2018), Mount Prospect, IL, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Update on pediatric damage control resuscitation: 2017 in Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care: 2017 Edition
  Borgman MA, Cap AP, Spinella PC (2017), Mount Prospect, IL, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Transfusion medicine in Pediatric Surgery and Medicine for Hostile Environments (2nd ed.)
  Borgman MA (2017), Ft. Sam Houston, TX, Borden Institute
- Prologue in Pediatric Surgery and Medicine for Hostile Environments (2nd ed.)
  Borgman MA, Edwards M (2017), Ft. Sam Houston, TX, Borden Institute
- Case studies in A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury
  Cap AP, Borgman MA, Kragh JF, Gross KR (2016), Washington, DC, National Academies Press
Publications
- The effect of the proportion of low-titer O whole blood for resuscitation in pediatric trauma patients on 6-, 12- and 24-hour survival
  Petersen EM, Fisher AD, April MD, Yazer MH, Braverman MA, Borgman MA, Schauer SG Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2025 Apr 98 587-592
- A scoping review of two decades of pediatric humanitarian care during wartime
  Kocik VI, Borgman MA, April MD, Schauer SG Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2023 Aug 95 S170-S179
- Pediatric traumatic hemorrhagic shock consensus conference research priorities
  Russell RT, Bembea MM, Borgman MA, Burd RS, Gaines BA, Jafri M, Josephson CD, Leeper CM, Leonard JC, Muszynski JA, Nicol KK, Nishijima DK, Stricker PA, Vogel AM, Wong TE, Spinella PC Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2023 Jan 94 S11-S18
- Pediatric traumatic hemorrhagic shock consensus conference recommendations
  Russell RT, Esparaz JR, Beckwith MA, Abraham PJ, Bembea MM, Borgman MA, Burd RS, Gaines BA, Jafri M, Josephson CD, Leeper C, Leonard JC, Muszynski JA, Nicol KK, Nishijima DK, Stricker PA, Vogel AM, Wong TE, Spinella PC Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2023 Jan 94 S2-S10
- Tranexamic acid in pediatric hemorrhagic trauma
  Borgman MA, Nishijima DK Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2023 Jan 94 S36-S40
- Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Trauma Patients in a Combat Zone
  Moulton AW, Schauer SG, Borgman MA Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2022 Dec 23 1009-1016
- Incidence of post-traumatic seizures in children during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
  Cuenca CM, Borgman MA, Dengler BA, Schauer SG Injury 2022 Oct 53 3297-3300
- An Analysis of Outcomes and Interventions for Female Pediatric Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Gale HL, Koons NJ, Borgman MA, April MD, Schauer SG Military Medicine 2022 Sep 187 E1037-E1042
- An analysis of early volume resuscitation and the association with prolonged mechanical ventilation
  Schauer SG, April MD, Fisher AD, Bynum J, Hill R, Gillespie KR, Chung KK, Borgman MA Transfusion 2022 Aug 62 S114-S121
- The Use of Whole Blood Transfusion During Non-Traumatic Resuscitation
  Nowadly CD, Fisher AD, Borgman MA, Mdaki KS, Hill RL, Nicholson SE, Bynum JA, Schauer SG Military Medicine 2022 Jul 187 E821-E825
- PICU in the MICU: How Adult ICUs Can Support Pediatric Care in Public Health Emergencies
  King MA, Matos RI, Hamele MT, Borgman MA, Zabrocki LA, Gadepalli SK, Maves RC CHEST 2022 May 161 1297-1305
- An Analysis of Prolonged, Continuous Ketamine Infusions
  Schauer SG, Naylor JF, Davis WT, Borgman MA, April MD Military Medicine 2022 May 187 E547-E553
- Corrigendum to “Characterizing pediatric supermassive transfusion and the contributing injury patterns in the combat environment” [American Journal of Emergency Medicine 51 (2022) 139–143] (American Journal of Emergency Medicine (2022) 51 (139–143), (S0735675721008676), (10.1016/j.ajem.2021.10.032))
  Hesling JD, Paulson MW, McKay JT, Bebarta VS, Flarity K, Keenan S, Fisher AD, Borgman MA, April MD, Schauer SG American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 Feb 52 275
- Toxic Inhalations
  Lee TJ, Borgman MA 2022 Jan 367-385
- Characterizing pediatric supermassive transfusion and the contributing injury patterns in the combat environment
  Hesling JD, Paulson MW, McKay JT, Bebarta VS, Flarity K, Keenan S, Fisher AD, Borgman MA, April MD, Schauer SG American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022 Jan 51 139-143
- An Analysis of Intracranial Hemorrhage in Wartime Pediatric Casualties
  Cuenca CM, Clarke EE, Dengler BA, Borgman MA, Schauer SG World neurosurgery 2021 Oct 154 e729-e733
- A Descriptive Analysis of Pediatric Transports throughout the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
  Sam AE, Hamele MT, Matos RI, Fagiana AM, Borgman MA, Maddry JK, Schauer SG Military Medicine 2021 Jul 186 E743-E748
- An analysis of outcomes for pediatric trauma warm fresh whole blood recipients in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Lauby RS, Cuenca CM, Borgman MA, Fisher AD, Bebarta VS, Moore EE, Spinella PC, Bynum J, Schauer SG Transfusion 2021 Jul 61 S2-S7
- Use of the BIG score to predict mortality in pediatric trauma
  Bolstridge J, O'Neil ER, Aden JK, Muisyo T, Spinella PC, Borgman MA American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021 Jul 45 472-475
- Simulation versus live tissue training randomised trial for ECMO proficiency: Is one better than the other?
  Mu T, Garcia-Choudary T, Staudt A, Tyree M, Valdez-Delgado K, Caldwell N, Carr N, Borgman M, Delaney H BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning 2021 Jun 7 223-229
- Analysis of Prehospital Administration of Blood Products to Pediatric Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Lauby RS, Johnson SA, Borgman MA, Bynum J, Hill GJ, Schauer SG Prehospital Emergency Care 2021 25 615-619
- Pediatric Prehospital Airway Management by U.S. Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Koslow EA, Borgman MA, April MD, Schauer SG Military Medicine 2020 Sep 185 E1435-E1439
- High crystalloid volumes negate benefit of hemostatic resuscitation in pediatric wartime trauma casualties
  Schauer SG, April MD, Becker TE, Cap AP, Borgman MA Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2020 Aug 89 S185-S191
- Tranexamic acid in pediatric combat trauma requiring massive transfusions and mortality
  Hamele M, Aden JK, Borgman MA Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2020 Aug 89 S242-S245
- Validation of the age-adjusted shock index for pediatric casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Cuenca CM, Borgman MA, April MD, Fisher AD, Schauer SG Military Medical Research 2020 Jul 7
- An analysis of the pediatric casualties undergoing massive transfusion in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Schauer SG, Wheeler AR, April MD, Gale HL, Becker TE, Hill GJ, Borgman MA American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020 May 38 895-899
- Normobaric hyperoxia in wartime pediatric trauma casualties
  Naylor JF, Borgman MA, April MD, Hill GJ, Schauer SG American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020 Apr 38 709-714
- Pediatric Trauma Patient Intensive Care Resource Utilization in U.S. Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Gale HL, Borgman MA, April MD, Schauer SG Critical Care Explorations 2019 Dec 1 E0062
- Mortality prediction in pediatric trauma
  Muisyo T, Bernardo EO, Camazine M, Colvin R, Thomas KA, Borgman MA, Spinella PC Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2019 Aug 54 1613-1616
- Hemostatic responses to exercise, dehydration, and simulated bleeding in heat-stressed humans
  Borgman MA, Zaar M, Aden JK, Schlader ZJ, Gagnon D, Rivas E, Kern J, Koons NJ, Convertino VA, Cap AP, Crandall C American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology 2019 Feb 316 R145-R156
- Prediction of Life-Threatening Hemorrhage
  Vitale DA, Maegele M, Borgman MA 2019 Jan 67-84
- Emergency department resuscitation of pediatric trauma patients in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Schauer SG, Hill GJ, Naylor JF, April MD, Borgman M, Bebarta VS American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018 Sep 36 1540-1544
- Prehospital Interventions Performed on Pediatric Trauma Patients in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Schauer SG, April MD, Hill GJ, Naylor JF, Borgman MA, De Lorenzo RA Prehospital Emergency Care 2018 Sep 22 624-629
- Bridging burn care education with modern technology, an integration with high fidelity human patient simulation
  Reeves PT, Borgman MA, Caldwell NW, Patel L, Aden J, Duggan JP, Serio-Melvin ML, Mann-Salinas EA Burns 2018 Aug 44 1106-1129
- The evolution of pediatric transfusion practice during combat operations 2001-2013
  Cannon JW, Neff LP, Pidcoke HF, Aden JK, Spinella PC, Johnson MA, Cap AP, Borgman MA Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2018 Jun 84 S69-S76
- Validity Evidence for a Serious Game to Assess Performance on Critical Pediatric Emergency Medicine Scenarios
  Gerard JM, Scalzo AJ, Borgman MA, Watson CM, Byrnes CE, Chang TP, Auerbach M, Kessler DO, Feldman BL, Payne BS, Nibras S, Chokshi RK, Lopreiato JO Simulation in Healthcare 2018 Jun 13 168-180
- Severely elevated blood pressure and early mortality in children with traumatic brain injuries: The neglected end of the spectrum
  Johnson MA, Borgman MA, Cannon JW, Kuppermann N, Neff LP Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018 May 19 452-459
- Analysis of pediatric trauma in combat zone to inform high-fidelity simulation predeployment training
  Reeves PT, Auerbach MM, Le TD, Caldwell NW, Edwards MJ, Mann-Salinas EA, Gurney JM, Stockinger ZT, Borgman MA Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2018 Apr 19 e199-e206
- Whole blood transfusion
  Cap AP, Beckett A, Benov A, Borgman M, Chen J, Corley JB, Doughty H, Fisher A, Glassberg E, Gonzales R, Kane SF, Malloy WW, Nessen S, Perkins JG, Prat N, Quesada J, Reade M, Sailliol A, Spinella PC, Stockinger Z, Strandenes G, Taylor A, Yazer M, Bryant B, Gurney J Military Medicine 2018 183 44-51
- Damage control resuscitation
  Cap AP, Pidcoke HF, Spinella P, Strandenes G, Borgman MA, Schreiber M, Holcomb J, Tien HC, Beckett AN, Doughty H, Woolley T, Rappold J, Ward K, Reade M, Prat N, Army F, Ausset S, Kheirabadi B, Benov A, Griffin ME, Corley JB, Simon CD, Fahie R, Jenkins D, Eastridge BJ, Stockinger Z Military Medicine 2018 183 36-43
- Burn casualty care in the deployed setting
  Driscoll IR, Mann-Salinas EA, Boyer NL, Pamplin JC, Serio-Melvin ML, Salinas J, Borgman MA, Sheridan RL, Melvin JJ, Peterson WC, Graybill JC, Rizzo JA, King BT, Chung KK, Cancio LC, Renz EM, Stockinger ZT Military Medicine 2018 183 162-167
- High ratio plasma resuscitation does not improve survival in pediatric trauma patients
  Cannon JW, Johnson MA, Caskey RC, Borgman MA, Neff LP Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2017 Aug 83 211-217
- The association of nonaccidental trauma with historical factors, examination findings, and diagnostic testing during the initial trauma evaluation
  Escobar MA, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Auerbach M, Tiyyagura G, Borgman MA, Duffy SJ, Falcone KS, Burke RV, Cox JM, Maguire SA Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2017 82 1147-1157
- A Pediatric Application of the STRAC Regional Hospital Trauma Registry Database: Pediatric Trauma Deaths in South Central Texas During 2004-2013
  Buehner M, Aden J, Borgman M, Love P, Wright B, Edwards M Texas medicine 2017 Jan 113 e1
- Military graduate medical education research: Challenges and opportunities
  Borgman MA, Elster EA, Murray CK, Forsberg J, Kellermann AL, Scott Jones W Military Medicine 2016 May 181 7-10
- Elective pediatric surgical care in a forward deployed setting: What is feasible vs. what is reasonable
  Neff LP, Cannon JW, Charnock KM, Farmer DL, Borgman MA, Ricca RL Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2016 Mar 51 409-415
- What is the Big Deal about the BIG Score?
  Borgman MA, Spinella PC Journal of Pediatrics 2015 Sep 167 513-514
- Isolated pediatric burn injury in Iraq and Afghanistan
  Borgman MA, Matos RI, Spinella PC Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2015 Feb 16 e23-e27
- Clearly defining pediatric massive transfusion: Cutting through the fog and friction with combat data
  Neff LP, Cannon JW, Morrison JJ, Edwards MJ, Spinella PC, Borgman MA Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2015 Jan 78 22-28
- The pediatric sedation unit: A prospective analysis of parental satisfaction
  Connor MP, Dion GR, Borgman M, Maturo S International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 2014 Dec 78 2165-2168
- Comparison of the predictive performance of the BIG, TRISS, and PS09 score in anadult trauma population derived from multiple international trauma registries
  Brockamp T, Maegele M, Gaarder C, Goslings JC, Cohen MJ, Lefering R, Joosse P, Naess PA, Skaga NO, Groat T, Eaglestone S, Borgman MA, Spinella PC, Schreiber MA, Brohi K Critical Care 2013 Jul 17
- Epidemiologie, risikostratifizierung und behandlungsergebnisse nach schwerem kindlichen trauma
  Kipfmueller F, Wyen H, Borgman MA, Spinella PC, Wirth S, Maegele M Klinische Padiatrie 2013 225 34-40
- Ten-year analysis of transfusion in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom: Increased plasma and platelet use correlates with improved survival
  Pidcoke HF, Aden JK, Mora AG, Borgman MA, Spinella PC, Dubick MA, Blackbourne LH, Cap AP Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2012 Dec 73 S445-S452
- Ten years of military pediatric care in Afghanistan and Iraq
  Borgman M, Matos RI, Blackbourne LH, Spinella PC Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2012 Dec 73 S509-S513
- The trauma patient in hemorrhagic shock: How is the C-priority addressed between emergency and ICU admission?
  Peiniger S, Paffrath T, Mutschler M, Brockamp T, Borgmann M, Spinella PC, Bouillon B, Maegele M Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2012 Dec 20
- Timing and location of blood product transfusion and outcomes in massively transfused combat casualties
  Cap AP, Spinella PC, Borgman MA, Blackbourne LH, Perkins JG Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2012 Aug 73 S89-S94
- Glasgow Coma Scale as a predictor for hemocoagulative disorders after blunt pediatric traumatic brain injury*
  Peiniger S, Nienaber U, Lefering R, Braun M, Wafaisade A, Borgman MA, Spinella PC, Maegele M Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2012 Jul 13 455-460
- Constant challenges and evolution of US military transfusion medicine and blood operations in combat
  Spinella PC, Dunne J, Beilman GJ, O'Connell RJ, Borgman MA, Cap AP, Rentas F Transfusion 2012 May 52 1146-1153
- Coagulopathy and shock on admission is associated with mortality for children with traumatic injuries at combat support hospitals
  Patregnani JT, Borgman MA, Maegele M, Wade CE, Blackbourne LH, Spinella PC Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2012 May 13 273-277
- The association of blood component use ratios with the survival of massively transfused trauma patients with and without severe brain injury
  Spinella PC, Wade CE, Blackbourne LH, Borgman MA, Zarzabal LA, Du F, Perkins JG, Maegele M, Schreiber M, Hess JR, Jastrow KM, Gonzalez EA, Holcomb JB, Kozar R, The Trauma Outcomes Group TO Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care 2011 Aug 71 S343-S352
- The effect of FFP:RBC ratio on morbidity and mortality in trauma patients based on transfusion prediction score
  Borgman MA, Spinella PC, Holcomb JB, Blackbourne LH, Wade CE, Lefering R, Bouillon B, Maegele M Vox Sanguinis 2011 Jul 101 44-54
- Pediatric trauma BIG score: Predicting mortality in children after military and civilian trauma
  Borgman MA, Maegele M, Wade CE, Blackbourne LH, Spinella PC Pediatrics 2011 Apr 127 e892-e897
- Balanced massive transfusion ratios in multiple injury patients with traumatic brain injury
  Peiniger S, Nienaber U, Lefering R, Braun M, Wafaisade A, Wutzler S, Borgmann M, Spinella PC, Maegele M Critical Care 2011 Feb 15
- Thromboelastography to direct the administration of recombinant activated factor VII in a child with traumatic injury requiring massive transfusion
  Nylund CM, Borgman MA, Holcomb JB, Jenkins D, Spinella PC Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2009 Mar 10 e22-e26
- Pediatric trauma in an austere combat environment.
  Spinella PC, Borgman MA, Azarow KS Critical care medicine 2008 Jul 36 S293-296
- The ratio of blood products transfused affects mortality in patients receiving massive transfusions at a combat support hospital
  Borgman MA, Spinella PC, Perkins JG, Grathwohl KW, Repine T, Beekley AC, Sebesta J, Jenkins D, Wade CE, Holcomb JB Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care 2007 Oct 63 805-813
- Injuries related to logging: epidemiology, etiology and implications for prevention.
  Williams JM, Borgman MA, Prescott JE The West Virginia medical journal 1996 92 320-323
- Injury in West Virginia: an introduction to injury control and prevention.
  Borgman MA, Williams JM, Prescott JE The West Virginia medical journal 1994 Jul 90 279-283