By: Brendan Campbell, MD, MPH, J. Leslie Knod, MD, and Kevin Borrup, DrPH, JD, MPA Each year, the three hospitals in Hartford work with the Hartford Police Department to hold a gun buyback event. The point is to help people by giving them a way to safely dispose of […]
By: Brendan Campbell, MD, MPH and Steven Rogers, MD There will soon be a changing of the guard at Connecticut Children’s Injury Prevention Center (IPC) as the longtime Director Garry Lapidus, PA-C, MPH is transitioning into an exciting new role at Connecticut Children’s. For those of us who […]
By: Brendan T. Campbell, MD, MPH, FACS As a gun owner, parent, and pediatric surgeon, I can see both sides of what is all too often a polarized debate about how best to prevent firearm injuries in the United States. Perhaps a better way to frame this debate […]
By: Brendan T. Campbell, MD, MPH As a pediatric surgeon at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center who cares for injured children and adults, I see gun violence at its worst. All too often, the victims of gun violence arrive at our trauma center with irreparable injuries and all we […]
