01/28/2025 04:30:00 AMFirearm-related injuries represent a significant public health crisis and impose an immense financial burden on patients, hospitals, and society. A recent study titled Financial Burden and Outcomes of Firearm Injuries in U.S. Hospitals, 2003–2020, led by Panos Kougias, M.D., MSc., Chair of Surgery, and Sherene E. Sharath, Ph.D., MPH, Surgery Director of Clinical and Health Services Research, examines the financial and societal impacts of these injuries. Office of the President