Dr. Carter is a Professor of Surgery at LSU in New Orleans. He trained in General Surgery at Wake Forest University with fellowships in Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Burn Care at the University of North Carolina. He specializes in applied learning and healthcare design with a third fellowship at Wake Forest before starting the Burn Center at University Medical Center New Orleans. He has over $94 million in research funding as the lead investigator and serves on several boards that oversee burn care in the U.S. His clinical and research interests are predominately focused on education and the development of innovative technologies that improve value through access, care, and economics.