A recognized expert in acute burn care, rehabilitation after burn injury and burn reconstruction, Dr. Hultman is an internationally-renowned educator, innovator and leader in reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery, specifically for burn patients. Throughout his career, Dr. Hultman has sought to improve the patient experience, which includes not only patient safety and improved clinical outcomes, but also improving patient access, patient throughput and patient satisfaction. His dual training in medicine and business has allowed him to focus on and transform systems of health care, especially in the academic setting. At Johns Hopkins, Dr. Hultman is studying the impact of substance abuse, homelessness and delays in care on outcomes in burn patients. Clinically, he is developing techniques in fat grafting, laser resurfacing and peripheral nerve surgery to improve reconstructive outcomes, with an emphasis on the alleviation of chronic neuropathic pain.
The author of more than 180 scientific articles, reviews and chapters, plus the editor of four medical textbooks, Dr. Hultman has mentored more than 50 surgeons during various stages of their academic careers. In 2016, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the UNC Kenan Flagler Business School, and he delivered the commencement address for the UNC Executive MBA class in 2017. Nationally, he is a recent past-president of the American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons, and he currently serves on the ACGME Plastic Surgery RRC, where he has helped to develop novel competency-based training programs.