Dr. Edwards is chief of the Division of Trauma and Critical Care in the Department of Surgery.

He was fellowship trained in both trauma and surgical critical care at the University of Hawaii. He completed his residency in general surgery at Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Ga., and an internship in general surgery at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium.

A retired colonel in the United States Army, Dr. Edwards completed seven combat tours in Afghanistan, Cambodia and Iraq in his 26-year military career, where he treated traumatic injuries as chief surgeon and war surgeon. He is a recipient of numerous honors for his service, including two bronze stars and three meritorious service medals.

Dr. Edwards’ research interests include military trauma, damage control resuscitation and blood transfusions. He is a member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

He resides in Latham with his wife, Mary Edwards, MD, a pediatric surgeon who is the medical director of the Pediatric Trauma Program at Albany Med, and two children.