About me
Dr. LJ Punch is a trauma surgeon and aspiring healer. Educated in medicine at the University of Connecticut and trained in surgery at the University of Maryland and Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, this desire to heal has brought to life a career with a three-fold focus: education, trauma, and community based care. Dr. Punch founded and currently serves as Medical and Executive Director of Power4STL, a community of health working to reduce the impact of trauma in the St. Louis region and beyond.This includes the work of The Bullet Related Injury Clinic (BRIC) and The T, a holistic harm reduction program with a focus on overdose risk, both centering the experience of Black masculine bodied people because #BlackPainMatters.