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Dr. Inaba is a Professor of Surgery, Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. He is the Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery, and the program director for the General Surgery Residency training program. He is also the Division Chief for Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care with a full time appointment at the Los Angeles General Medical Center.
He has lectured extensively, having given more than 500 lectures around the world. As a researcher, he has authored more than 810 peer reviewed articles, 523 scientific presentations, 72 textbook chapters, and is the editor of 9 textbooks, with over $7 Million in external funding. He has mentored more than 166 students, residents and fellows who have won 35 separate research awards for the work they have completed together. He is an Associate Editor for both the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery as well as Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. While at USC, he has been the recipient of 26 distinct teaching awards including the USC Keck School of Medicine Overall Excellence in Teaching Award for the Clinical Sciences. After completing his term as a Director of the American Board of Surgery, he was appointed to the ACGME Surgery RC and is a member of numerous surgical societies, leading critical initiatives such as the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Stop the Bleed program. Under his leadership, this program has now exceeded 4 million students around the world. In addition to his role at USC, Dr. Inaba has led humanitarian surgical teams to Haiti, Nepal and Ukraine. He is also a sworn Reserve Police Officer, and the Medical Director for the Los Angeles Police Department, currently assigned to Metropolitan Division.