Expert Details

Critical Care, Trauma, Elective and Emergent General Surgery

ID: 735989 Ohio, USA

Actively engaged with a busy clinical practice in general surgery, critical care, emergency surgery and trauma - have been at a busy level 1 inner city trauma center and tertiary referral hospital for 9 years; previously spent 4 years active duty in the US Navy as a surgeon with 2 deployments to Afghanistan. I see a large volume of wide ranging trauma patients (blunt and penetrating) as well as emergency and elective general surgical patients. I have been reviewing cases for 7 years and can generally turn them around within 1 week if needed.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 2012	Degree: Critical Care Board Certification	Subject: Surgical Critical Care	Institution: University of Cincinnati
Year: 2007	Degree: General Surgery Residency	Subject: Surgery	Institution: Vanderbilt University
Year: 2001	Degree: MD	Subject: Medical Doctor	Institution: Vanderbilt University
Year: 1997	Degree: BA	Subject: Biology	Institution: Drew University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2007 to 2011	Employer: US Navy	Title: Surgeon	Department:
Responsibilities: General Surgeon at US Naval Hospital- Okinawa; training Officer to 3d Med Battalion, USMC; Officer in Charger - Forward surgical unit CLB3 2008-2009 - Helmand Province Afghanistan; Surgeon - CLR 17 (USMC) 2010-2011 - Helmand, Province Afghanistan
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2012 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Medical Director, Acute Care Surgery	Department: Surgery
Responsibilities: Attend on trauma, critical care, and emergency general surgery services; educate residents and medical students, manage the acute care surgery service

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Roughly 4 Expert Witness cases reviewed annually for past 7 years

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
American Board of Surgeons EAST Trauma society Society of Critical Care Medicine American College of Surgeons Southeastern Surgical Society American Hernia Society (all current)

Licenses / Certifications
Medical License - Ohio - through 2022 American Board of Surgeons - Surgery - 2008-2028 American Board of Surgeons - Surgical Critical Care - 2012-2023 ATLS certified Board Certified in General Surgery and Critical Care

Awards / Recognition
Meritorious Service Medal - US Navy EAST Oriens Award Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society

Fields of Expertise

abdominal surgery, inner city trauma centers, trauma, trauma center, trauma evaluation, trauma intensive care unit, ambulatory surgery, critical care surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, hernia surgery, surgery