Trauma Surgeon. R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Chief of Critical Care. Professor of Surgery.

Joined April 2017
Great show, worth a listen...With VTE prophylaxis there is a fine line between appropriate dosing and insanity. Dennis Kim erases the line.
Replying to @traumaicurounds
TUNE IN this weekend as we sit down with @EricLeyMD to discuss the recently published @WesternTrauma #guidelines for VTE prophylaxis @JTraumAcuteSurg @sccm @EAST_TRAUMA @ACSTrauma
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Shock Trauma open for business! The snow this morning was deeper, now it’s slippery sleet. My thoughts are with the ICU nurses, and staff, walking to work. Watch out for ice.
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EPIC is unexpectedly down this morning 10/18/2025 at 0800. Is it working at your hospital?
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Not many surgery meetings where you can have lunch on a glacier and then explore the ice caves. @WesternTrauma again for the win! #WTA2025 #FellowshipOfTheSnow
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1/ FDA hearing on #andexanet alfa is tomorrow (21 Nov 2024). The documents contain some more data on thrombotic events that weren't published in ANNEXA-I. To be honest, reading through, I have found this data pretty shocking. A 🧵
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Awesome panel session! Thank you for participating! PS216 - Human Factors in Trauma: Understanding Team Dynamics, Flow, and Optimization of Performance. ‘Research’ brunch beforehand. #ACSCC2024
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2024 ACS/COT Update in Trauma course. Here we go! Awesome turn out…Chair Dr. Moren introducing Dr Fischer, who spoke on Prehospital care. And Dr. Tatebe is now presenting on Trauma informed Care.
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Replying to @UCI_Trauma
@UCI_Trauma led work by ⭐️ former @UCIMedSchool medical student Dr. Al-Khouja . Lot of things are 24hr just because… maybe not all necessary for all patients. @SoCalSurgeons & great collaborators @theduncmaster @EricLeyMD @SchellenbergMD @claualvareznz & so many others
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Patients w/ TBI are at increased risk of VTE. Delays in initiation of DVT prophylaxis & delays to goal anti-Xa levels further predisposes this subpopulation to DVT development. Creatinine Clearance can predict the goal Enoxaparin dose in TBI patients. journals.lww.com/jtrauma/ful…
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The diagnosis and optimal management of extremity vascular injury remain controversial. This algorithm from the @WesternTrauma provides a data-driven approach to extremity vascular injury #JoTACS @mountainmedic31 @docmartin22 #SoMe4Surgery #SoMe4Trauma journals.lww.com/jtrauma/ful…
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Patients w/ TBI are at increased risk of VTE. Delays in initiation of DVT prophylaxis & delays to goal anti-Xa levels further predisposes this subpopulation to DVT development. Creatinine Clearance can predict the goal Enoxaparin dose in TBI patients. journals.lww.com/jtrauma/ful…
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School drop off in Pebble Beach this morning was still hazardous. Glad @attproam was cancelled. Thanks @MontereyFire @CalFireSafe @PGE4Me – at Monterey, CA
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Surgical World Has Lost a True Legend. Pan American Trauma Society Offers our Sincere Condolences to the Feliciano Family.
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Closed chest compressions are associated with a high mortality rate after moderate to severe trauma with 100% mortality in patients older than 70 years. DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004070 @JTraumAcuteSurg @RaulCoimbraMD @StcuaeC @estesonline
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Getting back to your Chicago roots.@DrHasanAlam mentoring successes are second to none!
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Congratulations! Well deserved for your bright academic career!
Thrilled to announce that our R01 grant entitled “Health Equity in Emergency Trauma Care: Analysis of Disparities in the Pre-Hospital Emergency Trauma Care System” was funded by @NIMHD. I am humbled & grateful! @GbengaOgedegbe @drdustinduncan @cdimag @nyulangone @nyugsom_iehe
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Outstanding work Umar!
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Finally.... All This Was Made Possible Through the Support of the One & Only Dr. Scalea & the Deligent ACS Fellow Extraordinaire @NKDhillonMD. Thank You for Putting Together Such An Amazing Educational Session!
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Can't beat the faculty for this course that will be held at #AAST2024 . Sign up to see great talks, challenging cases, and the @traumadoctors Associate Members vs AAST Fellows debates! Registration open now: aast.org/annual-meeting/regi… @traumadoctors @Me4Trauma @WomenSurgeons
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