Associate Professor, Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

General Surgery

Carla C. Braxton is an expert in the field of General Surgery. She went to University of Tennessee College of Medicine. She received awards:"Top Doc Award", "Six Sigma Green Belt for Health Care", "Lean Six Sigma Sensei", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society". Carla Braxton is a published doctor and has 11 publications published. The lastest was: 'Mandated Self-reporting of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Bundle and Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Bundle Compliance and Infection Rates.'

Publications

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• Mandated Self-reporting of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Bundle and Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Bundle Compliance and Infection Rates.
• Identifying and Eliminating Deficiencies in the General Surgery Resident Core Competency Curriculum.
• Improving antibiotic stewardship: order set implementation to improve prophylactic antimicrobial prescribing in the outpatient surgical setting.
• Utility of the shock index in predicting mortality in traumatically injured patients.
• Survival Following Rectal Impalement through the Pelvic, Abdominal, and Thoracic Cavities: A Case Report.
• Implementation and enforcement of ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention strategies in trauma patients.
• A phoenix from the fire: reviewing the rebirth of C-reactive protein research.
• Laparoscopic treatment of recurrent hepatic pseudocyst after severe blunt liver trauma.
• Efficacy of a pneumonia prevention protocol in the reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia in trauma patients.
• Assessing the need for reintubation: a prospective evaluation of unplanned endotracheal extubation.

Schools

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• University Of Tennessee Health Science Center College Of Medicine

• Suny Downstate Health Science Center

• Hospital Of University Of Pennsylvania

• Oakwood College

• Columbia University

• Columbia University New York Presbyterian Hospital

• Cornell University

Procedures Preformed

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• Parathyroid Surgery
• Surgical Procedures
• Thyroid Surgery

Conditions Treated

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• Goiter
• Parathyroid (Gland) Disease
• Thyroid Nodule

Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Top Doc Award
• Six Sigma Green Belt for Health Care
• Lean Six Sigma Sensei
• Fellow (FACS)
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Education

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• University of Pennsylvania Health System
• SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
• University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center

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