Assistant Professor, Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Curtis S. Koontz, MD
Doctor Curtis S. Koontz, MD is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He went to medical school at University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga. Curtis Koontz is a published doctor and has 13 publications published. The lastest was: 'Comparison of growth and metabolism of avian osteoblasts on polished disks versus thin films of titanium alloy.'
Publications
- Minimally invasive thoracoscopic ultrasound for localization of pulmonary nodules in children.
- Laparoscopic versus open repair of congenital duodenal obstruction in infants.
- Retropleural teratoma presenting as an abdominal mass in a 9-month-old boy.
- Role of hepatic portocholecystostomy ('gallbladder Kasai') in treating infants with biliary Atresia.
- Video-assisted transUmbilical Meckel's diverticulectomy in children.
- Glucocorticoid rescue for late-phase acute respiratory distress syndrome in trauma/surgical critical care patients.
- Video-assisted transUmbilical appendectomy in children.
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic division of vascular rings in pediatric patients.
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical excision of cystic lung Disease in children.
- What price should be paid for organs?
- Effects of empiric antibiotic administration for suspected pneumonia on subsequent opportunistic pulmonary infections.
- Comparison of growth and metabolism of avian osteoblasts on polished disks versus thin films of titanium alloy.
Schools
Wake Forest University
Procedures Preformed
- Adrenalectomy
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Anal Fissure
- Anal Fistula
- Anorectal Abscess
- Appendicitis
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Education
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Emory University -
University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga -
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Tennessee Medical Center
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