Physician

General Surgery

Griffen practices General Surgery. He studied medicine at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He received 1 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Griffen is a published MD as well. He has 19 publications published. The latest was: Practice guidelines and liability implications.

Publications

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• Percutaneous Versus Open Surgical Drainage: Surgeon's Perspective.
• Liability insurance: the newly sculpted ACS-sponsored program.
• Reviews of liability claims against surgeons: what have they revealed?
• Violations of behavioral practices revealed in closed claims reviews.
• The impact of transparency on patient safety and liability.
• The American College of Surgeons' closed claims study: new insights for improving care.
• ACS Closed Claims Study reveals critical failures to communicate.
• The sestamibi scan as a preoperative screening tool.
• Cost containment and totally extraperitoneal laparoscopic herniorrhaphy.
• ERISA and medical professional liability.
• Practice guidelines and liability implications.
• Prevention of seromas in mastectomy wounds. The effect of shoulder immobilization.
• Results of the double stapling procedure in pelvic surgery.
• The double stapling technique for low anterior resection. Results, modifications, and observations.
• Stapling technique for primary and secondary Rectal anastomoses.
• Abdominal wound closure with a continuous monofilament polypropylene suture. Experience with 1,000 consecutive cases.
• Techniques of low Rectal reconstruction.
• An improved technique for low anterior resection of the rectum using the EEA stapler.

Schools

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• La State Univ Sch Of Med In New Orleans

• Confederate Mem Med Center

Procedures Preformed

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• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Colectomy
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Pain
• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• AnoRectal Abscess
• Appendicitis
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification

Education

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• Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1801890769
NPPES Provider LastName		GRIFFEN
NPPES Provider FirstName		F
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		711034228
NPPES Provider State		LA
Specialty Description		Vascular Surgery
Total Claim Count		43.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1801890769
Last Name Of The Provider	GRIFFEN
First Name Of The Provider	F
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