Assistant Professor, Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

General Surgery

Dr. Gary A. Vercruysse, MD

Gary Vercruysse works in the field of General Surgery. He received 2 awards: "Top Doctors:Arizona State" and "Fellow (FACS)". Gary Vercruysse is a published doctor as well. He has 44 publications published. The latest was: Early autologous fresh whole blood transfusion leads to less allogeneic transfusions and is safe. Gary A. Vercruysse, MD accepts Medicare.

Publications

Early autologous fresh whole blood transfusion leads to less allogeneic transfusions and is safe.
Pulmonary artery bullet embolism necessitating operative removal.
Adult respiratory distress syndrome risk factors for injured patients undergoing damage-control laparotomy: AAST multicenter post hoc analysis.
Decompressive craniectomy or medical management for refractory intracranial hypertension: An AAST-MIT propensity score analysis.
Remote Group A Î²-Hemolytic Streptococcal Fasciitis and Myositis: A Rare Complication from Hematogenous Spread of Streptococcal Pharyngitis.
Limb salvage after complex repairs of extremity arterial injuries is independent of surgical specialty training.
Rationale for Significant Cost Savings in Patients Suffering Home Oxygen Burns: Despite Many Comorbid Conditions, Only Modest Care Is Necessary.
Traumatic hemipelvectomy: a survivor of a catastrophic injury.
Overutilization of regional burn centers for pediatric patients-a healthcare system problem that should be corrected.
The Effects of Protocolized Use of Recombinant Factor VIIa Within a Massive Transfusion Protocol in a Civilian Level I Trauma Center.
The demographics of modern burn care: should most burns be cared for by non-burn surgeons?
The utility of sugar for complicated wounds: an old solution worth revisiting.
Outcome of ligation of the inferior vena cava in the modern era.
Early predictors of massive transfusion in patients sustaining torso gunshot wounds in a civilian level I trauma center.
Vasopressin in hemorrhagic shock: review article.
Temporary intravascular shunts: when are we really using them according to the NTDB?
Improvements in early mortality and coagulopathy are sustained better in patients with blunt trauma after institution of a massive transfusion protocol in a civilian l...
Computed tomographic evidence of hepatic portal venous gas after blunt abdominal trauma does not necessitate surgery.
Can secondary extremity compartment syndrome be diagnosed earlier?
Image of the month--adrenocortical carcinoma.
A multidisciplinary clinical pathway decreases rib fracture-associated infectious morbidity and mortality in high-risk trauma patients.
Early predictors of prolonged mechanical ventilation in major torso trauma patients who require resuscitation.
Defining present blood component transfusion practices in trauma patients: papers from the Trauma Outcomes Group.
[Stanley''s medicine kit].
[Beginning the Belgian medical exploration of Africa].
Nitric oxide diminishes apoptosis and p53 gene expression after renal ischemia and reperfusion injury.
Variations between level I trauma centers in 24-hour mortality in severely injured patients requiring a massive transfusion.
Specific abbreviated injury scale values are responsible for the underestimation of mortality in penetrating trauma patients by the injury severity score.
Crystalloid resuscitation improves survival in trauma patients receiving low ratios of fresh frozen plasma to packed red blood cells.
Gender-based differences in mortality in response to high product ratio massive transfusion.
A predictive model for mortality in massively transfused trauma patients.
Profoundly abnormal initial physiologic and biochemical data cannot be used to determine futility in massively transfused trauma patients.
A high fresh frozen plasma: packed red blood cell transfusion ratio decreases mortality in all massively transfused trauma patients regardless of admission internation...
Effect of high product ratio massive transfusion on mortality in blunt and penetrating trauma patients.
The association of blood component use ratios with the survival of massively transfused trauma patients with and without severe brain injury.
A normal platelet count may not be enough: the impact of admission platelet count on mortality and transfusion in severely injured trauma patients.
High ratios of plasma and platelets to packed red blood cells do not affect mortality in nonmassively transfused patients.
Increased platelet:RBC ratios are associated with improved survival after massive transfusion.
Saphenoperitoneal shunts for patients with intractable ascites associated with chronic liver disease (Br J Surg 1999;86:882-5).
Importance of liver drainage in biliary-bronchopleural fistula resulting from thoracoabdominal gunshot injury.
A decade's experience with temporary intravascular shunts at a civilian level I trauma center.
Surgical application of kaolin-impregnated gauze (Combat Gauze) in severe hemorrhagic gastritis.
Occult pneumothoraces in patients with penetrating trauma: Does mechanism matter?

Schools

Michigan State University
Michigan State Univ Colleg Of Human Med
University Of Maryland Medical Systm
University Of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Doctors Specialties

Critical Care Surgery
General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

Awards

Top Doctors:Arizona State
Fellow (FACS)

Education

University of Maryland
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Hospital

Grady Memorial Hospital

Drug Facts

NPI NUMBER		1316978877
NPPES Provider LastName		VERCRUYSSE
NPPES Provider FirstName		GARY
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		303033033
NPPES Provider State		GA
Specialty Description		Critical Care (Intensivists)
Total Claim Count		19.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1316978877
Last Name Of The Provider	VERCRUYSSE
First Name Of The Provider	GARY
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