Professor, Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Joseph J. Tepas III, MD
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Joseph Tepas is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He went to medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Georgetown University School of Medicine is ranked 49/84 in Research/PrimaryCare. He over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Joseph J. Tepas III is a published doctor and has 64 publications published. The lastest was: 'Computed tomography of the head in children with mild traumatic brain injury.' Joseph Tepas accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Editor's foreword.
- Computed tomography of the head in children with mild traumatic Brain injury.
- Unregulated proliferation of trauma centers undermines cost efficiency of population-based Injury control.
- More harm than good: Antiseizure prophylaxis after traumatic Brain injury does not decrease seizure rates but may inhibit functional recovery.
- Macro vs Micro Level Surgical Quality Improvement: A Regional Collaborative Demonstrates the Case for a National NSQIP Initiative.
- Automated Analysis of electronic medical record data reflects the pathophysiology of operative complications.
- The injured elderly: A rising tide.
- Pediatric trauma patients are more likely to be discharged from the emergency department after arrival by helicopter emergency medical services.
- Fifteen-Year Trauma System Performance Analysis Demonstrates Optimal Coverage for Most Severely Injured Patients and Identifies a Vulnerable Population.
- High-volume trauma centers have better outcomes treating traumatic Brain injury.
- At first blush: absence of computed tomography contrast extravasation in Grade IV or V adult blunt splenic trauma should not preclude angioembolization.
- Inhaled epoprostenol improves oxygenation in severe hypoxemia.
- They Are not Just Little Adults: Angioembolization Improves Salvage of High Grade IV-V Blunt Splenic Injuries in Adults but not in Pediatric Patients.
- Selective angiographic embolization of blunt splenic traumatic injuries in adults decreases failure rate of nonoperative management.
- Age Does Not Affect Outcomes of Nonoperative Management of Blunt Splenic Trauma.
- Formal quality improvement curriculum and DMAIC method results in interdisciplinary collaboration and process improvement in renal transplant patients.
- Injury Free Coalition Annual Supplement: editor's foreword.
- Risk stratification for the development of a subsequent pneumonia after a nondiagnostic bronchoalveolar lavage.
- Insurance status, not race, is a determinant of outcomes from vehicular Injury.
- Do perceptions of effective distractive driving public service announcements differ between adults and teens?
- What works and what doesn't.
- Peritoneal drainage versus laparotomy for necrotizing enterocolitis and intestinal perforation: a meta-Analysis.
- Trajectory of metabolic derangement in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis should drive timing and technique of surgical intervention.
- Florida's trauma surgeons: a vanishing breed.
- Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase is a novel biomarker in humans for severe traumatic Brain injury.
- The use of 23.4% hypertonic saline for the management of elevated intracranial pressure in patients with severe traumatic Brain injury: a pilot study.
- Data mining: childhood Injury control and beyond.
- Application of International Classification Injury Severity Score to National Surgical Quality Improvement Program defines pediatric trauma performance standards and d...
- Fall-related pediatric Brain injuries: the role of race, age, and sex.
- Errare humanum est--Seneca the Younger.
- alphaII-Spectrin breakdown product cerebrospinal fluid exposure metrics suggest differences in cellular injury mechanisms after severe traumatic Brain injury.
- We can make our children's environment a safer place.
- Application of electronic surveillance and global information system mapping to track the epidemiology of pediatric pedestrian Injury.
- The effect of delay in rehabilitation on outcome of severe traumatic Brain injury.
- Surgical quality improvement: a simplified method to apply national standards to pediatric trauma care.
- Definitive establishment of airway control is critical for optimal outcome in lower cervical spinal cord Injury.
- Risk stratification simplified: the worst Injury predicts mortality for the injured children.
- Best practice determination of timing of spinal fracture fixation as defined by Analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank.
- Congenital anomalies presenting as acute orthopedic trauma.
- Do pediatric patients with trauma in Florida have reduced mortality rates when treated in designated trauma centers?
- The effect of early surgical treatment of traumatic spine injuries on patient mortality.
- Neonatal gut barrier and multiple organ failure: role of endotoxin and proinflammatory cytokines in sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis.
- Survival advantage associated with treatment of Injury at designated trauma centers: a bivariate probit model with instrumental variables.
- Clinical significance of alphaII-spectrin breakdown products in cerebrospinal fluid after severe traumatic Brain injury.
- Urgent airway intervention: does outcome change with personnel performing the procedure?
- Caring for the child with severe traumatic Brain injury: old lessons learned and new concepts.
- Assessing effectiveness of a mature trauma system: Association of trauma center presence with lower Injury mortality rate.
- Analysis of trends in the Florida Trauma System (1991-2003): changes in mortality after establishment of new centers.
- The burden of noncompliance with seat belt use on a trauma center.
- Coming full circle: an evidence-based definition of the timing and type of surgical management of very low-birth-weight (<1000 g) infants with signs of acute intest...
- Portal venous gas and surgical outcome of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.
- The effect of early spine fixation on non-neurologic outcome.
- Management of blunt pediatric hepatic and splenic Injury: similar process, different outcome.
- The national pediatric trauma registry: a legacy of commitment to control of childhood Injury.
- Surgical management of bowel perforations and outcome in very low-birth-weight infants (< or =1,200 g).
- Radiographic clearance of blunt cervical spine Injury: plain radiograph or computed tomography scan?
- Pediatric trauma is very much a surgical disease.
- Impaired residents: identification and intervention.
- Turning point: rethinking violence--evaluation of program efficacy in reducing adolescent violent crime recidivism.
- Two careers in one: an Analysis of the earning power of certification in surgical critical care.
- Beyond the golden hour: avoiding the pitfalls from resuscitation to critical care.
- Practical aspects of performance improvement in pediatric trauma.
- Breast Disease-Related Educational Outcomes at the University of Florida.
Schools
Georgetown University School Of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
- Decortication and Pleurectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Anal Fistula
- Anorectal Abscess
- Appendicitis
- Brain Injury
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Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
Naval Medical Center -
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Hospital
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UF Health Shands Hospital -
UF Health Jacksonville
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