Associate Professor, Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Michel B. Aboutanos, MD
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Doctor Michel B. Aboutanos, MD practices General Surgery. He studied medicine at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He over the years received 2 awards: "Regional Top Doctor" and "Fellow (FACS)". Michel Aboutanos is a published doctor. He published 47 publications, including: 'Wartime civilian injuries: epidemiology and intervention strategies.' Doctor Michel B. Aboutanos, MD accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Multicenter validation of American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading system for acute colonic diverticulitis and its use for emergency general surgery qual...
- Cell Impermeant-based Low-volume Resuscitation in Hemorrhagic Shock: A Biological Basis for Injury Involving Cell Swelling.
- Use of limited transthoracic echocardiography in patients with traumatic cardiac arrest decreases the rate of nontherapeutic thoracotomy and hospital costs.
- Measuring anatomic severity of disease in emergency general surgery.
- Findings of a randomized controlled trial using limited transthoracic echocardiogram (LTTE) as a hemodynamic monitoring tool in the trauma bay.
- Catheter-Based Endovascular Damage-Control (CDET): Current Status and Future Directions.
- A, B, C, D, echo: limited transthoracic echocardiogram is a useful tool to guide therapy for hypotension in the trauma bay--a pilot study.
- Bladder pressure measurements and urinary tract infection in trauma patients.
- Canadian cervical spine rule compared with computed tomography: a prospective analysis.
- Brief Violence Interventions With Community Case Management Services Are Effective for High-Risk Trauma Patients.
- National emergency x-radiography utilization study criteria is inadequate to rule out fracture after significant blunt trauma compared with computed tomography.
- Bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: to quantitate or not, that is the question.
- Bladder pressure measurements are an independent predictor of urinary tract infection in trauma patients.
- Do flexion extension plain films facilitate treatment after trauma?
- Preservation of splenic immunocompetence after splenic artery angioembolization for blunt splenic injury.
- Ratification of IATSIC/WHO's guidelines for essential trauma care assessment in the South American region.
- Flexion-extension cervical spine plain films compared with MRI in the diagnosis of ligamentous injury.
- A central venous line protocol decreases bloodstream infections and length of stay in a trauma intensive care unit population.
- What are we missing: results of a 13-month active follow-up program at a level I trauma center.
- Elderly patients with pelvic fracture: interventions and outcomes.
- Alcohol's role on the reliability of clinical examination to rule out pelvic fractures.
- Predictive value of broncho-alveolar lavage fluid Gram's stain in the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a prospective study.
- Subthreshold quantitative bronchoalveolar lavage: clinical and therapeutic implications.
- Anticoagulation and the elderly head trauma patient.
- Significance of motor vehicle crashes and pelvic injury on fetal mortality: a five-year institutional review.
- Does HIV infection influence outcomes after trauma?
- Is the lateral cervical spine plain film obsolete?
- The effect of anemia and blood transfusions on mortality in closed head injury patients.
- Clinical examination is superior to plain films to diagnose pelvic fractures compared to CT.
- Blood glucose levels at 24 hours after trauma fails to predict outcomes.
- Computed tomographic angiography for the diagnosis of blunt carotid/vertebral artery injury: a note of caution.
- Predictors of fetal outcome in pregnant trauma patients: a five-year institutional review.
- Clinical examination and its reliability in identifying cervical spine fractures.
- Trauma education and care in the jungle of Ecuador, where there is no advanced trauma life support.
- Obesity and outcomes after blunt trauma.
- Is blood sugar the next lactate?
- Prospective evaluation of an extubation protocol in a trauma intensive care unit population.
- Management of a pregnant patient with an open abdomen.
- Hyperacute abdominal compartment syndrome: an unrecognized complication of massive intraoperative resuscitation for extra-abdominal injuries.
- Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis in a patient with multiple injuries: a case presentation and review of the literature.
- Obesity does not increase mortality after emergency surgery.
- DVT Surveillance Program in the ICU: Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness.
- Patient safety in trauma: maximal impact management errors at a level I trauma center.
- In the wake of Hurricane Isabel: a prospective study of postevent trauma and injury control strategies.
- Wartime civilian injuries: epidemiology and intervention strategies.
- Eliminated chromatin of Ascaris contains a gene that encodes a putative ribosomal protein.
Schools
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University School Of Public Health
Med College Of Virginia Hospitals
Adam R Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Pathway X Tier Hosp HealthKeepers DirectAccess VA
- HealthKeepers HMO
- KeyCare PPO
- Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
- Blue Card PPO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Southern Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia HMO
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- POMCO Group
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Maryland -
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health -
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System -
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1518040682 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | ABOUTANOS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | MICHEL | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 232985051 | |
| NPPES Provider State | VA | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 11.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1518040682 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | ABOUTANOS |
| First Name Of The Provider | MICHEL |
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