Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Vicente A. Mejia, MD
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Doctor Vicente A. Mejia, MD is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He went to University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga. He has 1 awards "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Vicente A. Mejia is a published physician as well. He has 11 publications published. The latest was: Appendiceal Dieulafoy lesion: an unusual cause of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding. He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Appendiceal Dieulafoy lesion: an unusual cause of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Errors in administrative-reported ventilator-associated pneumonia rates: are never events really so?
- Management of enteroatmospheric fistulae in the open abdomen.
- Gold Medal Forum Winner. Unfractionated heparin three times a day versus enoxaparin in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis in trauma patients.
- Scheduled repeat CT scanning for traumatic brain injury remains important in assessing head injury progression.
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a trauma population: does colonization predict infection?
- Adrenal suppression following a single dose of etomidate for rapid sequence induction: a prospective randomized study.
- Practice management guidelines for the screening of thoracolumbar spine fracture.
- Experience with vacuum-pack temporary abdominal wound closure in 258 trauma and general and vascular surgical patients.
- Protocol for bedside laparotomy in trauma and emergency general surgery: a low return to the operating room.
Schools
Universidad De Caldas
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Choice Plus POS II
- American Republic
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Network E
- Network S
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Golden Rule
- GEHA
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- POMCO Group
- State Farm
- Tricare
- UniCare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- WellCare
- Worker's Compensation WC
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga -
Jackson Memorial Hospital - Jackson Health System -
University of Caldas Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Tennessee Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1437143419 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | MEJIA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | VICENTE | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 374032136 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TN | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 55.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 16.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 29.09 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1437143419 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | MEJIA |
| First Name Of The Provider | VICENTE |
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