Prof. dr. G. Velmahos
Massachusetts General Hospital, Division Chief of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Boston
Verenigde Staten
Introduction
Dr. Velmahos received his training in trauma medicine at the Baragwanath Hospitalin South Africa, the largest trauma center in the world. After his training, Dr. Velmahos practiced trauma medicine for 10 years at the Los Angeles County Hospital (one of the largest trauma centers in the US) and was Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. He is now a Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Chief of the Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Velmahos has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and 25 books/book chapters, nearly all of them on trauma and resuscitation issues. With a newly recruited team, he is building the Center for Early Trauma Research, which will focus on innovative methods to manage trauma patients in the pre-hospital and early in-hospital post-traumatic phases.
Clinical Interests
- Abdominal and thoracic injuries
- Bowel perforation
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Bowel obstruction
- Complicated diverticulitis
- Gallbladder disease
- Complex hernias (giant, recurrent, postoperative)
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
Medical Education
- PhD, University of Athens
- MD, University of Athens School of Medicine
- Residency, Hippokration General Hospital
- Residency, Kalamata General Hospital
Biography
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Southern California (1996-2000)
- Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Southern California (2000-2004)
- Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School (2004-present)
- Chief, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital (2004-present)
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
- Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine
- Author or co-author of over 250 publications, 4 books, 40 book chapters.
- Member of over 20 societies, including the American Surgical Association, Society of University Surgeons, Society of Clinical Surgery, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Society of Critical Care Medicine.
- Chair, Education Committee and Member, Executive Committee, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.
Publication
Pubmed
Source
cimit.org
massgeneral.org