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Thomas A. Santora, MD
Vice-Chairperson, Department of Surgery
Professor, Surgery
Telephone: 215-707-3078
Email: thomas.santora@tuhs.temple.edu
Department of Surgery, Sections of General Surgery and Trauma/Critical Care
BS (Chemistry), Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1980
MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 1984
Internship, General Surgery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1985
Residency, General Surgery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1989
Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1990
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- Control of surgical infections
- Abdominal wall herniae
- Bilary tract disease
- ARDS management
- Trauma care
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- American Board of Surgery, 1990; recertified 1998
- Advanced Trauma Life Support, Instructor, 1990; Surgical Critical Care 1991, recertification 2001
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professional affiliations: |
- American Medical Association, 1985 to present
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 1988 to present
- Founding President, Society of Carolina Surgeons, 1989 to present
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, 1990 to present
- American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 1990 to present
- Pennsylvania Medical Society, 1990 to present
- Drinker Society, 1990 to present
- Philadelphia Medical Society, 1990 to present
- Association for Academic Surgery, 1991 to present
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 1993 to present
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1993 to present
- Surgical Infection Society, 1994 to present
- Pennsylvania Committee on Trauma, 1996 to present
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 1996 to present
- Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 1996 to present
- Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, 1999 to present
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- Mechanical ventilation
- Trauma systems development
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Ginwalla RF, Mullarkey J, Santora TA. Mechanical Ventilation Basics. In: Competency-Based Handbook of Surgery. Mann B (ed), Elsevier Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. August 2006.
Santora TA. Shock: Principles in Management. In: Competency-Based Handbook of Surgery. Mann B (ed), Elsevier Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. August 2006.
Gupta D, Santora TA. Introduction to Hemodynamic Monitoring. In: Competency-Based Handbook of Surgery. Mann B (ed), Elsevier Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. August 2006.
Blank-Reid C, Kaplan LJ, Santora TA. Neuroscience Critical Care Management, Elsevier Publishing, St. Louis, MO. August 2005.
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