Dr. James W Kessel MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
One Hospital Drive Columbia MO, 65212About
Dr. James Kessel is a critical care surgeon practicing in Columbia, MO. Dr. Kessel specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Kessel has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
Jefferson Med Coll-Thos Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia Pa 1974
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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