Dr. Patricia C Wankum MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
404 Keene St Columbia MO, 65201About
Dr. Patricia Wankum is a critical care surgeon practicing in Columbia, MO. Dr. Wankum 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. Wankum 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
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine 1996
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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- Asthma
- Birth Defects
- Gastritis
- Pain
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