Dr. Douglas S. Smink MD, MPH
Surgeon
75 Francis St Dept. Of Surgery, Br Boston MA, 02115Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Douglas Smink is a general surgeon practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Smink specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Smink provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1999
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1998
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1999
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effect of hospital volume of pediatric appendectomies on the misdiagnosis of appendicitis in children.
- Diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children using a clinical practice guideline.
- Effects of race, insurance status, and hospital volume on perforated appendicitis in children.
- CT for suspected appendicitis in children: an analysis of diagnostic errors.
- Correlation between intraoperative colonoscopy and virtual colonoscopy.
- Clinical images. Classic presentation of a type II obturator hernia.
- Interest in and perceived barriers to flexible-track residencies in general surgery: a national survey of residents and program directors.
- Residents can successfully teach basic surgical skills in the simulation center.
- Simulation-based trial of surgical-crisis checklists.
- Assessing the effectiveness of surgical skills laboratories: a national survey.
- The ethics of conducting graduate medical education research on residents.
- How to recruit, retain, and reap the rewards of working with PhD/EdD educators in surgery.
- Responding to the Boston Marathon bombing: the unheralded role of graduate medical education.
- Do residents receive the same OR guidance as surgeons report? Difference between residents' and surgeons' perceptions of OR guidance.
- A taxonomy of surgeons' guiding behaviors in the operating room.
Awards
- 1999 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
- 2001 Peter Bent Brigham Scholar Award
- 2004 Rudolph W. Vollman Award-Faulkner Hospital
Treatments
- Hernia
Fellowships
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Boston Children's Hospital, Fellow 2001
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Med Ctr, Fellow:General Surgery 2006
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