Dr. Michael J Hockstein MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
110 Irving St Nw Rm 4b42 Washington DC, 20010About
Dr. Michael Hockstein is a critical care surgeon practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Hockstein 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. Hockstein 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
Mechanical Engineering 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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- George Washington University Hospital 1990
- George Washington University Hospital 1991
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