![Dr. Joshua David Farkas MD, MS, Critical Care Surgeon](/doctor_images/2/28/1926683.jpg?v=b749)
Dr. Joshua David Farkas MD, MS
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
111 Colchester Avenue Fletcher Allen Healt Burlington VT, 05401About
Dr. Joshua Farkas is a critical care surgeon practicing in Burlington, VT. Dr. Farkas 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. Farkas has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Fellowships
- Albany Medical Center - Pulmonary and Critical Care
Dr. Joshua David Farkas MD, MS's Practice location
Practice At 111 Colchester Avenue Fletcher Allen Health Care
111 Colchester Avenue Fletcher Allen Healt -Burlington, VT 05401Get Direction
Practice At Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center One Medical Center Drive
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center One Medical Center D -Lebanon, NH 03756Get Direction
Dr. Joshua David Farkas MD, MS's reviews
Write ReviewRecommended Articles
- Is Sepsis a Chronic Condition?
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition, which is a result of the body’s reaction to an infection. Your body can respond to an infection by going into overdrive despite its immune system’s protection against diseases and infections.Sepsis is a dangerous condition where the body fights an...
- What are the Signs and Symptoms of Sepsis?
Sepsis is a severe medical condition caused by an extreme immune system response to infection. Widespread inflammation occurs due to chemicals that are released into the blood. This is the body’s natural response to counter an infection. Known as septicemia, or blood poisoning, sepsis is a...
- Appendicitis and Appendectomy
Health care personnel can identify many cases of appendicitis by checking the patient's medical history and then doing a physical examination of the individual.The health care personnel will ask questions like:...
- How Is Sepsis Diagnosed?
Since the signs and symptoms of sepsis can be due to other illnesses, diagnosing sepsis can sometimes be hard. A number of tests are done to identify the main infection that causes sepsis.Blood TestsBlood samples can be taken from two different parts of the body to detect the presence of the...
- Alternative Treatments for Sepsis
Sepsis is caused by a bacterial infection that can begin anywhere in our body. Our immune system goes into overdrive, creating turmoil in the normal processes of our blood circulation. As a result, very small blood clots form, blocking the blood flow to vital organs. This can lead to organ failure,...
- What is Traumatic Cataract?
Perhaps the most poorly recognized key health challenge today is trauma. In the developed world, trauma causes monocular blindness. Ocular injury otiology may vary from one urban area to another and therefore needs careful investigation. Any approach for preventing trauma requires familiarity with...
Nearby Providers
- Dr. Yolanda N Mageto MD111 Colchester Ave Burlington VT 05401
- Dr. Charlotte Catharina Teneback MD111 Colchester Ave Burlington VT 05401
- Dr. Gilman Baker Allen M.D.111 Colchester Ave Burlington VT 05401
- Dr. David Kaminsky MD111 Colchester Ave Burlington VT 05401
- Dr. Polly E. Parsons MD111 Colchester Ave Burlington VT 05401
- Dr. Renee Doney Stapleton MD, PHD111 Colchester Ave Burlington VT 05401
Nearest Hospitals
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTERl
111 COLCHESTER AVE BURLINGTON VT 5401NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER INCl
133 FAIRFIELD STREET SAINT ALBANS VT 5478MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITALl
1 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE LEBANON NH 3756MT ASCUTNEY HOSPITALl
289 COUNTY ROAD WINDSOR VT 5089