Dr. William J Ehlenbach MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
600 Highland Ave Madison WI, 53792About
Dr. William Ehlenbach is a critical care surgeon practicing in Madison, WI. Dr. Ehlenbach 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. Ehlenbach 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
New Jersey College of Dentistry 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The impact of patient preferences on physician decisions in the ICU: still much to learn.
- Long-term outcomes in elderly survivors of cardiac arrest.
- The sobering reality of outcomes when older adults require prolonged mechanical ventilation.
- Considering age when making treatment decisions in the ICU: too little, too much, or just right?
- Prospective study of a proactive palliative care rounding intervention in a medical ICU.
Awards
- UW Health Patient Experience Physician Champion Award 2013
- Best Doctors in America 2013-2014
Fellowships
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2006
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