Dr. Karen Elizabeth Barr MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
562 Shearer St Suite 203 Greensburg PA, 15601About
Dr. Karen Barr is a critical care surgeon practicing in Greensburg, PA. Dr. Barr 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. Barr has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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