Dr. Haytham M Kaafarani M.D., M.P.H.
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
2 Columbia Dr Tampa FL, 33606About
Dr. Haytham Kaafarani is a trauma surgeon practicing in Tampa, FL. Dr. Kaafarani specializes in both operative and non-operative management to treat life threatening, traumatic injuries. Some commonly operated areas include the stomach, colon, spleen and pancreas and trauma surgeons also work with other surgeons to stabilize patients in critical condition. Typically, trauma surgeons work in the emergency care area of a hospital.
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SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The surgeon's ego and reporting of clinical failure.
- International medical graduates in surgery: facing challenges and breaking stereotypes.
- Using administrative data to identify surgical adverse events: an introduction to the Patient Safety Indicators.
- Classification and valuation of postoperative complications in a randomized trial of open versus laparoscopic ventral herniorrhaphy.
- Surgeon preference and variation of surgical care.
- Consensus building for development of outpatient adverse drug event triggers.
- Validating the patient safety indicators in the Veterans Health Administration: do they accurately identify true safety events?
- Enhancing American surgical training: meeting the challenge of a globalizing world.
- Examining the impact of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) on the Veterans Health Administration: the case of readmissions.
- Necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections.
- Damage Control Resuscitation In Trauma.
- Opening Pandora's box: understanding the nature, patterns, and 30-day outcomes of intraoperative adverse events.
- Morbidity related to concomitant adhesions in abdominal surgery.
- Weight based heparin dosing for thromboembolic disease is associated with earlier anticoagulation in surgical patients.
- The effect of aging on pulmonary function: implications for monitoring and support of the surgical and trauma patient.
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