Dr. Cara Lyn Agerstrand MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
622 W 168th St New York NY, 10032About
Dr. Cara Agerstrand is a critical care surgeon practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Agerstrand 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. Agerstrand 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
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 2006
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine- 2012
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Targeting of household air pollution: interpretation of RESPIRE.
- Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for refractory status asthmaticus: experience in distinct exacerbation phenotypes.
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a novel bridging strategy for acute right heart failure in group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Fellowships
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
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