Dr. Ricard Newell Townsend M.D.
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
255 N. Howard Fresno CA, 93701About
Dr. Ricard Townsend is a trauma surgeon practicing in Fresno, CA. Dr. Townsend 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.
Education and Training
University Of Massachusetts Medical School 1981
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Low-dose vasopressin in the treatment of vasodilatory septic shock.
- Injury to the spleen.
- Pelvic suspension for the management of complicated perineal wounds.
- Transesophageal echocardiography.
- The use of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of chest trauma.
- Small-bowel obstruction from an extruded Greenfield filter strut: an unusual late complication.
- Aggressive traffic enforcement: a simple and effective injury prevention program.
- Prone ventilation in trauma or surgical patients with acute lung injury and adult respiratory distress syndrome: is it beneficial?
- Transesophageal echocardiographic examination of a patient with traumatic aortic transection from blunt chest trauma: a case report.
- Traumatic rupture of the aorta--critical decisions for trauma surgeons.
- Organ donor management and organ outcome: a 6-year review from a Level I trauma center.
- Gallbladder carcinoma and retroperitoneal fibrosis: a rare combination.
- Day-night variation in the enzymatic dephosphorylation of ATP in hamster liver fractions.
- Rectus muscle flap for the reconstruction of disrupted pelvic floor.
- Diving injuries: a preventable catastrophe.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Gallstones
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