Dr. James A Appiah-pippim MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
2800 Main St Bridgeport CT, 06606About
Dr. James Appiah-pippim is a critical care surgeon practicing in Bridgeport, CT. Dr. Appiah-pippim 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. Appiah-pippim 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 Ghana / Medical School 1990
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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