Dr. Michael Christopher Townsend MD
Surgeon | Surgical Critical Care
1514 Jefferson Hwy Ochsner Medical Cent New Orleans LA, 70121About
Dr. Townsend earned his medical degree from The Ohio State University. He then completed his surgical internship, residency and fellowship at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Townsend is board cer ...
Education and Training
Oh State Univ Coll of Med, Columbus Oh 1982
Ohio State University College of Medicine 1982
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- ACOEM position statement. Spirometry in the occupational setting. American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- [Changes in the prevalence of contraceptive use and knowledge in three rural community distribution areas of Profamilia in Colombia: policy implications].
- CD-ROM source data uploaded to the operating and storage devices of an IBM 3090 mainframe through a PC terminal.
- Acute endovascular management of a subclavian artery injury.
- Developing and testing competency levels for laparoscopic skills training.
- Determining standards for laparoscopic proficiency using virtual reality.
- Long bone fractures predispose to pulmonary dysfunction in blunt chest trauma despite early operative fixation.
- In vivo [31P]NMR assessment of early hepatocellular dysfunction during endotoxemia.
- Benefits of organic farming to biodiversity vary among taxa.
- Early postlaparotomy percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
- Experience with phenylephrine as a component of the pharmacologic support of septic shock.
- Developing partnerships among government, voluntary, and for-profit sectors.
- Pulmonary function and cardiovascular risk factor relationships in black and in white young men and women. The CARDIA Study.
- Incidence and timing of hypothermia in trauma patients undergoing operations.
- Acute surgical emergencies in patients at or near the end of life.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Stroke
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Hernia
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