Thomas Aaron Risser M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
1493 Cambridge St Cambridge MA, 02139About
Dr. Thomas Risser is a critical care surgeon practicing in Cambridge, MA. Dr. Risser 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. Risser 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
Pa State Univ Coll Of Med- Hershey Pa 1972
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Heart Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Endocarditis
- Pain
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