Dr. Benjamin Gerke M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
2801 DEBARR RD ANCHORAGE AK, 99508About
Dr. Benjamin Gerke is a critical care surgeon practicing in ANCHORAGE, AK. Dr. Gerke 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. Gerke has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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