Dr. Gerald W. Shaftan M.D.
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
60 Gramercy Park N New York NY, 10010About
Dr. Gerald Shaftan is a trauma surgeon practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Shaftan 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
New York University School of Medicine 1949
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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- Cricothyrotomy technique: standard versus the rapid four step technique.
- Main pulmonary artery laceration after blunt trauma: accurate preoperative diagnosis.
- Blocking prostaglandin E2 after trauma attenuates pro-inflammatory cytokines and improves survival.
- Evaluation of various hypotensive agents in the control of experimental hemorrhage.
- Re: Safety and efficacy of the rapid four-step technique for cricothyrotomy using a Bair Claw.
- Preoperative radiographic staging for ureteral injuries is not warranted in patients undergoing celiotomy for trauma.
- A thigh that rattles during basketball.
- Intrathoracic jugular vein avulsion after blunt chest trauma.
- Laparoscopic exploration for pancreatic injury.
- Laparoscopic repair of traumatic perforation of the urinary bladder.
- Lower extremity compartment syndrome following a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
- Diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy for trauma: a technique of safe and systematic exploration.
- The effect of diabetes on endothelin, interleukin-8 and vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated angiogenesis in rats.
- Emergency cricothyrotomy.
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