Professor of Surgery, Director of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California

General Surgery

Demetrios G. Demetriades works in the field of General Surgery. He over the years received 16 awards: "Distinguished Service Award", "Lifetime Achievement Award in Trauma Resuscitation Science", "Scudder Oration", "Lifetime Achievement Award in Trauma Resuscitation", "Scudder Orator", "Honorary Doctorate", "Honorary Faculty member", "Honorary Member Paraguay Surgical Society", "FDA Distinguished Service Award", "Certificate of Appreciation with flag flown over Afganistan, US Navy", "Fellow (FACS)", "Honorary Member of the Hellenic Surgical Society", "Honorary Member, Mexican College of Surgeons", "Honorary Member, Argentinean College of Surgeons", "Honorary Member, Cyprus Surgical Society" and "Super Doctor". Demetrios Demetriades is a published doctor and has 101 publications published. The lastest was: 'Insulin-Treated Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Emergency Abdominal Surgery Have Worse Outcomes than Patients Treated with Oral Agents.'

Publications

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• Multicenter evaluation of temporary intravascular shunt use in vascular trauma.
• Insulin-Treated Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Emergency Abdominal Surgery Have Worse Outcomes than Patients Treated with Oral Agents.
• Diabetes Mellitus in Patients Presenting with Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction: Delaying Surgical Intervention Results in Worse Outcomes.
• Should we still use motor vehicle intrusion as a sole triage criterion for the use of trauma center resources?
• Early versus delayed same-admission laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in elderly patients with comorbidities.
• Firearm assault injuries in the United States: are we making progress?
• Prospective Evaluation of Treatment of Open Fractures: Effect of Time to Irrigation and Debridement.
• The effect of diabetes on outcomes following emergency appendectomy in patients without comorbidities: a propensity score-matched analysis of National Surgical Quality...
• The impact of heat stress on operative performance and cognitive function during simulated laparoscopic operative tasks.
• The origin of fatal pulmonary emboli: a postmortem analysis of 500 deaths from pulmonary embolism in trauma, surgical, and medical patients.
• The peril of thoracoabdominal firearm trauma: 984 civilian injuries reviewed.
• Prothrombin complex concentrate in trauma patients.
• Management of patients with evisceration after abdominal stab wounds.
• The use of the anatomic 'zones' of the neck in the assessment of penetrating neck injury.
• Subtotal cholecystectomy and open total cholecystectomy: alternatives in complicated cholecystitis.
• Clinical relevance of magnetic resonance imaging in cervical spine clearance: a prospective study.
• Optimal training for emergency needle thoracostomy placement by prehospital personnel: Didactic teaching versus a cadaver-based training program.
• Angiointervention: an independent predictor of survival in high-grade blunt liver injuries.
• Prospective Evaluation of Serial Hemoglobin Values during the Initial Trauma Evaluation.
• Decompressive craniectomy or medical management for refractory intracranial hypertension: An AAST-MIT propensity score analysis.
• The contemporary management of penetrating splenic injury.
• Falls in the elderly: a modern look at an old problem.
• Effects of diabetes mellitus in patients presenting with diverticulitis: Clinical correlations and disease characteristics in more than 1,000 patients.
• Ocular trauma at a level I trauma center: the burden of penetrating injuries.
• The persistent diagnostic challenge of thoracoabdominal stab wounds.
• Reply to Letter: "Regarding the Impact of Surgical Delay in Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Appendectomy"
• Effect of delaying same-admission cholecystectomy on outcomes in patients with diabetes.
• Thromboelastogram evaluation of the impact of hypercoagulability in trauma patients.
• Is Prehospital Endotracheal Intubation Associated with Improved Outcomes In Isolated Severe Head Injury? A Matched Cohort Analysis.
• Management of the open abdomen.
• Cardiac trauma during teenage years.
• Prospective evaluation of the utility of routine postoperative cystogram after traumatic bladder injury.
• The Impact of In-house Attending Surgeon Supervision on the Rates of Preventable and Potentially Preventable Complications and Death at the Start of the New Academic Y...
• Intracranial pressure monitoring in severe head injury: compliance with Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines and effect on outcomes: a prospective study.
• Splenectomy in patients with traumatic brain injury: Protective or harmful? A National Trauma Data Bank analysis.
• Timing of redébridement after initial source control impacts survival in necrotizing soft tissue infection.
• The impact of liver cirrhosis on outcomes in trauma patients: A prospective study.
• Measurable outcomes of quality improvement using a daily quality rounds checklist: Two-year prospective analysis of sustainability in a surgical intensive care unit.
• Early operation is associated with a survival benefit for patients with adhesive bowel obstruction.
• The impact of blood product ratios in massively transfused pediatric trauma patients.
• Prospective Study Examining Clinical Outcomes Associated with a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System and Barker's Vacuum Packing Technique.
• Prospective Evaluation of the Role of Computed Tomography in the Assessment of Abdominal Stab Wounds.
• Diluting the benefits of hemostatic resuscitation: a multi-institutional analysis.
• Emergency surgery for acute diverticulitis: which operation? A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program study.
• Consensus strategies for the nonoperative management of patients with blunt splenic injury: a Delphi study.
• Prospective evaluation of early follow-up chest radiography after penetrating thoracic injury.
• Effect of Diabetes on Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Emergent Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis.
• Implementing acute care surgery at a level I trauma center: 1-year prospective evaluation of the impact of this shift on trauma volumes and outcomes.
• Selective non-operative management of abdominal gunshot wounds: survey of practise.
• Penetrating cardiac trauma in adolescents: A rare injury with excessive mortality.
• Relationship of creatine kinase elevation and acute kidney injury in pediatric trauma patients.
• A prospective multicenter comparison of levetiracetam versus phenytoin for early posttraumatic seizure prophylaxis.
• Effect of diabetes mellitus on outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury: a national trauma databank analysis.
• Long-term preclinical evaluation of the intracorporeal use of advanced local hemostatics in a damage-control swine model of grade IV liver injury.
• Risk factors for post-traumatic pneumonia in patients with retained haemothorax: Results of a prospective, observational AAST study.
• Local and systemic hemostatics as an adjunct to control bleeding in trauma.
• Transmediastinal gunshot wounds in a mature trauma centre: Changing perspectives.
• Selective non-operative management of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after penetrating cardiac wound.
• Extremity firearm trauma: the impact of injury pattern on clinical outcomes.
• Prospective evaluation of ambient operating room temperature on the core temperature of injured patients undergoing emergent surgery.
• Impact of Fibrinogen Levels on Outcomes after Acute Injury in Patients Requiring a Massive Transfusion.
• Discrepancies between capillary glucose measurements and traditional laboratory assessments in both shock and non-shock states after trauma.
• Negative laparotomy in trauma: are we getting better?
• Closed-suction drain placement at laparotomy in isolated solid organ injury is not associated with decreased risk of deep surgical site infection.
• Selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal injury in Great Britain and Ireland: survey of practice.
• Radiologic evaluation of alternative sites for needle decompression of tension pneumothorax.
• Penetrating fetal trauma with late complications: a case report.
• The double jeopardy of blunt thoracoabdominal trauma.
• Development of posttraumatic empyema in patients with retained hemothorax: Results of a prospective, observational AAST study.
• Nonverifiable research publications among applicants to an academic trauma and surgical critical care fellowship program.
• Total management of the open abdomen.
• The changing epidemiology of spinal trauma: A 13-year review from a Level I trauma centre.
• Appendectomy Timing: Waiting Until the Next Morning Increases the Risk of Surgical Site Infections.
• Hyperfibrinolysis Elicited via Thromboelastography Predicts Mortality in Trauma.
• Ten years of mechanical complications of central venous catheterization in trauma patients.
• Re: Needle thoracostomy conclusions.
• The incidence of neurogenic shock after spinal cord injury in patients admitted to a high-volume level I trauma center.
• Biochemical Profile and Outcomes in Trauma Patients Subjected to Open Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Prospective Observational Pilot Study.
• Prospective evaluation of selective nonoperative management of torso gunshot wounds: When is it safe to discharge?
• Efficacy of beta-blockade after isolated blunt head injury: Does race matter?
• Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent administration and survival after severe traumatic brain injury: a prospective study.
• The impact of early hormonal therapy in catastrophic brain-injured patients and its effect on organ procurement.
• Evaluation of multidetector computed tomography for penetrating neck injury: A prospective multicenter study.
• Blunt thoracic aortic injuries: crossing the Rubicon.
• Does size matter? A prospective analysis of 28-32 versus 36-40 French chest tube size in trauma.
• Blunt splenic trauma: splenectomy increases early infectious complications: a prospective multicenter study.
• Management of post-traumatic retained hemothorax: a prospective, observational, multicenter AAST study.
• The impact of American College of Surgeons trauma center designation and outcomes after early thoracotomy: a National Trauma Databank analysis.
• The increasing burden of phlebotomy in the development of anaemia and need for blood transfusion amongst trauma patients.
• Venous thromboembolic events in isolated severe traumatic brain injury.
• The impact of nontherapeutic hypothermia on outcomes after severe traumatic brain injury.
• Impact of the duration of platelet storage in critically ill trauma patients.
• Transplantation for severe hepatic trauma.
• Trauma center designation and the decreasing incidence of post-traumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome: a potential guidepost for quality improvement.
• Are all level I trauma centers created equal? A comparison of American College of Surgeons and state-verified centers.
• Intracorporeal Use of Advanced Local Hemostatics in a Damage Control Swine Model of Grade IV Liver Injury.
• Necrotizing soft tissue infections: delayed surgical treatment is associated with increased number of surgical debridements and morbidity.
• Coagulopathy after isolated severe traumatic brain injury in children.
• Isolated blunt severe traumatic brain injury in Bern, Switzerland, and the United States: A matched cohort study.
• Seat Belt Use and its Effect on Abdominal Trauma: A National Trauma Databank Study.

Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Surgery
• Trauma Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
• Pathway X Direct Access PPO
• Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
• Select PPO
• Access Plus Savenet
• Basic Exclusive PPO for Small Business
• Basic PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Covered California - Bronze PPO
• Health Net PPO
• Individual and Family PPO
• Medicare MCR
• Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Distinguished Service Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award in Trauma Resuscitation Science
• Scudder Oration
• Lifetime Achievement Award in Trauma Resuscitation
• Scudder Orator
• Honorary Doctorate
• Honorary Faculty member
• Honorary Member Paraguay Surgical Society
• FDA Distinguished Service Award
• Certificate of Appreciation with flag flown over Afganistan, US Navy
• Fellow (FACS)
• Honorary Member of the Hellenic Surgical Society
• Honorary Member, Mexican College of Surgeons
• Honorary Member, Argentinean College of Surgeons
• Honorary Member, Cyprus Surgical Society
• Super Doctor

Education

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• University of Athens

Hospital

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• Keck Hospital of USC

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