Professor, Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine

General Surgery

Robert C. Mackersie, MD works in the field of General Surgery. He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACS)". Robert C. Mackersie, MD is a published physician as well. He has 76 publications published. The latest was: Gastric rupture and tension pneumoperitoneum complicating cardiopulmonary resuscitation: case report. Doctor Robert C. Mackersie, MD accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Cervical spine clearance protocols in level I, II and III trauma centers in California.
• Beyond emergency surgery: redefining acute care surgery.
• Recent developments in the assessment of the multiply injured trauma patient.
• Variability in California triage from 2005 to 2009: A population-based longitudinal study of severely injured patients.
• Cervical Spine Clearance Protocols in Level I Trauma Centers in the United States.
• The forgotten trauma patient: Outcomes for injured patients evaluated by emergency medical services but not transported to the hospital.
• Service: 2010 Western Trauma Association presidential address.
• Pitfalls in the evaluation and resuscitation of the trauma patient.
• Prospective randomized trial of LC+LCBDE vs ERCP/S+LC for common bile duct stone disease.
• Where do we go from here? Interim analysis to forge ahead in violence prevention.
• Acute coagulopathy of trauma: hypoperfusion induces systemic anticoagulation and hyperfibrinolysis.
• In brief. Management of the trauma patient.
• Pitfalls in the evaluation and management of the trauma patient.
• Early coagulopathy after traumatic brain injury: the role of hypoperfusion and the protein C pathway.
• The spontaneous breathing pattern and work of breathing of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury.
• Acute traumatic coagulopathy: initiated by hypoperfusion: modulated through the protein C pathway?
• History of trauma field triage development and the American College of Surgeons criteria.
• Field triage, and the fragile supply of "optimal resources" for the care of the injured patient.
• Effects of tidal volume on work of breathing during lung-protective ventilation in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
• Work of breathing during lung-protective ventilation in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a comparison between volume and pressu...
• Serum levels of Hsp60 correlate with the development of acute lung injury after trauma.
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome criteria in trauma patients: why the definitions do not work.
• The development of acute lung injury is associated with worse neurologic outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
• The effects of tidal volume demand on work of breathing during simulated lung-protective ventilation.
• Serum levels of Hsp 72 measured early after trauma correlate with survival.
• Multiinstitutional experience with the management of superior mesenteric artery injuries.
• Penetrating esophageal injuries: multicenter study of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
• The effects of pressure control versus volume control assisted ventilation on patient work of breathing in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
• Initial severity of metabolic acidosis predicts the development of acute lung injury in severely traumatized patients.
• Leukocytosis and free fluid are important indicators of isolated intestinal injury after blunt trauma.
• The economic burden of providing trauma care: what are the costs and who pays?
• Gastric rupture and tension pneumoperitoneum complicating cardiopulmonary resuscitation: case report.
• Use of tissue oxygen tension measurements during resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock.
• Trauma deaths in a mature urban vs rural trauma system. A comparison.
• Biological markers of acute lung injury: prognostic and pathogenetic significance.
• Acute rupture of the diaphragm due to blunt trauma: diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of CT.
• Violence prevention involvement among trauma surgeons: description and preliminary evaluation.
• The epidemiology of traumatic death. A population-based analysis.
• The etiology of missed cervical spine injuries.
• Randomized study of algorithms for discontinuing tube thoracostomy drainage.
• Differential clearance of colloid and crystalloid solutions from the lung.
• High-risk behavior and the public burden for funding the costs of acute injury.
• Risks, costs, and the expected complication of re-injury.
• Neurogenic pulmonary edema in fatal and nonfatal head injuries.
• The prehospital use of external counterpressure: does MAST make a difference?
• Morphologic and physiologic correlates of increased extravascular lung water.
• Pulmonary extravascular fluid accumulation following intracranial injury.
• Self-induced subcutaneous air mimicking a gas-forming infection.
• The role of pulmonary lymphatics in the clearance of hydrostatic pulmonary edema.
• Continuous epidural fentanyl analgesia: ventilatory function improvement with routine use in treatment of blunt chest injury.
• Impact of a trauma system on outcome of severely injured patients.
• Video recording trauma resuscitations: an effective teaching technique.
• Base deficit as a guide to volume resuscitation.
• Major skeletal injuries in the obtunded blunt trauma patient: a case for routine radiologic survey.
• Epidemiology and pathology of traumatic deaths occurring at a Level I Trauma Center in a regionalized system: the importance of secondary brain injury.
• Thoracotomy during trauma resuscitations--an appraisal by board-certified general surgeons.
• The impact of in-house surgeons and operating room resuscitation on outcome of traumatic injuries.
• Intra-abdominal injury following blunt trauma. Identifying the high-risk patient using objective risk factors.
• Use of end-tidal carbon dioxide tension for monitoring induced hypocapnia in head-injured patients.
• Venous thromboembolism in patients with major trauma.
• Blunt carotid artery dissection: incidence, associated injuries, screening, and treatment.
• Complications in evaluating abdominal trauma: diagnostic peritoneal lavage versus computerized axial tomography.
• The asymptomatic patient with suspected myocardial contusion.
• Pain management following trauma and burns.
• The significance of critical care errors in causing preventable death in trauma patients in a trauma system.
• Organ procurement in patients with fatal head injuries. The fate of the potential donor.
• Prospective evaluation of epidural and intravenous administration of fentanyl for pain control and restoration of ventilatory function following multiple rib fractures.
• Base deficit as an indicator of significant abdominal injury.
• Procuring donor organs for transplantation.
• Can burst fractures be predicted from plain radiographs?
• An analysis of errors causing morbidity and mortality in a trauma system: a guide for quality improvement.
• An evaluation of provider-related and disease-related morbidity in a level I university trauma service: directions for quality improvement.
• Protein C depletion early after trauma increases the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
• An epidemic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infections among medically underserved patients.
• Current management of hemorrhage from severe pelvic fractures: Results of an American association for the surgery of trauma multi-institutional trial.

Schools

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• Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine

• University Calif Hosps San Francisco

• University Calif San Francisco

Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• UCSF
• Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Hospital

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• UCSF Medical Center
• San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1831144583
Last Name Of The Provider	MACKERSIE
First Name Of The Provider	ROBERT
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