BradCushingMD

General Surgery • Portland, ME

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Professor, Surgery, Tufts Medical Center

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Office
887 Congress St.
Portland, ME 04102
Phone+1 207-774-2381
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Education & Training

University of MarylandFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1985 - 1987
University of ConnecticutResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1985
St Elizabeth's Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1980 - 1981
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

ME State Medical License 1996 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1985 - 1996
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

13 citations
A Multistate Model Predicting Mortality, Length of Stay, and Readmission for Surgical Patients
M.P.H. David E. Clark M.D., Kaitlin R. Ostrander, Brad M. Cushing> ;Health Services Research. 2016 Jun 1
3 citations
Effect of a dedicated acute care operating room on hospital efficiency.
Cecilia Trydestam, Steven Prato, Brad M. Cushing, James F. Whiting> ;The American Surgeon. 2014 Jan 1
11 citations
Initial presentation of older injured patients to high-volume hospitals is not associated with lower 30-day mortality in Medicare data.
David E. Clark, Michael A. DeLorenzo, F.L. Lucas, Brad M. Cushing> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2007 Aug 1
47 citations
Rural and urban traffic fatalities, vehicle miles, and population density.
David E. Clark, Brad M. Cushing> ;Accident; Analysis and Prevention. 2004 Nov 1
33 citations
Predicted effect of automatic crash notification on traffic mortality
David E. Clark, Brad M. Cushing> ;Accident; Analysis and Prevention. 2002 Jul 1
106 citations
Ligamentous injuries of the cervical spine in unreliable blunt trauma patients: incidence, evaluation, and outcome
William C. Chiu, James M. Haan, Brad M. Cushing, Mary E. Kramer, Thomas M. Scalea> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2001 Mar 1
71 citations
Determinants of disability after lower extremity fracture.
Charles Mock, Ellen J. MacKenzie, Gregory J. Jurkovich, Andrew R. Burgess, Brad M. Cushing, Barbara J. deLateur, Mark P. McAndrew, John A. Morris, Marc F. Swiontkowski> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2000 Jan 1
28 citations
Fatal subclavian artery transection from isolated clavicle fracture.
Kevin M. Kendall, John H. Burton, Brad M. Cushing> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2000 Feb 1
37 citations
Predicting Regional Variations in Mortality from Motor Vehicle Crashes
David E. Clark, Brad M. Cushing> ;Academic Emergency Medicine. 1999 Feb 1
235 citations
Return to work following injury: the role of economic, social, and job-related factors.
Ellen J. MacKenzie, John A. Morris, Gregory J. Jurkovich, Yutaka Yasui, Brad M. Cushing, Andrew R. Burgess, Barbara J. deLateur, Mark P. McAndrew, Marc F. Swiontkowski> ;American Journal of Public Health. 1998 Nov 1
26 citations
Correlation between the Measures of Impairment, According to the Modified System of the American Medical Association, and Function*
Melissa L. McCarthy, Mark P. McAndrew, Ellen J. MacKenzie, Andrew R. Burgess, Brad M. Cushing, Barbara J. deLateur, Gregory J. Jurkovich, John A. Morris, Marc F. Swion...> ;The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 1998 Jul 1
18 citations
Monitoring hospital trauma mortality using statistical process control methods.
David E. Clark, Brad M. Cushing, Carl E. Bredenberg> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 1998 Jun 1
15 citations
Blunt and penetrating trauma--has anything changed?
Brad M. Cushing, David E. Clark, Roy Cobean, Paul J. Schenarts, Lisa A. Rutstein> ;The Surgical Clinics of North America. 1997 Dec 1
168 citations
Abdominal Injuries without Hemoperitoneum: A Potential Limitation of Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma (FAST)
William C. Chiu, Brad M. Cushing, Aurelio Rodriguez, Shiu M. Ho, Stuart E. Mirvis, K. Shanmuganathan, Michael D. Stein> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1997 Apr 1
123 citations
Long-term outcomes after lower extremity trauma
J. Laurence Butcher, Ellen J. MacKenzie, Brad M. Cushing, Gregory J. Jurkovich, John A. Morris, Andrew R. Burgess, Mark P. McAndrew, Marc F. Swiontkowski> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1996 Jul 1
1 citations
Trauma data bases.
Howard R. Champion, Brad M. Cushing> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1995 Nov 1
106 citations
The Sickness Impact Profile as a tool to evaluate functional outcome in trauma patients.
Gregory J. Jurkovich, Charles Mock, Ellen J. MacKenzie, Andrew R. Burgess, Brad Cushing, Barbara J. deLateur, Mark P. McAndrew, John C. Morris, Marc F. Swiontkowski> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1995 Oct 1
7 citations
Police perception of intoxication among injured pedestrians
Mary van Wijngaarden, Brad M. Cushing, Tim Kerns, Patricia C. Dischinger> ;The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 1995 Jan 1
68 citations
Gut failure--predictor of or contributor to mortality in mechanically ventilated blunt trauma patients?
C.M. Dunham, David C. Frankenfield, Howard Belzberg, Charles E. Wiles, Brad M. Cushing, Zina Grant> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1994 Jul 1
28 citations
Inflammatory markers: superior predictors of adverse outcome in blunt trauma patients?
C. M. Dunham, David C. Frankenfield, Howard Belzberg, Charles E. Wiles, Brad M. Cushing, Z. Grant> ;Critical Care Medicine. 1994 Apr 1
90 citations
Mortality factors in geriatric blunt trauma patients.
M. Margaret Knudson, Jeffrey Lieberman, John A. Morris, Brad M. Cushing, Harrison A. Stubbs> ;Archives of Surgery. 1994 Apr 1
36 citations
Causes and costs of injuries in multiple trauma patients requiring extrication from motor vehicle crashes
John H. Siegel, S. Mason-Gonzalez, Patricia C. Dischinger, Kathleen M. Read, Brad M. Cushing, M. C. Badellino, Shirin Goodarzi, John E. Smialek, B. M. Heatfield, R. M....> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1993 Dec 1
52 citations
INJURY PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH DIRECTION OF IMPACT: DRIVERS ADMITTED TO TRAUMA CENTERS
Patricia C. Dischinger, Brad M. Cushing, Timothy J. Kerns> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1993 Sep 1
85 citations
SAFETY BELT RESTRAINTS AND COMPARTMENT INTRUSIONS IN FRONTAL AND LATERAL MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES: MECHANISMS OF INJURIES, COMPLICATIONS, AND ACUTE CARE COSTS
John H. Siegel, S. Mason-Gonzalez, Patricia C. Dischinger, Brad M. Cushing, Kathy Read, Reginald Robinson, John E. Smialek, B. M. Heatfield, W Hill, Frances D. Bents> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1993 May 1
104 citations
Physical impairment and functional outcomes six months after severe lower extremity fractures.
Ellen J. MacKenzie, Brad M. Cushing, Gregory J. Jurkovich, John A. Morris, Andrew R. Burgess, Barbara J. deLateur, Mark P. Mc Andrew, Marc F. Swiontkowski> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1993 Apr 1
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