ErnestBlockMD

General Surgery • Kissimmee, FL

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Physician

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Office
720 W Oak Street
Suite 303
Kissimmee, FL 34747
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Education & Training

University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1991 - 1992
Albert Einstein Healthcare NetworkResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1991
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1991 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1988 - 2002
LA State Medical License 1993 - 1996
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FCCM) American College of Critical Care Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

24 citations
Prevention of firearm-related injuries with restrictive licensing and concealed carry laws: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma systematic review.
Marie Crandall, Alexander L. Eastman, Pina Violano, Wendy R. Greene, Steven R. Allen, Ernest F. J. Block, Ashley Britton Christmas, Andrew Dennis, Thomas K. Duncan, Sh...> ;Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care. 2016 Nov 1
7 citations
CT with coronal reconstruction identifies previously missed smaller diaphragmatic injuries after blunt trauma.
Indermeet S. Bhullar, Ernest F. J. Block> ;American Surgeon. 2011 Jan 1
20 citations
Regionalization of surgical services in central Florida: the next step in acute care surgery.
Ernest F. J. Block, Beth Rudloff, Charles Noon, Bruce K. Behn> ;Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care. 2010 Sep 1
Think different: presidential address at the 2009 Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
Ernest F. J. Block> ;Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care. 2009 Sep 1
2 citations
Traumatic injuries associated with Segways and personal transporters.
Kyle B. Vincent, Ernest F. J. Block, Jonathan Black> ;American Surgeon. 2009 Aug 1
55 citations
Improved survival of critically ill trauma patients treated with recombinant human erythropoietin.
Lena M. Napolitano, Timothy C. Fabian, Kathleen Kelly, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Ernest F. J. Block, Wayne Langholff, Christopher Enny, Howard L. Corwin> ;Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care. 2008 Aug 1
76 citations
Guidelines for management of small bowel obstruction.
Jose J. Diaz, Faran Bokhari, Nathan T. Mowery, Jose A. Acosta, Ernest F. J. Block, William J. Bromberg, Bryan R. Collier, Daniel C. Cullinane, Kevin M. Dwyer, Margaret...> ;Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care. 2008 Jun 1
3 citations
Recombinant factor VII as an adjunct to control of hemorrhage from chest trauma in a Jehovah's Witness.
Indermeet S Bhullar, Robin Braman, Ernest F. J. Block> ;American Surgeon. 2007 Aug 1
4 citations
Bioavailability of oral fluconazole in critically ill abdominal trauma patients with and without abdominal wall closure: a randomized crossover clinical trial.
Erik Barquist, Eleanor Gomez-Fein, Ernest F. J. Block, Gary R. Collin, Heythem Alzamel, Octavio Martinez> ;Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care. 2007 Jul 1
65 citations
Long-term physical, mental, and functional consequences of abdominal decompression.
Michael L. Cheatham, Karen Safcsak, Luis E. Llerena, Charles E. Morrow, Ernest F. J. Block> ;Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care. 2004 Feb 1
9 citations
Morbidity and mortality of children following motor vehicle crashes.
Errington C. Thompson, Paul Perkowski, David Villarreal, Ernest F. J. Block, Mark F. Brown, Lana Wright, Shelley Akin> ;Archives of Surgery. 2003 Feb 1
47 citations
Use of a human patient simulator for the advanced trauma life support course.
Ernest F. J. Block, Lawrence Lottenberg, Lewis M. Flint, Joelle Jakobsen, Dianna Liebnitzky> ;American Surgeon. 2002 Jul 1
6 citations
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with an open abdomen.
Ernest F. J. Block, Michael L Cheatham, Tiffany K. Bee> ;American Surgeon. 2001 Sep 1
81 citations
Contribution of age and gender to outcome of blunt splenic injury in adults: multicenter study of the eastern association for the surgery of trauma.
Brian G. Harbrecht, Andrew B. Peitzman, Louis Rivera, Brian V. Heil, Martin Croce, John Morris, Blaine L. Enderson, Stanley Kurek, Michael Pasquale, Eric R. Frykberg, ...> ;Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care. 2001 Jan 1
314 citations
Blunt splenic injury in adults: Multi-institutional Study of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
Andrew B. Peitzman, Brian V. Heil, Louis Rivera, Michael B. Federle, Brian G. Harbrecht, Keith D. Clancy, Martin A. Croce, Blaine L. Enderson, John A. Morris, David V....> ;Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care. 2000 Aug 1
4 citations
Ingested endotracheal tube in an adult following intubation attempt for head injury.
Ernest F. J. Block, ML Cheatham, G. A. Parrish, L. D. Nelson, N. Beam> ;American Surgeon. 1999 Dec 1
15 citations
The natural history of extremity venous repair performed for trauma.
Lou M. Smith, Ernest F. J. Block, Kennan J. Buechter, T. David C. Draughn, Diana K. Watson, William Hedden> ;American Surgeon. 1999 Feb 1
16 citations
Positron emission tomography in diagnosis of occult adenocarcinoma of the breast
Ernest F. J. Block, M. A. Meyer> ;American Surgeon. 1998 Sep 1
13 citations
Evaluation of acute mental status change in the nonhead injured trauma patient.
ML Cheatham, Ernest F. J. Block, L. D. Nelson> ;American Surgeon. 1998 Sep 1
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