Georg N Herlitz MD JD

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

975 E 3rd StChattanooga, TN 37403
Phone+1 423-778-7000
Fax+1 423-778-4833

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Education & Training

Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolResidency, Surgical Critical Care, 2012 - 2013
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolResidency, Surgery, 2006 - 2012
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2004
Louisiana State UniversityJD, Law, Louisiana Law Review, Jessup International Moot Court, 1992 - 1995

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Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2014 - 2026
TN State Medical License 2013 - 2024
MD State Medical License 2016 - 2022
NJ State Medical License 2011 - 2017
MI State Medical License 2013 - 2015

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

J.H. Landor Award for Excellence in Teaching, Surgery Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2012
Susan P. Deak Award for Excellence in Resident Research Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2011
Arthur P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Arthur P. Gold Foundation, 2011-2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

26 citations
Treatment of Diaphragmatic Hernia Occurring After Transhiatal Esophagectomy.
Sumana Narayanan, Renee L. Sanders, Georg N. Herlitz, John Langenfeld, David A. August
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2015-02-24
21 citations
Physiologic variability at the verge of systemic inflammation: multiscale entropy of heart rate variability is affected by very low doses of endotoxin.
Georg N. Herlitz, Renee L. Arlow, Nora H. Cheung, Susette M. Coyle, Benjamin Griffel
Shock. 2015-02-01
33 citations
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Adam M. Shiroff, Georg N. Herlitz, Vicente H. Gracias
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2014-05-01

Journal Articles

Reconstruction after Partial (D2/D3) Duodenectomy using a Roux-en-Y Lateral Duodenojejunostomy: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis.
Narayanan S, Herlitz GN, Gomez D, Melstrom L , August DA, Carpizo DR, Surgical Techniques Development, 1/1/2015
Platelet activation in the postoperative period after lung transplantation
Sternberg DI, Shimbo D, Kawut SM, Sarkar J, Herlitz GN, D'Ovidio F, Lederer DJ, Wilt JS, Arcasoy SM, Pinsky DJ, D'Armiento JM, Sonett JR, J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg, 3/2008
The Meaning of the Term “Prima Facie”
Herlitz GN, Louisiana Law Review, 11/1994

Lectures

ICU Management of Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Concepts
Grand Rounds, Dept. of Acute Care Surgery, Rutgers Medical School-RWJ, New Brunswick, NJ - 6/13/2013
64-year-old Man with Head and Spine Trauma -- Panel Discussion Presenter
John P. Pryor Memorial PennTRAC Conference, Philadelphia, PA - 5/8/2013
Evidence of Autonomic Dysregulation Precedes Systemic Inflammation in Endotoxinemia
American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Owen H. Wangensteen Forum, Chicago, IL - 10/9/2009

Other

TXA in Trauma - online CME lecture
Herlitz GN, NORTN EMS education outreach program
Northeast Ohio Regional Trauma Network - 2015

Research History

Surgical InvestigatorSupervisor Stephen F. Lowry, MD Research in biological markers of inflammation2008 - 2009
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, surgerySupervisor Mehmet C. Oz, MD Research in LVADs, heart and lung transplantation, health care policy2004 - 2006