Jody Christopher DiGiacomo MD

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Additionally skilled in: Hyperbaric Medicine and Advanced Wound Care Robotic Surgery

2201 Hempstead TpkeEast Meadow, NY 11554
Phone+1 516-572-6703

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Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1992 - 1994
Seton Hall University-Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (St Francis)Residency, Surgery, 1988 - 1992
New York Medical College (Sound Shore)Residency, Surgery, 1986 - 1988
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1986
University of PennsylvaniaBA, 1978 - 1982

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Certifications & Licensure

CO State Medical License 2023 - 2027
NJ State Medical License 1989 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1998 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1988 - 2026
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., 2006-2008
Who’s Who in Finance and Industry 2003
America’s Top Surgeons Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2002, 2004, 2010-2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

18 citations
Geriatric trauma triage: optimizing systems for older adults-a publication of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Geriatric Trauma Committee.
Tanya Egodage, Vanessa P Ho, Tasce Bongiovanni, Jennifer Knight-Davis, Sasha D Adams
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2024-01-01
1 citations
Unraveling quad fever: Severe hyperthermia after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury.
Carlton C L Watson, Dooniya Shaikh, Jody C DiGiacomo, Aaron C Brown, Raina Wallace
Chinese Journal of Traumatology = Zhonghua Chuang Shang Za Zhi. 2023-01-01
1 citations
Presence of Permanent Pacemakers: Implications for Elderly Patients Presenting with Traumatic Injuries.
Tanzim Bhuiya, Demian Omeh, Rezwan Munshi, Brian Berookhim, Ashley Roper
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2023-01-01

Journal Articles

An evidence-based review: helmet efficacy to reduce head injury and mortality in motorcycle crashes: EAST practice management guidelines
MacLeod JB, Digiacomo JC, Tinkoff G, J Trauma, 11/1/2010
An update on the surgeons scope and depth of practice to all hazards emergency response
Ciraulo DL, Barie PS, Briggs SM, Bjerke HS, Born CT, Capella J, Cancio L, Dennis A, DiGiacomo JC, et al., Journal of Trauma, 1/1/2006
Geriatric trauma: Challenges and the team approach
DiGiacomo JC, Current Surgery, 1/1/2005

Books/Book Chapters

Initial Management of Injuries
Chapter: Evaluation of Gluteal Gunshot Wounds.
DiGiacomo JCEditors: Sing RS, Reilly PM.BMJ Books, London2001
The Trauma Manual
Chapter: Penetrating Trauma.
DiGiacomo JCEditors: Peitzman AB, Rhodes M, Schwab CW, Yealy DM.Little and Brown1998
Current Pediatric Therapy
Chapter: Penetrating, Gunshot, and Knife Wounds in Children.
Schwab CW, DiGiacomo JCEditors: Burg FD, Ingelfinger JR, Wald ER, Polin RA.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 15th,1995

Abstracts/Posters

Effect of long-term suspension in resuscitation fluid on cell survival and mitochondrial membrane polarity.
Simpkins CO, Waris W, Angus LDG, DiGiacomo JC, Shaftan GW, Cortsidis G, Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference on Shock, Marco Island, FL, 6/11/2001
Alternatives in abdominal wall reconstruction after damage control surgery.
Cottam DR, DiGiacomo JC, Riina L, Angus LDG, Simpkins CO, Simpson R, Shaftan GW, Western Trauma Association 31th Annual Meeting, Big Sky, Montana, 3/1/2001
EAST guidelines for the management of hemorrhage from major pelvic fracture.
DiGiacomo JC, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 14th Scientific Assembly, Palm Harbour, FL, 1/13/2001

Lectures

Cost containment in the operating room: A surgeon's perspective.
Sheraton Safari Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, FL - 11/13/2000
Re-considering the indications for emergency department thoracotomy.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - 6/2/2000
Is routine arteriography mandatory for penetrating injuries to Zone 1 of the Neck? Invited Discussion.
Sanibel Harbour, FL - 1/15/1998

Other

Practice management guidelines for the evaluation of genitourinary trauma.
Holevar M, DiGiacomo JC, Ebert J, Luchette FA, Nagy K, Nayduch D, Sheridan R, Spirnak JP, Yowler C, The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
http://www.east.org/tpg/GU.pdf
1/1/2003
Practice management guidelines for hemorrhage in pelvic fracture.
DiGiacomo JC, Bonadies JA, Cole FJ, Diebel L, Hoff WS, Holevar M, Malcynski J, Scalea T, The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
http://www.east.org/tpg/pelvis.pdf
1/1/2002