PalmerQBesseyMD

General Surgery • New York, NY

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Professor of Surgery, Cornell University-Weill Medical College

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Office
525 E 68th St
Burn Unit
New York, NY 10021
Phone+1 212-746-0242
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Education & Training

Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1983
University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1975 - 1979
University of Vermont College of MedicineClass of 1975
Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Surgical Critical Care

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1993 - 2021
MA State Medical License 1981 - 2011
AL State Medical License 1976 - 2004
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2006-2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2012
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Setting the Standard: Using the ABA Burn Registry to Benchmark Risk Adjusted Mortality.
Samuel P Mandell, Matthew H Phillips, Sara Higginson, Kimberly Hoarle, Naiwei Hsu, Bart Phillips, Callie Thompson, Joan M Weber, Erica Weichmann-Murata, Palmer Q Bessey> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2023 Mar 2
Using a National Burn Registry to Develop a Model for Risk-Adjusted Length of Stay Benchmarking.
Callie M Thompson, Matthew H Phillips, Palmer Q Bessey, Sara Higginson, Kimberly Hoarle, Naiwei Hsu, Bart Phillips, Joan M Weber, Erica Weichmann-Murata, Samuel P Mandell> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2023 Jan 5
Geriatric Burn Injuries Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Major Burn Center: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes.
David K Lachs, Michael E Stern, Alyssa Elman, Kriti Gogia, Sunday Clark, Mary R Mulcare, Andrew Greenway, Daniel Golden, Rahul Sharma, Palmer Q Bessey, Tony Rosen> ;The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2022 Aug 1
10 citations
The Global Burn Registry: A Work In Progress
Cameron Gibson, Palmer Q. Bessey, James J. Gallagher> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2020 Sep 23
38 citations
Synopsis of the 2013 Annual Report of the National Burn Repository
Palmer Q. Bessey, Bart Phillips, Christopher W. Lentz, Linda S. Edelman, Iris Faraklas, Margaret A. Finocchiaro, Nathan Kemalyan, Matthew B. Klein, Sidney F. Miller, M...> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2014 May 1
75 citations
American Burn Association consensus statements.
Nicole S. Gibran, Shelley A. Wiechman, Walter J. Meyer, Linda S. Edelman, James A. Fauerbach, Linda Gibbons, Radha K. Holavanahalli, Carly Hunt, Kelly Keller, Elizabet...> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2013 Jul 1
26 citations
The relationship between annual hospital volume of trauma patients and in-hospital mortality in New York State.
William Marx, Ronald Simon, Patricia A. O'neill, Marc J. Shapiro, Arthur Cooper, Louise Sztpulski Farrell, Jane E. McCormack, Palmer Q. Bessey, Edward L. Hannan> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2011 Aug 1
21 citations
The Development of a Regional System for Care of the Burn-Injured Patients
Roger W. Yurt, Palmer Q. Bessey> ;Surgical Infections. 2009 Nov 29
Invited critique of "the incidence and outcome of extubation failure in burn intensive care patients".
Palmer Q. Bessey> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2009 May 1
46 citations
National burn repository 2007 report: a synopsis of the 2007 call for data.
Sidney F. Miller, Palmer Q. Bessey, Christopher W. Lentz, James C. Jeng, Michael Schurr, Susan M. Browning> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2008 Nov 1
9 citations
The impact of a legislative intervention to reduce tap water scald burns in an urban community.
Nicole E. Leahy, Philip J. Hyden, Palmer Q. Bessey, Angela Rabbitts, Nicholas Freudenberg, Roger W. Yurt> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2007 Nov 1
88 citations
National Burn Repository 2006: a ten-year review.
Barbara A. Latenser, Sidney F. Miller, Palmer Q. Bessey, Susan M. Browning, Daniel M. Caruso, Manuel Gomez, James C. Jeng, John A. Krichbaum, Christopher W. Lentz, Jef...> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2007 Sep 1
21 citations
Tap water scalds among seniors and the elderly: Socio-economics and implications for prevention
N E. Alden, Palmer Q. Bessey, Angela Rabbitts, Philip J. Hyden, Roger W. Yurt> ;Burns. 2007 Aug 1
National Burn Repository 2006 Report Dataset Version 3.0.
Latenser, B.A., Miller, S.F., Bessey, P.Q., Browning, S.M., Caruso, D.M., Gomez, M., Jeng, J.C., Krichbaum, J.A., Lentz, C.W., Saffle, J.R., Schurr, M.J., Greenhalgh, ...> ;J Burn Care Res. 2007-07-24
50 citations
The vulnerabilities of age: burns in children and older adults.
Palmer Q. Bessey, Raymond R. Arons, Charles DiMaggio, Roger W. Yurt> ;Surgery. 2006 Oct 1
14 citations
Burn-injured patients in a disaster: September 11th revisited.
Roger W. Yurt, Palmer Q. Bessey, N E. Alden, Daniel Meisels, John J. Delaney, Angela Rabbitts, William Teich Greene> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2006 Sep 1
101 citations
National Burn Repository 2005: a ten-year review.
Sidney F. Miller, Palmer Q. Bessey, Michael J. Schurr, Susan M. Browning, James C. Jeng, Daniel M. Caruso, Manuel Gomez, Barbara A. Latenser, Christopher W. Lentz, Jef...> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2006 Jul 1
39 citations
A Regional Burn Center’s Response to a Disaster: September 11, 2001, and the Days Beyond
Roger W. Yurt, Palmer Q. Bessey, G. Bauer, Robert Dembicki, H. Laznick, N E. Alden, Angela Rabbits> ;The Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation. 2005 Mar 1
5 citations
Use of a statewide administrative database in assessing a regional trauma system.
Palmer Q. Bessey, Ronald J. Simon, Patricia A. O'neill, Arthur Cooper, Roger W. Seibel, William J. Flynn, William Marx> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2004 Dec 1
10 citations
Firefighter burn injuries: A 10-year longitudinal study
Angela Rabbitts, N E. Alden, Geoffrey O’Sullivan, G. Bauer, Palmer Q. Bessey, J. R. Turkowski, Roger W. Yurt> ;The Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation. 2004 Sep 1
11 citations
Burn injury in patients with early-onset neurological impairments: 2002 ABA paper.
N E. Alden, Angela Rabbitts, J. A. Rolls, Palmer Q. Bessey, Roger W. Yurt> ;The Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation. 2004 Jan 1
2 citations
Arterial blood gas analysis in the initial evaluation of the nonintubated adult blunt trauma patient.
Erik Barquist, Mabelle Pizzutiello, Margaret Burke, Palmer Q. Bessey> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2002 Mar 1
56 citations
Effect of trauma system maturation on mortality rates in patients with blunt injuries in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.
Erik Barquist, Mabelle Pizzutiello, Lili Tian, Christopher Cox, Palmer Q. Bessey> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2000 Jul 1
17 citations
Accounting for intubation status in predicting mortality for victims of motor vehicle crashes.
Edward L. Hannan, Louise Szypulski Farrell, Palmer Q. Bessey, C. G. Cayten, Arthur Cooper, Lawrence Mottley> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2000 Jan 1
72 citations
An examination of the volume-mortality relationship for New York State trauma centers.
Arthur Cooper, Edward L. Hannan, Palmer Q. Bessey, Louise Szypulski Farrell, C. G. Cayten, Lawrence Mottley> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1999 Jul 1
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