VicenteCortesMD

General Surgery • West Reading, PA

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Physician

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Office
6th Avenue And Spruce Street
Trauma Administration, B4 South
West Reading, PA 19611
Phone+1 484-628-4888

Fax+1 484-628-4880
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Education & Training

University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1988 - 1989
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1988
NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Brooklyn)Internship, Transitional Year, 1982 - 1983
National University of ColombiaClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1984 - 2025
IN State Medical License 1991 - 2025
CT State Medical License 1994 - 2024
WV State Medical License 1991 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2004 - 2024
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Distal Pancreatic Necrosis After Splenic Angioembolization.
Rachel Yoo, Michael D Gaziano, Vicente Cortes, Nikunj Chauhan, Peter K Bamberger, Eugene F Reilly, Thomas Geng, Christopher A Butts, Adrian Ong> ;The American Surgeon. 2023 Jul 1
Negative Splenic Angiography in Blunt Trauma: Does Embolization Affect Splenic Salvage?
Rachel Yoo, Davin Evanson, Michael Gaziano, Alison Muller, Anthony Martin, Nikunj Chauhan, Christopher A Butts, Vicente Cortes, Eugene F Reilly, Peter K Bamberger, Tho...> ;The American Surgeon. 2023 Jul 1
Severe Thoracic Vertebral Spine Injury as a Complication of Component of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
Elise F Heidorn, Vicente Cortes, Adrian Ong> ;The American Surgeon. 2022 May 1
2 citations
Is clinician assessment accurate or is routine pan-body CT needed in the stable intoxicated trauma patient?
Shannon Marie Foster, Alison Muller, Jeremy Conklin, Vicente Cortes, Forrest B. Fernandez, Thomas A. Geng, Eugene F. Reilly, Adam Sigal, Adrian W. Ong> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2019 Jul 17
20 citations
Do simple beside lung function tests predict morbidity after rib fractures
Christopher A. Butts, John Joseph Brady, Sara Wilhelm, Laura Castor, Alicia Sherwood, Abby McCall, John Patch, Pamela Jones, Vicente Cortes, Adrian W. Ong> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2017 Mar 1
1 citations
Pediatric Falls in a Nonpediatric Trauma Center-When Is Trauma Team Activation Needed?
Lindsey Perea, Adrian W. Ong, Rachael Trupp, Sara Wilhelm, Pamela Jones, Shane Layser, Susan Butler, Kristen Sandel, Vicente Cortes, Forrest B. Fernandez> ;The American Surgeon. 2016 Aug 1
14 citations
Trends in Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in a Trauma-Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Adrian W. Ong, Karen Dysert, Cheryl Herbert, Lori Laux, Jerome Granato, Joan Crawford, Aurelio Rodriguez, Vicente Cortes> ;Archives of Surgery. 2011 Mar 1
5 citations
Liver packing: a variation of an old technique.
Adrian W. Ong, Robert Kelly, Elan Jeremitsky, Vicente Cortes, Clyde E. McAuley, Aurelio Rodriguez> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2007 Dec 1
5 citations
Detection of cervical spine injuries in alert, asymptomatic geriatric blunt trauma patients: who benefits from radiologic imaging?
Adrian W. Ong, Aurelio Rodriguez, Robert Kelly, Vicente Cortes, Jack Protetch, Richard H. Daffner> ;The American Surgeon. 2006 Sep 1
2 citations
Air in the spinal canal associated with trauma
Scott E. McIntosh, Hector Salcedo-Dovi, Vicente Cortes> ;The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2006 Jul 1
73 citations
Development and evaluation of the advanced trauma operative management course.
Lenworth M. Jacobs, Karyl J. Burns, Jody M. Kaban, Ronald I. Gross, Vicente Cortes, Robert Brautigam, George A. Perdrizet, Anatole Besman, Orlando C. Kirton> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2003 Sep 1
4 citations
Inverse intubation: potential for complications.
Alan Jon Smally, Susan Dufel, Jerry Beckham, Vicente Cortes> ;The Journal of Trauma. 2002 May 1
16 citations
Outcome Assessment of Physiologic and Clinical Predictors of Survival in Patients after Traumatic Injury with a Trauma Score Less Than 5
Stephen S. Luk, Lenworth M. Jacobs, David L. Ciraulo, Vicente Cortes, Amy Sable, Vernon L. Cowell> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1999 Jan 1
85 citations
Selective Hepatic Arterial Embolization of Grade Iv and V Blunt Hepatic Injuries: An Extension of Resuscitation in the Nonoperative Management of Traumatic Hepatic Inj...
David L. Ciraulo, Stephen S. Luk, Mark D. Palter, Vernon L. Cowell, John Welch, Vicente Cortes, Rocco Orlando, Thomas Banever, Lenworth M. Jacobs> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1998 Aug 1
19 citations
Trauma 24-hour observation critical path.
Cowell Vl, David L. Ciraulo, Sheryl G. A. Gabram, D Lawrence, Cortes, Edwards T, Lenworth M. Jacobs> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1998 Jul 1
4 citations
Enteral nutrition with simultaneous gastric decompression in critically ill patients.
Larry M. Gentilello, Vicente Cortes, Monica Castro, Patricia Byers> ;Critical Care Medicine. 1993 Jan 1
43 citations
Continuous arteriovenous rewarming: experimental results and thermodynamic model simulation of treatment for hypothermia.
Larry M. Gentilello, Vicente Cortes, Samir Moujaes, Manuel Viamonte, Theodore L. Malinin, Chih-Hsiang Ho, Gerardo A. Gomez> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1990 Dec 1
26 citations
Whipple procedure for trauma: is duct ligation a safe alternative to pancreaticojejunostomy?
Larry M. Gentilello, Vicente Cortes, Kennan J. Buechter, Gerardo A. Gomez, Monica Castro, Robert Zeppa> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1990 Jul 1
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