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Scott G. Sagraves, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
2100 Stantonsburg Road
Greenville, NC 27835
ssagrave@pcmh.com
252-847-5707


CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT:

Assistant Professor
Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
Department of Surgery
East Carolina University

EDUCATION:

Undergraduate Education:

1981 - 1985 B.S. TRINITY COLLEGE
Hartford, CT
Biology

1988 E.M.T.-P. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Farmington, CT

1989 - 1993 M. D. UHS/CHICAGO MEDICAL SCHOOL
North Chicago, IL

Postgraduate Medical Education:

1993 – 1994 MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER
Phoenix, Arizona
Surgical Internship

1994 - 1997 MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER
Phoenix, Arizona
Surgical Resident

1997 – 1998 MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER
Phoenix, Arizona
Chief Surgical Resident

1998 – 1999 ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Orlando, Florida
Surgical Critical Care Fellow

1999 – 2000 ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Orlando, Florida
Trauma Fellow

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
General Surgery
December 13, 1999
Recertification: December 20, 2010

Special Certificate: Surgical Critical Care
October 20, 2000
Recertification: July 1, 2011

CERTIFICATION:

DEA Registration
Certificate #BS6302020
Expires: February 2005

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Inception: May 1, 1994
March 2005

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS): Instructor
Inception: March 5, 1995
Current

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS): Course Director
Inception: March 5, 1995
Current

Fundamentals of Critical Care Support (FCCS): Instructor
Inception: May 2000
Current

National Board of Medical Examiners: Diplomate
Inception: July 1, 1994

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Inception: June 30, 1999
Current

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Instructor
Inception: February 2004

MEDICAL LICENSURE:

North Carolina: 2000-00607

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1980 – 1989 New Britain Emergency Medical Service
EMT-A, EMT-I, Paramedic

1984 – 1987 New Britain Police Department
Dive/Rescue Specialist

FACULTY APPOINTMENT:

1999 - 2000 Instructor
Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma Service & Surgical Critical Care
Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando, FL

2000 - Present Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
The Brody School of Medcine at East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

2000 – Present Associate Director for Trauma
Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

1991 – 2000 Illinois Medical Society
1991 – 2000 Chicago Medical Society
1993 – 1998 Arizona Medical Society
1999 – 2000 Florida Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT)
1998 – Present Society of Critical Care Medicine
1999 – Present American Medical Association
1999 – Present American Trauma Society
2000 – Present Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
2001 – Present American College of Surgeons: Fellow
2001 – Present American College of Surgeons, North Carolina Chapter
2001 – Present North Carolina Committee on Trauma
2001 – Present North Carolina Medical Society
2001 – Present Pitt County Medical Society
2001 – Present Southeastern Surgical Congress

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

2003 Guest Editor: The Journal of Respiratory Diseases - “The Pros and Cons of
Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy”.

GRANTS

2002 A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multi-center Comparative Phase III Study of
Intravenous BMS –284756 followed by Oral BMX-284756 versus Intravenous
Pippercillin/Tazobactam followed by Oral Amoxicillin/Clavulanate in the
Treatment of Complicated Intraabdominal Infections
Co-Investigators: Scott Sagraves, MD and Tammy Spain, RN
Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Proposal funding: $35,000.00

COMMITTEES/ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:

MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER:

1995 - 1998 Trauma Quality Assurance

ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER:

1998 – 2000 Critical Care Committee
Surgical/Trauma Collaborative Practice Team

1999 – 2000 Trauma Quality Management
Trauma M&M Committee

PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL:

2000 - Present C-Spine Protocol Committee
Department of Surgery Committee
ED Subgroup Core Committee
ICU Subcommittee Core Group
OR Core Group Committee
Quality Guidelines Subcommittee Core Group
Trauma Program Data Systems Committee
Trauma Center Development Team Committee
Multidisciplinary Trauma PI Committee
Trauma Research Committee

2001 - Present Airway Management Group
Bedside Surgery Users Group
Medication Use and Evaluation Committee
Radiology Subgroup
Residency Curriculum Committee
SICU Executive Committee
Trauma Research Committee

2002 - Present Department of Surgery Chief Search Committee
EastCare User’s Group
Pediatric Subgroup
Transfer Criteria Committee

2003 - Present Deep Sedation Committee
Refrigerated Blood Products
Advanced Trauma Life Support Course Director
Emergency Management Trauma Center Executive Committee

2004 – Present DOS Personnel Committee

REGIONAL/NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

1998 - 2000 Florida Committee on Trauma:
Candidate, American College of Surgeons

2000 - Present Eastern Regional Advisory Committee on Trauma (ERAC) (North Carolina)
ALS Medical Director Committee (ERAC) (North Carolina)
Quality Improvement Committee

2001 - Present North Carolina Committee on Trauma
Associate Member, American College of Surgeons

2002 - Present Fellow, American College of Surgeons

2002 - Present Member, Pitt County Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee

2003 - Present President Elect, Eastern Regional Advisory Committee for Trauma

2004 - Present President, Eastern Regional Advisory Committee for Trauma

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES:

2003 – Present Associate Director for Trauma
Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Greenville, NC


TEACHING ACTIVITIES: The Brody School of Medicine

2000 - Present 3rd Year Medical Student Mentor Program
Thoracic, Shock, and Electrolyte Educational Lectures
Developed Resident Orientation Manual for Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
2003 - Present Clinical Management Guideline Development

PUBLICATIONS:

JOURNALS:

1. Werne C, Sagraves SG, Costa C: Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Rupture from Blunt Trauma Sustained during a Motor Vehicle Collision. Journal of Trauma 29(1): 113-115, 1989.

2. Schiller WR, Bay RC, Mclachlan JG, Sagraves SG: Survival is Predicted by Early Response to Swan-Ganz Resuscitation in Major Burn Injuries. American Journal of Surgery 170: 696-700, 1995.

3. Schiller WR, Bay RC, Garren RL, Parker I, Sagraves SG: Hyperdynamic Resuscitation Improves Survival in Patients with Life-threatening Burns. Journal of Burn Care Rehabilitation 18(1): 10-16, 1997.

4. Sullivan TL, Dere K, Sagraves SG, Cheatham ML: Early Acute Care Risk Factors for Decubitus Ulcer Formation in Acute Spinal Cord Injury. Critical Care Medicine 27(12): A74, 1999.

5. Sagraves SG, Dietrich EB, Oye H: Chronic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Management Review with Case Report. Contemporary Surgery 56(8): 493-98, 2000.

6. Johnson Maj. JL, Sagraves, SG, Feild CJ, Block EF, Cheatham ML: An Unusual Case of Corneal Perforation Secondary to Pseudomonas Keratitis Complicating a Patient’s Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit Stay. The American Surgeon 66(10): 972-974, 2000.

7. Cheatham ML, White MW, Sagraves SG, Johnson JL, Block EFJ, Nelson LD: Abdominal Perfusion Pressure: A Superior Parameter in the Assessment of Intra-Abdominal Hypertension. Journal of Trauma 49(4): 621-627, 2000.

8. Johnson JL, Sagraves SG, Cheatham ML, Block EFJ, Nelson LD: Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy: a comparison of single-versus multiple dilator techniques. The Journal of Critical Care Medicine 29(6): 1251-4, June 2001.

9. Watts DD, Fakhry SM, for the EAST Multi-Instiutional HVI Research Group. Incidence of Hollow Viscus Injury in Blunt Trauma: An Analysis from 275, 557 Trauma Admissions from the EAST Multi-Institutional Trial. Journal of Trauma 54(2): 289-294, February 2003.

10. Fakhry SM, Watts DD, Luchette FA, for the EAST Multi-Institutional HVI Research Group. Current Diagnostic Approaches Lack Sensitivity in the Diagnosis of Perforated Blunt Small Bowel Injury: Anaylsis from 275, 557 Trauma Admissions from the EAST Multi-Insitutional HVI Trail. Journal of Trauma 54(2): 295-306, February 2003.

11. Sagraves SG, Conquest AM, Albrecht RJ, Toschlog EA, Schenarts PJ, Bard MR, Powell CS, Rotondo MF: Popliteal Artery Trauma In A Rural Level I Trauma Center. American Surgeon 69(6):485-490, 2003.

12. Toschlog EA, MacElligot J, Sagraves SG, Schenarts PJ, Bard MR, Goettler CE, Rotondo MF, Swanson MS: The Relationship of Injury Severity Score (ISS) and Glascow Coma Score (GCS) To Rehabilitative Potential In Patients Suffering Traumatic Brain Injury. American Surgeon. 69(6):491-498, 2003.

13. Toschlog EA, Blount KP, Rotondo MF, Sagraves SG, Bard MR, Schenarts PJ, Swanson M, Goettler CE: Clinical Predictors of Subtherapeutic Aminoglycoside Levels In Trauma Patients Undergoing Once-Daily Dosing. Journal of Trauma. 55(2):255-62, 2003.

14. Sagraves SG: Abdominal Closure in the Critically Ill Patient. Current Surgery. 61(1) 12-15, 2004.

15. Bard MR, Goettler CE, Schenarts PJ, Collins BA, Toschlog EA, Sagraves SG, Rotondo MF: Language Barrier Leads to the Unnecessary Intubation of Trauma Patients. American Surgeon, accepted but not yet in print.

16. Bowen J, Schenarts PJ, Bard MR, Sagraves SG, Toschlog EA, Goettler CE, Cromwell S, Rotondo MF. Does Resident Continuity of Care Matter?: the Effect of a Night-Float Coverage Scheme on Morbidity and Mortality at a Regional Level I Trauma Center. American Journal of Surgery, accepted but not yet in print.

ABSTRACTS:

1. Samir Fakhry MD, Dorraine Watts PhD, RN, Brian Daley MD, Blaine Enderson MD, and the EAST Multi-Institutional HVI Research Group. Current Diagnostic Approaches Lack Sensitivity in the Diagnosis of Perforating Blunt Small Bowel Injury (SBI): Findings from a Large Multi-Institutional Trial. Journal of Trauma 51(6): 1232, December 2001

2. Dorraine Watts PhD, RN, Samir Fakhry MD, Thomas Scalea MD, Carnell Cooper MD, and the EAST Multi-Institutional HVI Research Group. Blunt Hollow Viscus Injury (HVI) and Small Bowel Injury (SBI): Prevalence, Mortality, and Morbidity, Results from a Large Multi-Institutional Study. Journal of Trauma 51(6): 1233, December 2001.

3. Samir Fakhry MD, Dorraine Watts PhD, RN, Keith Clancy MD, Andrew Peitzman MD, and the EAST Multi-Institutional HVI Research Group. Diagnosing Blunt Small Bowel Injury (SBI): An Analysis of the Clinical Utility of Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan from a Large Multi-Institutional Trial. Journal of Trauma 51(6): 1232, December 2001.

4. Dorraine Watts PhD, RN, Samir Fakhry MD, Michael Pasquale MD, Stanley Kurek MD, and the EAST Multi-Institutional HVI Research Group. Motor Vehicle Crash (MVC) and Abdominal Seatbelt Mark as Risk Factors for Perforating Small Bowel Injury (SBI): Results from a Large Multi-Institutional Study. Journal of Trauma 51(6): 1232, December 2001.

5. Sagraves SG, Rotondo MF, Toschlog EA, Schenarts PJ, Bard MR, and Goettler CE. Brief Interval Transfer (BIT): The Morbid Consequence of Delay to the Trauma Center in a Rural Patient Demographic. Journal of Trauma 53(6): 1209, December 2002.

6. Toschlog EA, Rotondo MF, Blount K, Pender J, Sagraves SG, Schenarts PJ, Bard MR: Clinical Predictors of Sub-therapeutic Aminoglycoside Levels in Trauma Patients Undergoing Once-Daily Dosing. Journal of Trauma 53(6):1204, 2002.

7. Sagraves SG, Rotondo MF, Toschlog EA, Schenarts PJ, Bard MR: Brief Interval Transfer (BIT): The Morbid Consequence of Delay To The Trauma Center in a Rural Patient Demographic. Journal of Trauma 53(6):1209, 2002.

PRESENTATIONS:

“Pre-Hospital Burn Care”. Arizona Chapter National Flight, Nurses Association Phoenix, AZ, January 1995.

“Smoke Inhalation/Hyperbaric Oxygen”. Phoenix Fire/EMS Conference, Phoenix, AZ, October 1995.

“Penetrating Facial Trauma”. Joint Trauma Conference, Phoenix, AZ, November 1995.

“Penetrating Cardiac Trauma”. Phoenix Fire/EMS Conference, Phoenix, AZ, November 1995.

“Pre-Hospital Burn Care”. AirEvac Continuing Education Conference, Phoenix, AZ, September 1996.

“Geriatric Trauma”. Grand Rounds, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, October 1996.

“Gunshot Trauma”. Arizona Statewide Trauma Rounds, Phoenix, AZ, December 1996.

“Emergency Department Thoracotomy”. Grand Rounds, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, January 1997.

“Pediatric Trauma”. Grand Rounds, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, October 1997.

“Pre-Hospital Burn Care”. AirEvac Continuing Education Conference, Phoenix, AZ, December 1997.

“Penetrating Rectal Trauma”. Arizona Statewide Trauma Rounds, Phoenix, AZ, April 1998.

“Independent Lung Ventilation”. Arizona Society of Respiratory Therapists, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, April 1998.

“Pre-Hospital Burn Care”. AirEvac Continuing Education Conference, Phoenix, AZ, May 1998.

“Impalement”. Arizona Statewide Trauma Rounds, Phoenix, AZ, June 1998.

“Pre-Hospital Burn Care”. AirEvac Continuing Education Conference, Phoenix, AZ, June 1998.

“Geriatric Trauma”. Grand Rounds, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL, July 1998.

“EMS History”. Osceola County Fire/EMS Conference, Kissimmee, FL, February 1999.

“Chest Trauma”. Nursing Advanced Trauma Series, Orlando, FL, April 1999.

“Burn Trauma”. Osceola County Fire/EMS Conference, Kissimmee, FL, June 1999.

“Chest Trauma”. Radiology Technology Imaging Seminar, Orlando, FL, July 1999.

“Pediatric Trauma”. Osceola County Fire/EMS Conference, Kissimmee, FL, July 1999.

“Musculoskeletal Trauma”. Nursing Advanced Trauma Series, Orlando, FL, August 1999.

“Hypothermia in Trauma”. Grand Rounds, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL, August 1999.

“Chest Trauma”. Orlando Fire Department Conference, Orlando, FL, September 1999.

“Chest Trauma”. Osceola County Fire/EMS Conference, Kissimmee, FL, October 1999.

“Chest Trauma”. Orlando Fire Department Conference, Orlando, FL, October 1999.

“Burn Trauma”. Nursing Advanced Trauma Series, Orlando, FL, November 1999.

“Geriatric Trauma”. Trauma Clergy Course, Orlando, FL, November 1999.

“Chest Trauma”. AACN Chapter Meeting, Orlando, FL, February 2000.

“Chest Trauma”. Orlando Fire Department Conference, Orlando, FL, February 2000.

“Chest Trauma”. Osceola ENA Chapter Meeting, Kissimmee, FL, February 2000.

“Chest Trauma”. Orlando Fire Department Conference, Orlando, FL, March 2000.

“Burns”. Nursing Burn Care Course, Greenville, NC, October 2000.

“Burns”. Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, EMS Outreach Education, Ahoskie, NC, November 2000.

“SV02 Catheters”. Intensive Care Units – Nursing Education, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Greenville, NC, November 2000.

“Burns”. Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, ECU Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, December 2000.

“Shock States & Pressors”. Intensive Care Units – Nursing Education, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Greenville, NC, January 2001.

“Fluid Resuscitation”. Intensive Care Units – Nursing Education, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Greenville, NC, February 2001.

“Burns”. ECU Brody School of Medicine, Emergency Medicine EMS Seminar, Greenville, NC, February 2001.

“Initial Assessment of the Trauma Patient”. ECU Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, March 2001.

“Spinal Cord Injury”. Trauma Conference Moderator, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Greenville, NC, March 2001.

“Fluid Resuscitation”. Intensive Care Units – Nursing Education, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Greenville, NC, April 2001.

“Welcome to the Trauma Center”. Pitt Community College, Greenville, NC, April 2001.

“Critical Care Update Core Course”. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, May 2001.

“Trauma Case Study Scenarios”. Intensive Care Units – Nursing Education, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Greenville, NC, May 2001.

“Trauma Case Study Scenarios”. EastCare Education Course, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, June 2001.

“Trauma Case Study Scenarios”. Outreach Education, Greenville, NC, June 2001.

“Trauma Case Study Scenarios”. EastCare Education Course, NC State Highway Patrol, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, August 2001.

“Case Studies in Trauma”. EMS Today, Thoracic Trauma, Greensboro, NC, October 2001.

“Shock and Hemodynamic Monitoring”. Chairman’s Conference, ECU Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, November 2001.

“Burns”. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, NC, November 2001.

“Trauma Case Studies”. Dare County EMS, Manteo, NC, December 2001.

“Trauma Center within the Region”. Outreach Education, Camp LeJeune Marine Base, Jacksonville, NC, January 2002.

“Pre-hospital Transfer Criteria”. Outreach Education, Nash County EMS, Rocky Mount, NC, February 2002.

“String of Pearls”. Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, March 2002.

“Resuscitation”. Transition to Residency Program, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, March 2002.

“Case Studies in Trauma”. Outreach Education, Pre – hospital EMS Class, Beaufort Community College, Washington, NC, March 2002.

“Trauma Case Studies”. Emergency Department Nurse Education, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, March 2002.

“Thoracic Trauma & Burns”. Outreach Education, Dare County EMS, Nagshead, NC, May 2002.

“Trauma Case Studies”. Paramedic Course, Pitt Community College, Greenville, NC, May 2002.

“EMS Talk”. Outreach Education, Nash County Community College, Rocky Mount, NC, May 2002.

“Ultrasound Talk”. Fundamentals of F.A.S.T., Greenville, NC, June 2002.

“Initial Evaluation of the Trauma Patient”. Emergency Medicine Orientation, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, July 2002.

“Oxymetric Pulmonary Artery Catheter In-service”. Intensive Care Unit - Nursing Education, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, July 2002.

“Fluids/Electrolytes and Shock”. Chairman’s Conference, ECU Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, July 2002.

“Burns”. Burn Core, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, August 2002.

“Trauma Case Study Scenarios”. EastCare Education Course, NC Highway Patrol, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, August 2002.

“Trauma Center & ERAC”. Roanoke Chowan Medical Center, Outreach Education – Site Visit, Ahoskie, NC, September 2002.

“Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation”. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, October 2002.

“EMS Talk”. Outreach Education, Wilson County EMS, Wilson, NC, November 2002.

“Trauma Performance Improvement”. Outreach Education, Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount, NC, November 2002.

“Case Studies in Trauma – Misculoskeletal”. East Carolina University EMS Seminar Greenville, NC, February 2003.

“EMS Talk - Case Studies in Trauma & Burns”. Outreach Education, Halifax EMS, Roanoke Rapids, NC, March 2003.

“Trauma Case Management”. Outreach Education, Critical Care Symposium, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, March 2003.

“String of Pearls”. Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, March 2003.

“EMS Talk - Case Studies in Trauma”. Outreach Education, Dare County EMS, Nags Head, NC, April 2003.

“Case Studies in Trauma”. EMS Week, Outreach Education, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, May 2003.

“Trauma Case Study Scenarios”. EastCare Education Course, NC Highway Patrol, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC, August 2003.

“White Coat Ceremony”. Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, August 2003.

“Trauma Case Study Scenarios”. Emergency Medicine Today, Outreach Education, Greensboro, NC, October 2003.

“Trauma Case Study Scenarios”. Outreach Education, Bertie County, NC, October 2003.

“EMS Talk – Case Studies in Trauma”. Outreach Education, Wilson EMS, Wilson, NC, November 2003.

“Nash RSI Talk – Case Studies in Trauma”. Outreach Education, Nash Community College, Rocky Mount, NC, March 2004.

“The Effect of Paramedic RSI on Outcome in Patients with Severe TBI”. Eastern AHEC, Heritage Hospital, Tarboro, NC, March 2004.


LECTURES BY INVITATION - NATIONAL/REGIONAL:

“Hyperdynamic Resuscitation Improves Survival in Patients with Life-Threatening Burns” - Poster. Society of Critical Care Symposium, New Orleans, LA, February 1996.

“Is Cardiopulmonary Bypass Cost Effective in Penetrating Cardiac Trauma?”. Rocky Mountain Traumatologic Society, Snowmass, CO, March 1996.

“Intra-vesicular Pressure Monitoring Does Not Increase the Risk of Urinary Tract or Systemic Infection”. Florida Committee on Trauma, Orlando, FL, November 1999.

“Abdominal Perfusion Pressure: A Superior Parameter in the Assessment of Intra-Abdominal Hypertension”. White MW, Cheatham ML, Sagraves SG, Johnson JL, Block EFJ, Nelson LD. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Ft. Myers, FL, January 2000.

“Early Acute Care Risk Factors for Decubitus Ulcer Formation in Acute Spinal Cord Injury” - Poster. Sullivan T, Dere K, Sagraves SG, Cheatham ML. Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA, February 2000.

“Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in the Geriatric Patient” - Poster. Sagraves SG, Johnson JL, Cheatham ML, Block EFJ, Nelson LD. Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA, February 2000.

“Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Single versus Multiple Dilator Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy” - Poster. Sagraves SG, Johnson JL, Cheatham ML, Block EFJ, Nelson LD. Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA, February 2000.

“Intra-vesicular Pressure Monitoring Does Not Increase the Risk of Urinary Tract or Systemic Infection” - Poster. Sagraves SG, Cheatham ML, Johnson JL, White MW, Block EFJ, Nelson LD. Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco, CA, February 2000.

“An Unusual Case of Corneal Perforation Secondary to Pseudomonas Keratitis Complicating a Patient’s Surgical/Trauma ICU Stay” - Poster. Johnson JL, Sagraves SG, Cheatham ML, Block EFJ. Southeast Surgical Congress, February 2000.

“Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care for Orthopedic Surgeons”. American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Chicago, IL, March 2001.

“A Trauma Director’s Challenge: Rural Trauma Care”. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Orlando, FL, January 2002.

“Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care for Orthopedic Surgeons”. American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Chicago, IL, March 2002.

“Beta-blockade in Trauma: Who, What, When”. EAST Multi-institutional Trial Committee, 16th Annual Scientific Assembly, Sanibel Harbour Resort, Fort Meyers, FL, January 2003.

“Brief Interval Transfer (BIT): The Morbid Consequence of Delay to the Trauma Center in a Rural Patient Demographic”. EAST 16th Annual Scientific AssemblySanibel Harbour Resort, Fort Meyers, FL, January 2003.

“Popliteal Artery Trauma In A Rural Level 1 Trauma Center”. 2003 Annual Southeastern Surgical Congress Meeting, Savannah, GA, February 2003.

“Polytrauma/Multiple Trauma Management”. AAOS 19th Annual Comprehensive Review Course for Orthopaedic Surgeons, Chicago, IL, May 2003.

“Cardiac Complications in a Rural Demographic: The Elderly at Risk” - Poster. Sagraves SG, Conquest AM, Toschlog EA, Schenarts PJ, Bard MR, Goettler CE, Rotondo MF. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 17th Annual Scientific Assembly, Amelia Island, FL, January 2004.

SPECIAL HONORS AND AWARDS:

1980 New Britain Mayoral Life Saving Award
1980-1989 EMS Recognition Awards, 27 citations
1994 Second Place, Arizona Chapter COT/ACS, “Survival is Predicted by Early Response to Swan-Ganz Resuscitation in Major Burn Injuries.”
1995 Burn Team Recognition Award
1996-1997 Harry W. Hale, Jr. “Resident of the Year” Award
1997 ACS Resident Reporter, ACS Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL
1998 Resident Award, Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons
2000 Trauma Education, Orlando Regional Medical Center
2002 Physician Recognition Award, ECU Class of 2002
2003 Clinical Science Faculty Award, ECU Class of 2003

 

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