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Michael D. McGonigal, MD
Former Research Investigator and Director of Trauma Services, Regions Hospital
About

Critical Care Surgeon

Academic Appointment: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota College of Medicine, Minneapolis

Joined the Institute: 1993

Education and training: MD, Ohio State University, Columbus; general surgical residency, Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, MI.

Overview/research interests: Trauma care

Current research activities and funding:

  • Consistent use of radiography during initial trauma care
Publications While At 开云体育
selected publications
Journal Article
  • Improving CT scanner efficiency for trauma team activations in the emergency department. 
    American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024
  • Avoiding Cribari gridlock 2: the standardized triage assessment tool outperforms the Cribari matrix method in 38 adult and pediatric trauma centers. 
    Injury. 2021
  • Rethinking the definition of major trauma: the need for trauma intervention outperforms Injury Severity Score and Revised Trauma Score in 38 adult and pediatric trauma centers. 
    The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 2019
  • Penetrating colon trauma outcomes in black and white males. 
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2018
  • Gluteal compartment syndrome: successful management with combined angioembolization and surgical decompression. 
    Minnesota Medicine. 2016
  • Increasing numbers of rib fractures do not worsen outcome: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. 
    American Surgeon. 2013
  • Predicting trauma admissions: the effect of weather, weekday, and other variables. 
    Minnesota Medicine. 2009
  • Is distal aortic perfusion in traumatic thoracic aortic injuries necessary to avoid paraplegic postoperative outcomes?. 
    Journal of Trauma. 2008
  • Pediatric tracheal disruption repaired via median sternotomy. 
    Journal of Trauma. 2008
  • Protocol-driven ventilator weaning reduces use of mechanical ventilation, rate of early reintubation, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. 
    Journal of Trauma. 2004
    • Conference Poster
  • Implementation of an evidence-based blunt radiographic imaging protocol decreases high dose radiographic studies [poster]
    2014
  • On the Spot: implementation of a trauma team activation timeout in a Level I trauma center [poster]
    2014
  • On the Spot: implementation of a trauma team activation timeout in a Level I trauma center [poster]
    2013
  • Trauma education: the next generation (of continuing education) [poster]
    2013
    • Abstract
  • Increasing numbers of rib fractures do not worsen outcome: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank [abstract]. 
    Journal of Surgical Research. 2012
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    Publications in the past 10 years based solely on publications while at 开云体育. Publications in prior years appear in grey.
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