Christopher J. Dente, MD

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Faculty Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
• Associate Director of Surgical Critical Care Residency, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointment

• Associate Director of Trauma, Grady Memorial Hospital

Telephone
404.616.3550

Affiliation
Grady Memorial Hospital

Board Certification

• General Surgery
• Surgical Critical Care
• Course Director, Advanced Trauma Life Support
• Surgical Ultrasound Instructor

Medical Degree
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Class of 1995

Postgraduate Training

• General Surgery Residency, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, 1995-2002
• Fellowship in Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Emory University, 2002-2004

Honors and Awards

• "Young Surgeon" Representative of the Georgia Chapter of American College of Surgeons, ACS Surgical Leadership Conference, June 2007, Washington, DC

Organizational Memberships

• American College of Surgeons: Fellow; Program Committee, Georgia Chapter; Georgia Chapter, Committee on Trauma
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Membership Committee
• Southeastern Surgical Congress
• Atlanta Surgical Association
• Detroit Surgical Association

Clinical Interests

• Ultrasound in trauma
• Abdominal trauma
• Intra-abdominal colonic trauma
• Mechanical ventilation
• Open pelvic fractures

Research Interests

• Retrospective and prospective studies on surgeon performed ultrasound in the trauma setting
• Injuries to the intraperitoneal colon
• Modes of ventilatory support
• Outcomes of pelvic fractures

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
2004

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