Dr. Alec C Beekley M.D.
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
1100 Walnut St 5th Floor Philadelphia PA, 19107Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Alec Beekley is a trauma surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Beekley specializes in both operative and non-operative management to treat life threatening, traumatic injuries. Some commonly operated areas include the stomach, colon, spleen and pancreas and trauma surgeons also work with other surgeons to stabilize patients in critical condition. Typically, trauma surgeons work in the emergency care area of a hospital.
Education and Training
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1996
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Malignant eccrine spiradenoma: a previously unreported presentation and review of the literature.
- United States military surgical response to modern large-scale conflicts: the ongoing evolution of a trauma system.
- Trauma team activation: simplified criteria safely reduces overtriage.
- Colon and rectal injuries during Operation Iraqi Freedom: are there any changing trends in management or outcome?
- Mass casualties in combat: lessons learned.
- Damage control resuscitation: a sensible approach to the exsanguinating surgical patient.
- Bioprosthetic repair of complex duodenal injury in a porcine model.
- A new and simplified technique for laparoscopic gastric bypass in a residency training program: decreased resource utilization and enhanced training.
- Gastric bypass: time for a change?
- Use of robotics in colon and rectal surgery.
- Contrasting patient, family, provider, and societal goals at the end of life complicate decision making and induce variability of care after trauma.
- Comment on: Robotic single-site cholecystectomy in the obese: outcomes from a single institution.
Treatments
- Obesity
- Concussion
- Gallstones
- Hernia
- Vascular Disease
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