
Dr. George L Higgins MD
Emergency Physician
22 Bramhall St Portland ME, 04102About
Dr. George Higgins practices Emergency Medicine in Portland, ME. Dr. Higgins assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Higgins examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Tufts University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Body surface mapping vs 12-lead electrocardiography to detect ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
- The Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria rule in a community hospital ED: a retrospective study of its potential utility.
- Intussusception in traditional pediatric, nontraditional pediatric, and adult patients.
- Massive empyema.
- Acute stroke from air embolism after leg sclerotherapy.
- Elderly male with cheek swelling. Acute suppurative parotitis.
- A piece of my mind. Donor diary.
- Images in emergency medicine. Woman with left wrist pain. Aneurysmal bone cyst.
- Images in emergency medicine. Man with generalized weakness. Acute coronary syndrome caused by critical myocardial bridging.
- A woman with positional headache: a case of spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
- A case of superior vena cava syndrome demonstrating pemberton sign.
- A man with finger pain and ulceration: a case of hypothenar hammer syndrome.
- Man with confusion and resolved paralysis. Lightning strike injury.
- A case of acute long-head biceps tendon rupture.
- Effect of bedside ultrasonography on the certainty of physician clinical decisionmaking for septic patients in the emergency department.
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- Ms. Danielle J. Wood PA-C175 Fore River Prky PORTLAND ME 04101
- Dr. Michael John Halberg M.D.22 Bramhall Street Portland ME 04102
- Dr. Mark J. Neavyn MD22 BRAMHALL ST PORTLAND ME 04102
- Dr. Sara W Nelson MD22 BRAMHALL ST PORTLAND ME 04102
- Dr. Scott A Farrell MD1 Medical Center Dr Biddeford ME 04005
- Dr. Frederick C Baker MD22 Bramhall St Portland ME 04102
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