
Dr. Donald E Barker M.D.
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
979 E 3rd St Suite 300 Chattanooga TN, 37403About
Dr. Donald Barker is a trauma surgeon practicing in Chattanooga, TN. Dr. Barker 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
Univ of Tn, Memphis, Coll of Med, Memphis Tn 1975
Georgetown University in Washington DC 1975
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A prospective assessment of diagnostic efficacy of blind protective bronchial brushings compared to bronchoscope-assisted lavage, bronchoscope-directed brushings, and blind endotracheal aspirates in ventilator-associated pneumonia.
- A comparison of continuous renal replacement therapy to intermittent dialysis in the management of renal insufficiency in the acutely III surgical patient.
- Endovascular stent graft treatment of a traumatic aortocaval fistula.
- Trauma nurse specialists' performance of advanced skills positively impacts surgical residency time constraints.
- Contralateral rectus abdominis myofascial transposition flap closure of an anterior abdominal wall lateral duodenal cutaneous fistula after shotgun injury to the abdomen.
- Adrenal suppression following a single dose of etomidate for rapid sequence induction: a prospective randomized study.
- Scheduled repeat CT scanning for traumatic brain injury remains important in assessing head injury progression.
- Esophageal injury from cervical spine fracture in blunt trauma.
- A randomized prospective trial of airway pressure release ventilation and low tidal volume ventilation in adult trauma patients with acute respiratory failure.
- Errors in administrative-reported ventilator-associated pneumonia rates: are never events really so?
Treatments
- Concussion
- Pain
- Femur Fracture
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- Dr. Philip W Smith M.D.979 E 3rd St Chattanooga TN 37403
- Dr. Nathan Joseph Creel MD975 E 3rd St Chattanooga TN 37403
- Dr. Benjamin W Dart M.D.979 E 3rd St Chattanooga TN 37403
- Dr. Vicente Mejia M.D.979 E 3rd St Chattanooga TN 37403
- Dr. Bradley Winston Thomas MDErlanger Medical Center Chattanooga TN 37403
Nearest Hospitals
PARKRIDGE MEDICAL CENTERl
2333 MCCALLIE AVE CHATTANOOGA TN 37404