
Dr. John Damian Birkmeyer MD
Surgeon
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr. Lobby A Ann Arbor MI, 48105About
Dr. John Birkmeyer is a general surgeon practicing in Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Birkmeyer specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Birkmeyer provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Harvard Medical School 1989
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Patient preferences for location of care: implications for regionalization.
- Cost-effectiveness of cardioversion and antiarrhythmic therapy in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
- Pounds of prevention for ounces of cure: surgery as a preventive strategy.
- Efficacy versus effectiveness of carotid endarterectomy.
- Update of cost-effectiveness analysis for solvent-detergent-treated plasma.
- Trends in the use of radical prostatectomy for treatment of prostate cancer.
- Cost-effectiveness of surgery for small abdominal aortic aneurysms on the basis of data from the United Kingdom small aneurysm trial.
- The effect of hospital volume on mortality and resource use after radical prostatectomy.
- High-risk surgery--follow the crowd.
- Should we regionalize major surgery? Potential benefits and policy considerations.
- Variation in the use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for elderly patients with acute cholecystitis.
- Relation of surgical volume to outcome.
- Potential reduction in mortality rates using an intensivist model to manage intensive care units.
- The Dartmouth Atlas of Vascular Health Care.
- Operative mortality with elective surgery in older adults.
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