Dr. David Notrica (@surgery4kids on Twitter: https://twitter.com/surgery4kids) is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated Cum Laude from Duke University in 1988 and Emory University School of Medicine in 1992 where he was class president and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. He completed his General Surgery residency training at Emory University in 1997 and his Pediatric Surgery Fellowship training at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston in 1999. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Mayo Clinic Medical School, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, and Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Phoenix Children's Hospital. He was one of the founding members of the ATOMAC pediatric research network. He Co-founded and co-chairs the Western Pediatric Trauma Conference, the Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium, and Trauma Conference International. Dr. Notrica developed and continues to direct the Level 1 Trauma Center for Phoenix Children's Hospital.
We discuss all things pediatric surgery with Dr. Notrica, both on a clinical level but also on a systems-level.
Links:
1. ATOMAC guidelines: https://surgery4children.com/diagnoses-and-treatment/trauma/atomac-guideline/
2. Non-op management of blunt abdominal trauma in children: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26402546/?from_term=notrica%2C+david&from_pos=2
3. Shock Index: https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Citation/2012/09000/Shock_Index___A_simple_clinical_parameter_for.45.aspx
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