Luis Garcia, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery - Acute Care Surgery
Current Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery - Acute Care Surgery
- Junior Surgery Clerkship Director
- Director, Hernia Clinic, Department of Surgery
Education
- BS, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
- MD, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fellow in Research, Division of Surgical Oncology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
- Resident in General Surgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fellow in Surgical Critical Care, The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Fellow in Acute Care Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Licenses & Certifications
- Rural Trauma Team Development Course (RTTDC), American College of Surgeons
- Medical License (active), Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
- Board Certified, Surgical Critical Care, American Board of Surgery
- American College of Surgeons, Advanced Trauma Operative Management Course (ATOM), Director & Instructor
- Board Certified, General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
- American College of Surgeons, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor
Selected Publications
- Serrano E., Voldal E.C., Machado-Aranda D., DeUgarte D.A., Kao L., Drake T., Winchell R., Cuschieri J., Krishnadasan A., Talan D.A., Siparsky N., Ayoung-Chee P., Self W.H., McGonagill P., Mandell K.A., Liang M.K., Dodwad S.-J., Thompson C.M., Padilla R.M., Fleischman R., Price T.P., Jones A., Bernardi K., Garcia L., Evans H.L., Sanchez S.E., Odom S., Comstock B.A., Heagerty P.J., Lawrence S.O., Monsell S.E., Fannon E.E.C., Kessler L.G., Flum D.R., Davidson G.H. Trial Participation and Outcomes among English-Speaking and Spanish-Speaking Patients with Appendicitis Randomized to Antibiotics: A Secondary Analysis of the CODA Randomized Clinical Trial. 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2277
- De Andrade, J., Pedersen, M., Garcia, L. & Nau, P. (2018). Sarcopenia is a risk factor for complications and an independent predictor of hospital length of stay in trauma patients. Journal of Surgical Research 221 161-166.
- (2015). Collapsible Enteroatmospheric Fistula Isolation Device: A Novel, Simple Solution to a Complex Problem. Journal of American College of Surgeons.
- (2015). Obesity Delays Functional Recovery in Trauma Patients. Journal of Surgical Research.
- Garcia, L. & Aslakson, R. A. (2014). Thyroid. In MGH Critical Care Board Review, S. Berg. (1) Lippiincott.
- Garcia, L. & Latif, A. (2014). Physiology, Pathology, Pathophysiology and Therapy of Acute Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Disorders. In Neuro Critical Care Board Review: Questions and Answers.
- E. H., Garcia, L., Singh, S., Brotman, D. J., Sharma, R., Chelladurai, Y., Shermock, K., Kebede, S., Stevens, K. A., Shihab, H., Akande, T. O. & Segal, J. B. (2013). The Effectiveness of Prophylactic Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters in Trauma Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Surgery 6.
- Garcia, L. & Messaris, E. (2013). Predicting Mortality in Patients Admitted With Sepsis Using Endotoxin Activity: Will It Help Us See Through The Crystal Ball?. (Vols. 41). (6), pp. 1575-1576. Critical Care Medicine.
- Singh, S., Haut, E., Brotman, D. J., Sharma, R., Chelladurai, Y., Shermock, K., Kebede, S., Stevens, K. A., Prakasa, K., Shihab, H. M., Akande, T. O., Zeidan, A. M., Garcia, L. & Segal, J. B. (2013). Comparative Effectiveness of Pharmacologic and Mechanical Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Among Special Populations. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. DOI: 13-EHC082-1.
- Garcia, L. & Haut, E. (2012). Passing the General Surgery Board Exam: Splenic Trauma, Damage Control Surgery, and Penetrating Neck Injuries. Neff, M. (Eds.) (2)