Professor, Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Donald E. Barker, MD
Donald E. Barker, MD is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He researched medicine at University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga. He over the years received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Donald E. Barker is a published doctor and has 58 publications published. The lastest was: 'Gunshot wound to the face causing unilateral facial nerve injury.'
Publications
- Errors in administrative-reported ventilator-associated pneumonia rates: are never events really so?
- Reply to letter to the editor, "physiologically relevant application of airway pressure release ventilation".
- A randomized prospective trial of airway pressure release ventilation and low tidal volume ventilation in adult trauma patients with acute respiratory failure.
- Esophageal injury from cervical spine fracture in blunt trauma.
- Gold Medal Forum Winner. Unfractionated heparin three times a day versus enoxaparin in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis in trauma patients.
- Scheduled repeat CT scanning for traumatic brain injury remains important in assessing head injury progression.
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a trauma population: does colonization predict infection?
- Adrenal suppression following a single dose of etomidate for rapid sequence induction: a prospective randomized study.
- Experience with vacuum-pack temporary abdominal wound closure in 258 trauma and general and vascular surgical patients.
- Prospective evaluation of a critical care pathway for clearance of the cervical spine using the bolster and active range-of-motion flexion/extension techniques.
- Contralateral rectus abdominis myofascial transposition flap closure of an anterior abdominal wall lateral duodenal cutaneous fistula after shotgun injury to the abdomen.
- Trauma nurse specialists' performance of advanced skills positively impacts surgical residency time constraints.
- Endovascular stent graft treatment of a traumatic aortocaval fistula.
- Preliminary experience with airway pressure release ventilation in a trauma/surgical intensive care unit.
- A comparison of continuous renal replacement therapy to intermittent dialysis in the management of renal insufficiency in the acutely III surgical patient.
- Management of destructive bowel injury in the open abdomen.
- A prospective assessment of diagnostic efficacy of blind protective bronchial brushings compared to bronchoscope-assisted lavage, bronchoscope-directed brushings, and ...
- The impact of pelvic and lower extremity fractures on the incidence of lower extremity deep vein thrombosis in high-risk trauma patients. Winner of the Best Paper Awar...
- Routine prophylactic vena cava filtration is not indicated after acute spinal cord injury.
- Trauma rounds--Tennessee Trauma Care System Plan, part IV.
- Tennessee trauma care system plan, Part II.
- Hip disarticulation: factors affecting outcome.
- Tennessee Trauma Care System Plan, part III.
- Tennessee trauma care system plan, Part 1.
- Unintentional injury death rates in rural Appalachia.
- Resistance of rapidly expanded random skin flaps to bacterial invasion.
- Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy: report of 141 cases.
- Penetrating carotid artery injury with associated neurologic deficit.
- Gunshot wound to the face causing unilateral facial nerve injury.
- Gastrointestinal disconnection and the treatment of intra-abdominal sepsis.
- Use of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of traumatic aortic injury.
- Diaphragmatic rupture.
- Early criteria predictive of prolonged mechanical ventilation.
- Tension-free repair of giant ventral hernias.
- Brachial plexus injury: association with subclavian and axillary vascular trauma.
- Laparoscopic evaluation of the diaphragm in penetrating injury to the lower thorax.
- Prehospital blunt traumatic arrest: survival and analysis.
- Renal cell carcinoma detected as a result of blunt abdominal trauma.
- Traumatic abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm causing biliary obstruction: a case report and review of the literature.
- Penetrating injury to the "cardiac box:" diagnostic options for evaluation of this potentially fatal injury.
- Internal fixation of the sternum in median sternotomy dehiscence.
- Mediastinal evaluation utilizing the reverse Trendelenburg radiograph.
- Superior mesenteric artery repair following penetrating trauma.
- Sledding injuries in the southeastern United States.
- Calciphylaxis: early recognition and management.
- Autotransfusion utilization in abdominal trauma.
- Needle localization for nonpalpable breast lesions.
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in biliary pancreatitis.
- Serum amylase and lipase in the evaluation of acute abdominal pain.
- Posttraumatic carotid cavernous fistula: frequency analysis of signs, symptoms, and disability outcomes after angiographic embolization.
- Prediction of long-term ventilatory support in trauma patients.
- The role of ultrasonography and inferior vena cava filter placement in high-risk trauma patients.
- Maximizing tolerance of enteral nutrition in severely injured trauma patients: a comparison of enteral feedings by means of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy versus ...
- Temporary closure of open abdominal wounds: the vacuum pack.
- Vacuum pack technique of temporary abdominal closure: a four-year experience.
- Vacuum pack technique of temporary abdominal closure: a 7-year experience with 112 patients.
- Prehospital blood transfusion versus crystalloid alone in the air medical transport of trauma patients.
Schools
University Of Tennessee Health Science Center College Of Medicine
University Tenn College Med
University Mich Med Center
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna
- American Republic
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Amerihealth
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Network E
- Network S
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- Emblem Health
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Golden Rule
- GEHA
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Choice Care PPO
- MedHealthInsurance
- Medicaid
- Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- Planned Administration Inc
- POMCO Group
- State Farm
- Tricare
- United Healthcare
- Univera Healthcare
- WellCare
- Worker's Compensation WC
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga -
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Tennessee Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1164416707 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BARKER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | DONALD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 374032136 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TN | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 57.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 22.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 38.6 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1164416707 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BARKER |
| First Name Of The Provider | DONALD |
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