Professor, Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Joseph B. Cofer, MD
Joseph Cofer works in the field of General Surgery. He went to medical school at University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga. He received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Joseph B. Cofer is a published doctor as well. He has 37 publications published. The latest was: Intestinal transplantation: an early experience. Joseph Cofer accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Program directors' views on general surgery resident travel for transplant rotations.
- General surgery at rural tennessee hospitals: a survey of rural tennessee hospital administrators.
- Fundamentals of Liver surgery for the practicing general surgeon.
- Education of the rural surgeon: experience from Tennessee.
- Operative experience of residents in US general surgery programs: a gap between expectation and experience.
- The developing crisis in the national general surgery workforce.
- Project access: giving back at home.
- ReproDuction of postprandial symptoms with cholecystokinin injection: an indication for cholecystectomy without the presence of gallstones or an abnormal ejection frac...
- Experience with vacuum-pack temporary Abdominal wound closure in 258 trauma and general and vascular surgical patients.
- Rural surgery training: a survey of program directors.
- How surgical faculty and residents assess the first year of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty-hour restrictions: results of a multi-institu...
- Duty-hour restrictions and the work of surgical faculty: results of a multi-institutional study.
- What price should be paid for organs?
- Resident work hours: can we meet the ACGME requirements?
- Perioperative risk assessment in elderly and high-risk patients.
- Is there declining interest in general surgery training?
- Clinical research during surgery residency: the Chattanooga approach.
- Is the quality of surgical residency applicants deteriorating?
- Sclerosing mesenteritis masquerading as a small bowel mesentery neoplasm.
- New patterns of transplant nephrectomy in the cyclosporine era.
- An introDuction to the Resident Resource Corner: your own RRC.
- Stress steroids are not required for patients receiving a renal allograft and undergoing operation.
- Effect of intravenous glucagon on intraoperative cholangiography.
- Blunt vascular trauma of the upper extremity.
- Popliteal artery injury associated with tibial fracture in a five year old.
- Extracranial carotid vascular Disease: detection by real time B-mode ultrasonography.
- Failure of dialysis access: revise or replace?
- Liver transplantation in South Carolina.
- Results after Liver retransplantation in a group of 50 regrafted patients: two different concepts of elective versus emergency retransplantation.
- Intestinal transplantation: an early experience.
- A comparison of UW with Eurocollins preservation solution in Liver transplantation.
- Prostaglandin E1 administration following orthotopic Liver transplantation: a randomized prospective multicenter trial.
- Valve bladder does not affect the outcome of renal transplants in children with renal failure due to posterior urethral valves.
- Extrinsic compression in the iliac fossa can cause renal vein occlusion in pediatric kidney recipients but graft loss can be prevented.
- Retrospective evaluation of Liver transplantation for cirrhosis: a comparative study of 100 patients with or without previous porto-systemic shunt.
- Staff and patient perceptions of the psychosocial concerns of spinal cord injured persons.
Schools
University Of Tennessee Health Science Center College Of Medicine
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
University Tenn
Baylor University Med Center
Ga Tech
Procedures Preformed
- Abdominal Surgery
- Breast Surgical Procedure
- Gallbladder Removal
- Hernia and Hydrocele Repair
- View All
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Bile Duct Disorders
- Biliary Disorders
- View All
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna
- Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Network E
- Network S
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Golden Rule
- Choice Care PPO
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
- MedCost PPO
- MedHealthInsurance
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- POMCO Group
- Tricare
- United Healthcare
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
-
Baylor University Medical Center -
University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga -
Naval Medical Center -
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Hospital
-
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1801880539 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | COFER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | JOSEPH | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 374032136 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TN | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 31.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
Helpful Reviews
Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1801880539 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | COFER |
| First Name Of The Provider | JOSEPH |
| View All |
Similar Doctors
|
Dr. Benjamin W. Dart IV, MD
 This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
Dr. Peter J. Lund, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Dr. Robert A. Maxwell, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
Dr. Stephen M. Roe, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Dr. Darren J. Hunt, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Dr. Kyle W. Cunningham, MD |
|
|
Dr. Scott M. John, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Dr. Kristen M. Hinson, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Dr. Glendon A. Hyde, MD |