Vicente Cortés, M.D.
Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care
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Administrative Office:
Reading Hospital and Medical Center
6th and Spruce Streets, B Building - 4th Floor
West Reading, PA 19611
Administrative Assistant: Kathleen Onimus
Administrative Telephone: 610-988-5993
Administrative Fax: 610-988-4880
Clinical Office:
Reading Hospital and Medical Center
6th and Spruce Streets, B Building - 4th Floor
West Reading, PA 19611
Clinical Telephone: 610-988-4879
Clinical Fax: 610-988-4880
vicente.cortes@uphs.upenn.edu  |
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| Faculty Appointments |
| 1982 - 1982 |
Instructor of Bioclinical Area
Colombian School of Medicine Foundation
Bogotá, Colombia |
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| 1991 - 1994 |
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Section of Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care Surgery
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Morgantown, WV |
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| 1994 - 2004 |
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Farmington, Connecticut |
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| 1998 - 2004 |
Assistant Professor of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Farmington, Connecticut |
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| Hospital and Administrative Appointments |
| 1989 - 1991 |
Attending Physician, Emergency Care Center
Surgical Section, Jackson Memorial Hospital Public Health Trust
Miami, Florida |
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| 1990 |
Interim Attending Physician
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, Florida |
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| 1991 - 1993 |
Staff Surgeon
Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Clarksburg, West Virginia |
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| 1991 -1993 |
Surgical Director, Intensive Care Unit
Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Clarksburg, West Virginia |
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| 1991 - 1994 |
Attending General Surgeon and Surgical Intensivist
Ruby Memorial Hospital/West Virginia University Hospitals
Morgantown, West Virginia |
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| 1991 - 1994 |
Attending Trauma Surgeon
Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center/West Virginia University Hospitals
Morgantown, West Virginia |
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| 1993 - 1994 |
Surgical Critical Care Consultant
Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Clarksburg, West Virginia |
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| 1994 - 2004 |
Attending Trauma Surgeon
Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medical Services, Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut |
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| 1994-2004 |
Attending Surgeon, General Surgery Service
Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut |
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| 1995-1999 |
Operational Chief, General Surgery Service
Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut |
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| 1996 - 1999 |
Attending Surgical Intensivist
Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
Department of Neurosurgery, Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut |
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| 1996 - 2004 |
Assistant Clinical Director, Trauma Program
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut |
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| 2004 - 2011 |
Attending Trauma Surgeon, Shock Trauma Center
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| 2004 - 2011 |
Attending General Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| 2008 - 2011 |
Medical Director, Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Shock Trauma Center, Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| 2011 - present |
Health System Clinician
Reading Hospital & Medical Center
West Reading, Pennsylvania |
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| Other Appointments |
| 1980 - 1981 |
Rural Medical Doctor, Mandatory Social Service
San Antonio Hospital, Mitú
Vaupés, Colombia |
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| 1980 - 1981 |
Health Care Coordinator
San Antonio Hospital, Mitú
Vaupés, Colombia |
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| 1981 - 1982 |
Private General Practitioner
Bogotá, Colombia |
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| 1982 - 1982 |
Staff Physician, Clinica “El Bosque”
Colombian School of Medicine Foundation
Bogotá, Colombia |
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| 2011 - present |
Clinical Associate in Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Education/Training |
| 1967 - 1972 |
Diplo. Refous School
Bogotá, Colombia |
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| 1973 - 1980 |
M.D. National University of Columbia School of Medicine
Bogotá, Colombia |
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| Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments |
| 1982 - 1983 |
Straight Categorical Surgical Internship
Lutheran Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York |
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| 1983 - 1988 |
General Surgery Residency
University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, Florida |
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| 1988 - 1989 |
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
University of Miami School of Medicine/
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, Florida |
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| 1989 - 1990 |
Trauma Fellowship
University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, Florida |
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| Memberships/Societies |
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| National/International Societies |
| 1988 - present |
American Medical Association |
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| 1989 - present |
Jackson Surgical Society |
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| 1990 - present |
American College of Surgeons |
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| 1990 - 2000 |
Positive End Expiratory Pressure Society |
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| 1991 - 2004 |
American Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (ASPEN) |
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| 1993 - present |
National University of Columbia School of Medicine Alumni Association (AEXMUN) |
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| 1994 - present |
American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) |
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| 1994 - present |
Panamerican Trauma Society |
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| 1994 - present |
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) |
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| 1995 - present |
American Trauma Society |
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| 2007 - present |
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine |
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| Local/Regional Societies |
| 1991 - 1993 |
Harrison County Medical Society |
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| 1991 - 1994 |
Monongalia County Medical Society |
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| 1991 - 1994 |
West Virginia State Medical Association |
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| 1998 - 2004 |
Connecticut State Medical Society |
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| 1998 - 2004 |
Hartford County Medical Association |
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| Publications |
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| Research Publications, Peer Reviewed |
- Cortés V, Nelson LD. Errors in estimating energy expenditure in critically ill surgical patients. Archives of Surgery 124(3):287-290, Mar. 1989.
- Gentilello LM, Cortés V, Moujaes S, Viamonte M, Malinin TL, Ho CH, Gomez A. Continuous arteriovenous rewarming: Experimental results and thermodynamic model simulation of treatment for hypothermia. Journal of Trauma 30(12):1436-1449, Dec. 1990.
- Norwood S, Ruby A, Civetta JM, Cortés V. Catheter-related infections and associated septicemia. Chest 99(4):968-975, Apr. 1991.
- Gentilello LM, Cortés V, Buechter KJ, Gomez GA, Castro M, Zeppa R. Whipple Procedure for Trauma: Is duct ligation a safe alternative to pancreaticojejunostomy? Journal of Trauma 31(5):661-668, May 1991.
- Gentilello LM, Cortés V, Castro M, Byers PM. Enteral nutrition with simultaneous gastric decompression in critically ill patients. Critical Care Medicine 21(3):392-395, Mar.1993.
- Cowell V, Ciraulo D, Gabram SG, Lawrence D, Cortés V, Edwards T, Jacobs L. Trauma 24-hour observation critical path. Journal of Trauma 45(1):147-150, July 1998.
- Ciraulo DL, Luk S, Palter M, Cowell V, Welch J, Cortés V, Orlando R, Banever T, Jacobs L. Selective hepatic arterial embolization of Grade IV and V blunt hepatic injuries and extension of resuscitation in the non-operative management of traumatic hepatic injuries. Journal of Trauma 45(2):353-358, Aug. 1998.
- Luk SS, Jacobs LM, Ciraulo DL, Cortés V, Sable A, Cowell VL. Outcome assessment of physiologic and clinical predictors of survival in patients after traumatic injury with a trauma score less than 5. Journal of Trauma 46(1):122-128, Jan. 1999.
- Smally AJ, Dufel S, Beckham J, Cortés V. Inverse intubation: Potential for complications. Journal of Trauma 52(5):1005-1007, May 2002.
- Jacobs LM, Burns KJ, Kaban JM, Gross RI, Cortés V, Brautigam RT, Perdrizet GA, Besman A, Kirton O. Development and evaluation of the advanced trauma operative management course. Journal of Trauma 55(3):471-479, Sept. 2003.
- McIntosh SE, Salcedo-Dovi H, Cortés V. Air in the spinal canal associated with trauma. Journal of Emergency Medicine 31(1):33-35, July 2006.
- Ong AW, Rodriguez A, Kelly R, Cortés V, Protech J, Daffner RH. Detection of cervical spine injuries in alert, asymptomatic geriatric blunt trauma patients: Who benefits from radiologic imaging? American Surgeon 72(9):773-776, Sept. 2006.
- Ong AW, Kelly R, Jeremitsky E, Cortés V, McAuley CE, Rodriguez A. Liver packing: A variation of an old technique. Journal of Trauma 63(6):1405-1407, Dec. 2007.
- Ong AW, Dysert K, Herbert C, Laux L, Granato J, Lefler R, Crawford J, Cortés V. Trends in central-line associated bloodstream infections in a trauma surgical intensive care unit. Archives of Surgery 2011 (in press).
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| Reviews in Peer Reviewed Research Publications |
- Sosa JL, Cortés V, Zeppa R. Melanosis coli: A case report in a trauma patient and review of the literature. [Review] American Surgeon 57(6):378-380, June 1991.
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| Abstracts (past 3 years) |
- Ong A, Dysert K, Herbert C, Laux L, Leffler L, Granato J, Cortés V, Zedreck J, Rodriguez A. Towards elimination of central line associated blood stream infections in the trauma surgical ICU: Impact of hospital wide interventions. Poster presentation at the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 67th Annual Meeting, Maui, HI, Sept. 27, 2008.
- Smith DE, Cortés V, Jeremitsky E, Rodriguez A, Ong AW. Elevated liver function tests are useful in detecting liver injury in blunt abdominal trauma. Poster presentation at the Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, Feb. 21, 2010.
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| Editorials, Chapters & Participation in Committee Reports |
- Gentilello LM, Cortés V. Enteral nutrition with gastric decompression: The authors reply. [Letter] Critical Care Medicine 21:1983-1984, 1984.
- Palter MD, Cortés V. Secondary triage of the trauma patient in the ICU. Chap. 44 in Civetta JM, Taylor RW, Kirby RR (eds.): Critical Care, Second Edition. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1992, 611-625.
- Cortés V, Palter MD, Kreis DJ Jr. Abdominal trauma: Diagnostic steps and postoperative considerations. Chap. 46 in Civetta JM, Taylor RW, Kirby RR (eds.): Critical Care, Second Edition. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1992, 641-657.
- Palter MD, Cortés V. Secondary triage of the trauma patient in the ICU. Chap. 68 in Civetta JM, Taylor RW, Kirby RR (eds.): Critical Care, Third Edition. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1996, 1045-1064.
- Cortés V, Palter MD, McKenney M. Abdominal trauma: Diagnostic steps and postoperative considerations. Chap. 70 in Civetta JM, Taylor RW, Kirby RR (eds.): Critical Care, Third Edition. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1996, 1075-1098.
- Cortés V. Methylene blue pancreatography. In Jacobs LM, Gross R, Luk S (eds.): Advanced Trauma Operative Management Surgical Strategies for Penetrating Trauma. Woodbury, CT: Cine-Med, Inc., 2004, __-__.
- Ong AW, Cortés V, Rodriguez A. Shock. Chap. 10 in Ferrada RR, Rodriguez A (eds.): Trauma, Second Edition. Panamerican Trauma Society, Distribuna Editorial, 2008, 93-102.
- Cortés V, Ong AW, Rodriguez A. Blunt thoracic vascular trauma. Chap. 23 in Ferrada RR, Rodriguez A (eds.): Trauma, Second Edition. Panamerican Trauma Society, Distribuna Editorial, 2008, 269-284.
- Cortés V, Rodriguez A. Management of rectal injuries. In Cameron JL, Cameron A (eds.): Current Surgical Therapy, Tenth Edition. St. Louis: Mosby, 2010, 953-956.
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| Alternative Media |
- Cortés V. Fellow’s Manual: Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Miami: University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, 1990.
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