1. Name:            José A. Acosta, MD, FACS
  1. Faculty Rank:            Associate Professor

    Assistant Director Trauma Service

  2. School of Medicine:

    Ponce School of Medicine

    Ponce, Puerto Rico, 1985

  3. Residency:

    Surgical Internship San Juan City Hospital

    San Juan, Puerto Rico 1985-1986

    Surgical Residency University of New Mexico Affiliated Program

    4. Albuquerque, New Mexico 1986-1991

  4. Fellowship:

    Trauma/ Critical Care Fellowship

    University of California San Diego Medical Center

    San Diego, California 1995-1996

  1. Certification/Special training:

    American Board of Surgery 1992

    Surgical Critical Care 1994

    Recertification American Board of Surgery 2001

  2. Professional Membership:

    Fellow American College of Surgeons 1995

    Southwestern Surgical Congress 1994

    Society of Critical Care Medicine 1994

    ATLS Instructor 1997

    Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 1998

    Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2000

    American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 2001

    Vice Chairman Committee on Trauma American College Puerto Rico

    3. Chapter 2000 to present

  3. Academic and administrative appointments:

    Clinical Instructor of Surgery

    University of California, San Diego,

    School of Medicine 7/95 to 6/96

    Attending Trauma/Critical Care

    Washington Hospital Center

    Washington DC 9/98 – 3/2000

    Assistant Professor of Surgery

    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,

    1998 to present

    Associate Professor of Surgery

    University of Puerto Rico – Medical Sciences Campus,

    4. 2000 to present

  4. Military Appointments:

    Commanding Officer Naval Hospital Jacksonville

    Det C United States Naval Reserve 10/00 to 6/2001

    Medical Director SICU/MICU

    General Surgery, Attending Surgeon

    National Naval Medical Center

    Bethesda, Maryland 10/97 to 9/98

    Department Head Surgery Service

    US Naval Hospital Keflavik, Iceland, 8/96 to 9/97

    General Surgery Staff, Naval Medical Center

    San Diego 8/91 to 2/92 and from 5/93 to 6/95

    General Surgeon, onboard the USS Tripoli

    5. (LPH-10) during WEST PAC 92-93

  5. Honors:

    Navy Commendation Medal 1995, 1999

    Navy Achievement Medal 2001

    Donald L. Sturtz Residents Teaching Award 1995

    Member of Alpha Omega Alpha 1991

    Certificate Ponce School of Medicine 1985

  6. Publication/Presentations:

Peer reviewed articles

1) Vega M, Acosta J, Peterson G: Aeroallergans of the City of Ponce.   Scientific Bulletin of the South-Ciencia, Vol. 10 No. 3: 87-91, 1983

2) Clevenger FW, Acosta JA, Osler TM, Demarest GB, Fry DE:  Barotrauma Associated with High-Frequency Jet Ventilation for Hypoxic Salvage.   Arch Surg Vol 125: 1542-1545, 1990.

3) Acosta JA, Grebenc ML, Doberneck RC, McCarthy JD, Fry DE: Colonic Diverticular Disease in Patients 40 Years of age or Younger. Am Surgeon Vol58:605-607, 1992

4) Acosta JA, Fournier TK, Knutson CO, Ragland JJ. Colonoscopic Evaluation of Rectal Bleeding in Young Adults. Am Surgeon Vol 60:903-906, 1994.

5) Acosta JA, Greenlee JA, Gubler KD, Goepfert CJ, Ragland JJ. Surgical Margins after Needle Localized Breast Biopsy. Am J Surg Vol 170:643-646, 1995.

6) Yavorski CC, Acosta JA, Ragland JJ. Precholecystectomy EGD: Is It Of Value?. Am Surgeon Vol61:1032-1034,1995.

7) Greason KL, Acosta JA, Magrino TJ, Choe M. Angiodysplasia as the Cause of Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorhage in a Young Adult Report of a Case.  Dis Colon Rectum Vol 39 (6):702-704, 1996.

8) Feigelson BJ, Acosta JA, Feigelson HS, Findley A, Saunders EL.   T1 Breast Carcinoma in Women 70 Years of Age and Older May Not Require Axillary Node Dissection.  Am J Surg Vol172:487-490,1996.

9) Acosta JA, Yang JC, Winchell RJ, et al. Lethal Injuries and Time to Death in a Level I Trauma Center.   J. Am. Coll. Surg. Vol 186:528-533,1998.

10) Won A, Acosta JA, Browner D, Hye RJ. Validation of Selective Cardiac Evaluation Prior to Aortic Aneurysm Repair.  Arch Surg Vol133:833-838,1998.

11) Rhee PM, Acosta JA, Bridgeman A, Wang D, Jordan M, Rich N. Survival after Emergency Department Thoracotomy: Review of Published Data from the Past 25 Years.  J. Am. Coll. Surg. Vol 190: 288-298,2000.

12) Deb S, Acosta J, Bridgeman A, Wang D, Kennedy S, Rhee P. Stab Wounds to the Head with Intracranial Penetration.  J. Trauma Vol 48:1159-1162,2000.

13) Demetriades D, Murray JA, Chan L, Ordonez C, Bowley D, Nagy KK, Cornwell EE 3rd, Velmahos GC, Munoz N, Hatzitheofilou C, Schwab CW, Rodriguez A, Cornejo C, Davis KA, Namias N, Wisner DH, Ivatury RR, Moore EE, Acosta JA, Maull KI, Thomason MH, Spain DA. Penetrating colon injuries requiring resection: diversion or primary anastomosis? An AAST prospective multicenter study. J Trauma. 2001 May;50(5):765-75.

14) Gongora E, Acosta JA, Wang DS, Brandenburg K, Jablonski K, Jordan MH. Analysis of motor vehicle ejection victims admitted to a level I trauma center.  J Trauma. 2001 Nov;51(5):854-9.

15) Demetriades D, Murray JA, Chan L, Ordonez C, Bowley D, Nagy KK, Cornwell EE 3rd, Velmahos GC, Munoz N, Hatzitheofilou C, Schwab CW, Rodriguez A, Cornejo C, Davis KA, Namias N, Wisner DH, Ivatury RR, Moore EE, Acosta JA, Maull KI, Thomason MH, Spain DA.Handsewn versus stapled anastomosis in penetrating colon injuries requiring resection: a multicenter study. J Trauma. 2002 Jan; 52(1):117-21.

Book chapters:

1) Acosta JA: Fat Embolism, in Principles and Practice of Emergency Medicine. (3rd ed) Boston, Lea & Feabriger, 1992.

2) Acosta JA: Fat Embolism, in Principles and Practice of Emergency Medicine. (4th ed) Boston, Lea & Feabriger, 1998.

Poster Presentations:

1)  Annual Meeting Southwestern Surgical Congress, San Antonio, Texas March 1995, Precholecystectomy EGD: Is It Of Value?

2) International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society Trauma Care, Chicago, IL May, 1999, Predictors of Mortality in Surgical Intervention for Lung Injury

3) Annual Meeting American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Boston, Massachusetts September, 1999, An Analysis of Outcomes Difference in Injured Patients Based on Gender: A Retrospective Look at 9 Years Experience at a Level I Trauma Center

4) Annual Meeting Society of Critical Care, Orlando, Florida February, 2000, No Correlation Exists Between Thyroid Hormone Levels and Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery,Use of 3% Hypertonic Saline Versus Hetastarch for Initial Volume Resuscitation after Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Gender Differences Exist in Serum Cortisol Levels of Critically Ill Surgical Patients

5)  Annual Meeting American Burn Association, Las Vegas, Nevada March, 2000, Laser Doppler Imaging Verifies Successful, Bloodless Burn Ablation/Grafting with ER: Yag Laser

6)  Annual Meeting Southwestern Surgical Congress, Colorado Springs, Colorado March, 2000, Review of Traumatic External Carotid Artery Management

7)   Annual Meeting American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, San Antonio, Texas October, 2000, Analysis of Motor Vehicle Ejection Victims Admitted to a Level I Trauma Center,Screening for Lumbar Fractures:Abdominal and Pelvic CT.Versus Portable Plain Films

Oral presentations:

1)   Annual Meeting Southwestern Surgical Congress, San Antonio, Texas March 1995, Surgical Margins after Needle Localized Breast Biopsy

2)   Annual Meeting Southwestern Surgical Congress, Phoenix, Arizona March, 1996, T1 Breast Carcinoma in Women 70 Years of Age and Older May Not Require Axillary Node Dissection

3)   Annual Meeting American College of Chest Physicians, Chicago, Illinois November, 1999, Complications Associated with Penetrating Transdiaphragmatic Injuries,   Predictors of Mortality in Surgical Intervention for Lung Injury

 

 

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