E. Patchen Dellinger, M.D.
Patient Services:UW Medical Center: Eastside Specialty Center: Academic Office:Phone: (206) 543-3682 E-mail: Fax: (206) 543-8136 Address: |
Phone:(206) 598-4477 Professor and Vice Chairman
Chief, Division of General Surgery
Faculty Appointments:
University of Washington, Professor of Surgery, 1990 - present.
University of Washington, Associate Professor of Surgery, 1982-90.
University of Washington, Assistant Professor of Surgery, 1977-82.
Education:
Fellowship: Tufts - New England Medical Center, Clinical fellowship
in infectious diseases, 1973-75.
Residency: Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1970-73; 1975-76.
M.D. Degree: Harvard University, 1970.
Board Certified: General Surgery, 1978, 1988, 1996; Critical Care,
1988, 1996.
Clinical Interests:
General and laparoscopic surgery; gastrointestinal surgery including pancreatic and biliary diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, and colorectal cancers; difficult and recurrent hernias; surgical infectious diseases; surgical critical care; bariatric surgery.
Research Interests:
Clinical trials in intra-abdominal infection, diagnosis and treatment of
severe sepsis, prevention of surgical infections, development of new antibiotics
and other biological anti-infective and immune-modulating biologic agents.
Selected Publications:
O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Dellinger EP, Gerberding JL, Heard SO, Maki DG, Masur H, McCormick RD, Mermel LA, Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph A, Weinstein RA. Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. MMWR Recomm Rep 2002; 51:1-29. Also published in Pediatrics 2002 Nov;110(5):e51 and Clin Infect Dis 2002 Dec 1;35(11):1281-1307 and Am J Infect Control 2002; 30:476-489 and Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002 Dec;23(12):759-769.
Dellinger EP, Nosocomial Infection, in Wilmore DW, Cheung LY, Harken AH, Holcroft JW, Meakins JA, Soper NJ, eds: ACS Surgery, Principles & Practice, pp 1221-1238, Web MD Corporation, 2002.
Kao LS, Aaron BC, Dellinger EP. Trials and tribulations: current challenges in conducting clinical trials. Arch Surg 2003; 138:59-62.
Bratzler DW, Houck PM, Richards C, Steele L, Dellinger EP, Fry DE, Wright C, Ma A, Carr K, Red L. Use of antimicrobial prophylaxis for major surgery: Baseline results from the national surgical infection prevention project. Arch Surg, 2005; 140(2): p. 174-82.
Dellinger EP, Hausmann SM, Bratzler DW, Johnson RM, Daniel DM, Bunt KM, Baumgardner GA, Sugarman JR. Hospitals Collaborate to Decrease Surgical Site Infections. Amer J Surg, 2005; 190: 9-15.
Flum DR, Salem L, Elrod JA, Dellinger EP, Cheadle A, and Chan L, Early mortality among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing bariatric surgical procedures. JAMA, 2005; 294(15): p. 1903-8.
Dellinger EP, Tellado JM, Soto NE, Ashley SW, Barie PS, Dugernier T, Imrie CW, Johnson CD, Knaebel HP, Laterre PF, Maravi-Poma E, Olsina Kissler JJ, Sanchez-Garcia M, Utzolino S. Early antibiotic treatment for severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Ann Surg, 2007; 245: 674-683.
Dellinger EP. Roles of temperature and oxygenation in prevention of surgical site infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt), 2006; 7 (Supplement 3): s27-32.
Anaya DA, Dellinger EP. The obese surgical patient: a susceptible host for infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt), 2006; 7:473-80.
Anaya DA, Dellinger EP. Necrotizing soft-tissue infection: Diagnosis and management. Clin Infect Dis, 2007; 44:705-10.
Dellinger EP. Prophylactic antibiotics: Administration and timing before operation are more important than administration after operation. Clin Infect Dis, 2007; 44:928-30.
reviewed 7/07