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Gregory J. Jurkovich, M.D., F.A.C.S.


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Patient Services:

Harborview Medical Center

Patient Care Coordinator: (206) 744-3195

Academic Office:

Phone: (206) 744-8485

E-mail:
jerryj@u.washington.edu

Fax: (206) 744-3656

Address:
Gregory J. Jurkovich, M.D.
Harborview Medical Center
Department of Surgery
325 Ninth Avenue
Box 359796
Seattle, WA 98104-9796

Professor

Chief, Trauma Service at Harborview Medical Center

Faculty Appointments:

University of Washington, Professor, 1994 - present.

University of Washington, Associate Professor, 1988-94.

University of South Alabama, Mobile, Assistant Professor, 1984-88.

Education:

Fellowships: Department of Surgery, Duke University, 1981-82.

Residency: University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1979-81, 1982-84.

M.D. Degree: University of Minnesota, 1978.

Board Certified: National Board of Medical Examiners, 1979; American Board of Surgery, 1985; added qualification in Surgical Critical Care, 1987; Recertified, 1993, 1996.

Clinical Interests:

  • Trauma and surgical critical care;
  • Endocrine surgery.

Research Interests:

  • Injury prevention, system design and outcome studies;
  • Hypothermia in trauma;
  • Alcohol and trauma;
  • Nutritional support of the critically ill and injured;
  • Modulation of the inflammatory response.

download Annual Research Report

See also: Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center Web site

Selected Publications:

Nathens AB, Jurkovich GJ, Maier RV, Grossman DC, MacKenzie EJ, Moore M, and Rivara FP: The relationship between trauma center volume and outcome. JAMA, 285(9): 1164-1171, 2001.

Mullins RJ, Hedges JR, Rowland DJ, Arthur M, Mann NC, Price DD, Olson CJ, Jurkovich GJ: Survival of seriously injured patients first treated in rural hospitals. J Trauma, 52(6): 1019-1029, 2002.

Arbabi S, Jurkovich GJ, Rivara FP, Demarest G, Moore M and Maier RV: Patient outcomes in academic medical centers: Influence of fellowship programs and in-house on-call attending surgeon. Arch Surg, 138:47-51, 2003.

Gruen RL, Jurkovich GJ, McIntyre LK, Foy HM, Maier RV: Patterns of errors contributing to trauma mortality: Lessons learned from 2594 deaths. (Presented, Am Surg Assoc 126th Annual Meeting), Ann Surg 244(3): 371-380, 2006.

MacKenzie EJ, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Nathens AB, Frey KP, Egelston BL, Salkever DS and , Scharfstein DO: A national evaluation of the effect of trauma center care on mortality. N Eng J Med, 354 (4): 366-378, 2006.

Nathens AB, Rivara FP, MacKenzie EJ, Maier RV, Wang J, Egleston B, Scharfstein DO, Jurkovich GJ: The impact of an intensivist model ICU on trauma-related mortality. Ann Surg. 2006 Oct;244(4):545-54.


reviewed 3/07