Biography
Gregory P. Victorino, M.D. is Professor and Chief of the UCSF East Bay Surgery Program. He is also Chair of the Department of Surgery for Alameda Health System.
Victorino, a highly regarded trauma surgeon, and professor of surgery. Formerly, while the Director of Trauma Services at Highland Hospital, his leadership was crucial to the designation of Highland Hospital, the flagship of Alameda Health System, as a Level 1 Trauma Center serving the East Bay.
Victorino has deep roots in the community with a strong record of clinical outreach. In 2016, he was named Outstanding Physician of the Year by the Alameda Health System. He is also a dedicated teacher and mentor to UCSF-East Bay general surgery residents, and a respected thought leader. His body of professional work includes more than 80 peer-reviewed publications.
Victorino completed his undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley in 1986 and earned his MD at the University of Pittsburgh. He returned to the Bay Area in 1991, completing a general surgery residency at UC Davis-East Bay in 1998, followed by a trauma-critical care fellowship at UC Davis. Soon thereafter, he joined the UCSF Department of Surgery as a faculty member.
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Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of California | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training | 2018 |
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery, Surgery
- American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Clinical Expertise
Ischemia-reperfusion
Microvascular permeability and physiology
Sepsis
Shock
Trauma
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Grants and Funding
- Post-Injury Dysregulation of Lipid Metabolism | NIH | 2007-08-15 - 2013-07-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
Research Interests
- Microvascular permeability and physiology
- Ischemia-reperfusion
- Sepsis
- Shock
- Trauma
Publications
- Single injection, ultrasound-guided planar nerve blocks: An essential skill for any clinician caring for patients with rib fractures.| | PubMed
- Observational management of penetrating occult pneumothoraces: Outcomes and risk factors for interval tube thoracostomy placement.| | PubMed
- Predicting Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Severe Blunt Trauma: The Utility of Interleukin-18.| | PubMed
- Early Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Elevation Predicts Surgical Site Infections after Blunt Trauma.| | PubMed
- Differences in clinical characteristics and outcomes for blunt versus penetrating traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts.| | PubMed
- Liquid plasma: A solution to optimizing early and balanced plasma resuscitation in massive transfusion.| | PubMed
- Repeat computed tomography head scan is not indicated in trauma patients taking novel anticoagulation: A multicenter study.| | PubMed
- Is a chest radiograph after thoracostomy tube removal necessary? A cost-effective analysis.| | PubMed
- Does Abdominal Seat Belt Sign Warrant Admission After a Negative CT Scan? A Cost-Utility Analysis.| | PubMed
- Routine Repeat Head CT Does Not Change Management in Trauma Patients on Novel Anticoagulants.| | PubMed