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Adrian W. Ong, M.D.

Principal hospital base:
Allegheny General Hospital

Current professional and academic appointments (Include starting date):

7/2003 - present:   Attending Trauma Surgeon, Division of General Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Undergraduate medical education (including dates and degrees):

1984-1990:   Combined B.A./M.D., Boston University, Boston, MA

Postgraduate medical education (including dates of internships, residencies, fellowships, etc.):

1990 - 1991:   Transitional Internship, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
1993 - 1998:   General Surgery Residency, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
1998 - 1999:   Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, Miami, FL
1999 - 2000:   Fellowship, Trauma Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, Miami, FL

BASIC RESEARCH

Project:     Cervical Spine Injuries in the Elderly
Funding source:     None

Project:     Penetrating Injuries to the Neck
Funding source:     None

Prospective randomized trials:

Assessing the accuracy of ultrasound in blunt abdominal trauma - No funding source

Recent publications and presentations:

Peer-reviewed publications (i.e., journal articles)

Ong AW, McKenney MG, McKenney KA, Brown M, Namias N, MaCloud J, Cohn SM. Predicting the needs for laparotomy in pediatric trauma patients on the basis of the ultrasound score. J Trauma. 2003 Mar;54(3):503-8.

Ong AW, Cohn SM, Cohn KA, Jaramillo DH, Parbhu R, McKenney MG, Barquist ES, Bell MD. Unexpected findings in trauma patients dying in the intensive care unit: results of 153 consecutive autopsies. J Am Coll Surg. 2002 Apr;194(4):401-6.

Ong AW, Gonzalez P, Ting M, Cohn SM. An easy and reproducible method of assessing healing of the open abdomen by digital image analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001 Nov;108(6):1704-6.

Cohn Sm, Giannotti G, Ong AW, Varela JE, Shatz DV, McKenney MG, Sleeman D, Ginzburg E, Augenstine JS, Byers PM, Sands LR. Prospective randomized trial of two wound management strategies for dirty abdominal wounds. Ann Sug. 2001 Mar;233(3);409-13.

Ephgrave KS, Scott DL, Ong A, Cullen JJ, Broadhurst KA. Are gastric, jejunal, or both forms of enteral feeding gastroprotective during stress? J Surg Res. 2000 Jan;88(1):1-7.



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