Dr. Eddie R Island MD
Surgeon
4320 WORNALL RD KANSAS CITY MO, 64111About
Dr. Eddie Island is a general surgeon practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Island specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Island provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Yale School of Medicine 1995
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Differential expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in early and late gestational mouse skin and skin wounds.
- The longest survivor and first potential cure of an advanced cholangiocarcinoma by ex vivo resection and autotransplantation: a case report and review of the literature.
- Critical graft size and functional recovery in living donor liver transplantation.
- Multimodality tumor control and living donor transplantation for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Use of airway pressure release ventilation in a child with refractory hepatopulmonary syndrome after liver transplantation.
Treatments
- Liver Cancer
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