Dr. Dan Ralph Thompson M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
47 New Scotland Ave Albany NY, 12208About
Dr. Dan Thompson is a critical care surgeon practicing in Albany, NY. Dr. Thompson specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Thompson has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
Wayne State University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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