Dr. Eric A Elster MD
Surgeon
8901 Wisconsin Ave Bethesda MD, 20889Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Eric Elster is a general surgeon practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Elster 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. Elster 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
Univ of South Fl Coll of Med, Tampa Fl 1995
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Potential of costimulation-based therapies for composite tissue allotransplantation.
- Induction therapy with monoclonal antibodies specific for CD80 and CD86 delays the onset of acute renal allograft rejection in non-human primates.
- Malignant hyperthermia in an adult trauma patient.
- Primary acinic cell carcinoma of the breast.
- Rare mesenteric location of Meckel's diverticulum, a forgotten entity: a case study aboard USS Kitty Hawk.
- Steroid-free immunosuppression in organ transplantation.
- Shock wave therapy for acute and chronic soft tissue wounds: a feasibility study.
- Non-invasive monitoring of tissue oxygenation during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.
- Assessment of critical renal ischemia with real-time infrared imaging.
- Enhanced surgical imaging: laparoscopic vessel identification and assessment of tissue oxygenation.
- Intraoperative assessment of critical biliary structures with visible range/infrared image fusion.
- Topical advances in wound care.
- Angiogenic response to extracorporeal shock wave treatment in murine skin isografts.
- New directions for induction immunosuppression strategy in solid organ transplantation.
- Extracorporeal shock wave therapy suppresses the early proinflammatory immune response to a severe cutaneous burn injury.
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