Dr. Christopher Paul Steffes MD
Surgeon
4160 John R Suite 615 Detroit MI, 48201About
Dr. Christopher Steffes is a general surgeon practicing in Detroit, MI. Dr. Steffes 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. Steffes 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 Wi Med Sch, Madison Wi 1986
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of vasoactive mediators on the rat lung pericyte: quantitative analysis
- Infectious complications following duodenal and/or pancreatic trauma.
- Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) enhancement of outward current in lung pericytes.
- End-tidal CO2-derived values during emergency trauma surgery correlated with outcome: a prospective study.
- Endoscopic management of nonvariceal gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Evaluation of academic and community surgery clerkships at a Midwestern medical school.
- Predictors of mortality in patients with traumatic diaphragmatic rupture and associated thoracic and/or abdominal injuries.
- Endothelial cells protect against lipopolysaccharide-induced caspase-3-mediated pericyte apoptosis in a coculture system.
- TNF-alpha and IL-1beta increase pericyte/endothelial cell co-culture permeability.
- Vascular endothelial growth factor modulates contractile response in microvascular lung pericytes.
- Solid-pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas: case report and literature review.
- Cytokine production in lipopolysaccharide-exposed rat lung pericytes.
- Lipopolysaccharide up-regulates heat shock protein expression in rat lung pericytes.
- Lipopolysaccharide activation of pericyte's Toll-like receptor-4 regulates co-culture permeability.
- Upper GI bleeding in an urban hospital. Etiology, recurrence, and prognosis.
Treatments
- Cancer Surgery, Liver Cancer, Surgical Procedures
Professional Memberships
- Member Henry Ford Medical Group
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