Dr. Dr. George M. Testerman, MD, MBA, FACS
Surgeon
130 W Ravine Rd Kingsport TN, 37660About
Dr. George Testerman is a general surgeon practicing in Kingsport, TN. Dr. Testerman 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. Testerman 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
Georgetown University in Washington DC 1978
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Adverse outcomes in younger rib fracture patients.
- Surgeon-performed ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of pericardial tamponade in a 20-month-old blunt injured toddler.
- Upper extremity arrow shaft injury and management.
- Rapid warfarin reversal with factor VIIa in an elderly trauma patient with retroperitoneal hematoma.
- Increased all-terrain vehicle crash accidents in older riders.
- Disaster management at the 1904 New Market, Tennessee train wreck: role of a surgeon.
- 300 all-terrain vehicle crashes: an East Tennessee trauma center's experience.
- Dr. Roy A. Doty: legacy of Hancock County and Hawkins County, Tennessee Medicine.
- Bilateral carotid stenting after a motor vehicle crash.
- Necrotizing fasciitis due to an infected urachal cyst in an adult.
- Western trauma association blunt splenic injury algorithm is useful in spontaneous rupture of a normal spleen.
- Full-time orthopedic traumatologists enhance rural trauma center pelvic fracture outcomes and financials.
- Propofol infusion syndrome: an algorithm for prevention.
- Dr. Louis G. Britt, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences surgical educator and mentor.
- Airway pressure release ventilation in morbidly obese surgical patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Heart Disease
- Concussion
- Pain
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