Dr. Joseph M. Vitello M.D.
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
1740 W Taylor St Chicago IL, 60612About
Dr. Joseph Vitello is a trauma surgeon practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Vitello specializes in both operative and non-operative management to treat life threatening, traumatic injuries. Some commonly operated areas include the stomach, colon, spleen and pancreas and trauma surgeons also work with other surgeons to stabilize patients in critical condition. Typically, trauma surgeons work in the emergency care area of a hospital.
Education and Training
Loyola Univ of Chicago Stritch Sch of Med, Maywood Il 1981
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Comparison of jejunal and ileal surveillance biopsies in a porcine model of intestinal transplantation.
- Comparison of rejection rate and functional outcome of small bowel transplantation alone or in conjunction with the ileocecal valve versus combined small and large bowel transplantation.
- Hepatic decompensation after gastric bypass surgery for severe obesity.
- Competence statements for differentiated nursing practice in critical care.
- Splenic laceration secondary to closed chest massage: successful recognition and management--case report.
- Blood Density Is Nearly Equal to Water Density: A Validation Study of the Gravimetric Method of Measuring Intraoperative Blood Loss.
- Bariatric Surgery Among Obese Veterans: a Retrospective Review of Complications and Intermediate Term Results from a Single Institution.
- An interview with Joan M. Vitello. Current issues in critical care.
- Nutritional assessment and the role of preoperative parenteral nutrition in the colon cancer patient.
- Gastric intramural pseudocyst with associated gastric outlet obstruction: recognition and management.
- Laparoscopic-guided biopsy of pancreatic transplant allograft.
- Conjugated estrogens for the management of gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to uremia of acute renal failure.
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