Dr. Karen C White MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
602 West University Ave Urbana IL, 61801About
Dr. Karen White is a critical care surgeon practicing in Urbana, IL. Dr. White 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. White 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
University of Illinois College of Medicine 2001
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