Dr. Brett Larsen, MD

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Get to know Critical Care Trauma Surgeon Dr. Brett Erik Larsen, who serves patients in Flint, Michigan.

Dr. Larsen is a board-certified critical care trauma surgeon who is affiliated with McLaren Flint, a nonprofit, 378-bed tertiary teaching hospital located in Flint, Michigan. McLaren is affiliated with the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s medical residency programs, including family medicine, internal medicine, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, and radiology. McLaren Flint also maintains vascular surgery and health psychology fellowship programs in partnership with Michigan State University.

After earning his medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Dr. Larsen went on to complete his residency in general surgery at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, New York. 

Shortly after, he became board-certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge. 

Specialists in surgical critical care possess advanced knowledge and skills that enable them to provide comprehensive care to critically ill patients from all surgical specialties and in all age groups. Because the care of such patients involves skill in a number of disciplines, as well as an understanding of surgery, the specialist in surgical critical care must have a broad knowledge base and expertise concerning the biology of the critically ill surgical patient and the support of organ system function. They should be capable of providing leadership within their health care organizations regarding the needs of critically ill surgical patients and the administration of critical care units.

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