Thomas Santora, MD

Clinical Interests

• Control of surgical infections
• Abdominal wall herniae
• Bilary tract disease
• ARDS management
• Trauma care

Research Interests

• Mechanical ventilation
• Trauma systems development

Educational Background

• Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1990
• Residency, General Surgery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1989
• Internship, General Surgery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1985
• MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 1984
• BS, Chemistry, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1980

Certifications

• Surgery

Memberships

• American Medical Association
• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
• Society of Carolina Surgeons, Founding President
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
• Pennsylvania Medical Society
• Philadelphia Medical Society
• Association for Academic Surgery
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Surgical Infection Society
• Pennsylvania Committee on Trauma
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
• Philadelphia Academy of Surgery

Digital Bibliography

View PubMed Publications

Ginwalla RF, Mullarkey J, Santora TA.  Mechanical Ventilation Basics.   In: Competency-Based Handbook of Surgery.  Mann B (ed), Elsevier Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. August 2006.

Santora TA.  Shock: Principles in Management.  In: Competency-Based Handbook of Surgery.  Mann B (ed), Elsevier Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. August 2006.

Gupta D, Santora TA.  Introduction to Hemodynamic Monitoring.  In: Competency-Based Handbook of Surgery.  Mann B (ed), Elsevier Publishing, Philadelphia, PA. August 2006.

Blank-Reid C, Kaplan LJ, Santora TA.  Neuroscience Critical Care Management,  Elsevier Publishing, St. Louis, MO.  August 2005.