Faculty & Staff >> Kenneth M. Rifkind, MD
Associate Chairman Department of Surgery
General Surgery, Director of Trauma
Room M204
718-445-0220
Responsibilities: Associate Chairman of The Department of Surgery, Director of Trauma Service and ATLS Course Director and Instructor.
Education:
Institution
Years
Medical Education
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY
1965-1969
Internship
Surgical Internship:
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, NY
1969 - 1970
Residency Training
OB/GYN:
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, NY
1970 - 1971
General Surgery:
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, NY
1971 - 1975
Board Certification(s):
American Board of Surgery
Surgical Critical Care
Licensure:
New York
Academic Appointments:
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Medical Specialties:
General Surgery
Breast Surgery
Critical Care Medicine
Affiliations/Professional Societies:
NY Cancer Society
NY Trauma Center Advisory Committee
NY-Brooklyn Committee on Trauma
Queens County Medical Society
NY State Medical Society
Association for Academic Society
Alpha Omega Alpha
American College of Surgeons
Recognition and Honors:
"Trauma Service" presentation to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - Town Meeting #2
1999
"Ambulance Accident and Injury Prevention Forum" High Impact Trauma
New York Hospital Queens CME & The NYFD
Oct 2002
"Trauma Services" presentation to the Community Advisory Board
NYHQ 2002
Languages Spoken:
English
Current Publications:
1. Ranson, John H.C., Rifkind, Kenneth M., Roses, Daniel F., Fink, Simon D., Eng, Kenneth and Spencer, F.C.: Prognostic Signs and the Role of Operative Management in Acute Pancreatitis. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, 136:68, 1974.
2. Ranson, John H.C., Turner, James W., Roses, Daniel F., Rifkind, Kenneth M. and Spencer, F.C.: Respiratory Complications in Acute Pancreatitis. Annals of Surgery, 179:557, 1974.
Ranson, John H.C., Rifkind, Kenneth M., Roses, Daniel F., Fink, Simon, D., Eng, Kenneth and Localio, Arthur: Objective Early Identification of severe Acute Pancreatitis. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 61:443, 1974.
3. Rifkind, Kenneth M., Eng, Kenneth and Ruoff, Michael: Mesenteric Cyst. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 62:540, 1974.
4. Rifkind, Kenneth M., Lewis, Lawrence, R. and Ranson, John H.C.: Acute Pancreatitis. State Journal of Medicine, 76:12, 1976.
5. Ranson, John H. C., Rifkind, Kenneth M. and Turner, James W.: Prognostic Signs and Nonoperative Peritoneal Lavage in Acute Pancreatitits. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. 143:209, 1976.
6. Chassin, Jameson L., Rifkind, Kenneth M., Sussman, B., Kassel, B., Fingaret, A., Drager, S. and Chassin, P.S.: The Stapled Gastrointestinal Anastomosis: Incidence of Postoperative Complications Compared with The Sutured Anastomosis in a Study of 812 Procedure. Annals of Surgery, 188:689, 1978.
7. Chassin, Jameson L., Rifkind, Kenneth M., Turner, and James W.: Errors and Pitfalls in Stapling Gastrointestinal Tract Anastomosis. Surgical Clinics of North America, 60:441, 1984.
8. Rifkind, Kenneth M. and Aquino, M.: Percutaneous Drainage of Splenic Abscess: Case Report of Patient Requiring Anti-Coagulation. Contemporary Surgery, 27, 102, 1985.
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