Christine S. Cocanour, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Cocanour has clinical interests in trauma and critical care. Her research interests focus on trauma resuscitation, nosocomial infections in the ICU, gastric function following severe trauma and computerized decision support in the ICU.

Title:

Professor, Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Specialty:

Surgery - Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care

Address:

UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817

Education:

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
M.D. 1982

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
B.S. 1978

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
B.A. 1977

Internships:

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
1982-1983

Residency:

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
1986-1988
Surgery

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
1983-1985
Surgery

Fellowships:

University of Texas Health System
San Antonio, Texas
1988-1989
Trauma Critical Care

Dudley P. Allen Research Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
1985-1986
Surgery

Board Certifications:

American Board of Surgery, 1998
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 1998

Professional Memberships:

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American College of Surgeons
College of Critical Care Medicine
Sacramento Surgical Society
Shock Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Southwestern Surgical Association
Surgical Infection Society
Western Surgical Association
Western Trauma Association

Honors and Awards:

Selected for inclusion in the consumer guide, Guide to America's Top Surgeons, 2004-2005
American Board of Surgery Associate Examiner, 2003
Memorial Hermann Hospital Certificate of Recognition, Physician of the Year, 2001
Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, 2001
American Board of Surgery Associate Examiner, 2001
Presidential Citation Recipient, 30th International Educational and Scientific Symposium, Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), 2001
Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, 1996
Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, 1993
Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, 1990
Winthrop Wound Care/American Assocation for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Research Scholarship Award, 1989

Select Recent Publications:

Kozar RA, Feliciano DV, Moore EE, Moore FA, Cocanour CS, West MA, Davis JW, McIntyre RC Jr. Western Trauma Association/critical decisions in trauma: operative management of adult blunt hepatic trauma. J Trauma. 2011 Jul;71(1):1-5.

Feliciano DV, Moore FA, Moore EE, West MA, Davis JW, Cocanour CS, Kozar RA, McIntyre RC Jr. Evaluation and management of peripheral vascular injury. Part 1. Western Trauma Association/critical decisions in trauma. J Trauma. 2011 Jun;70(6):1551-6.

Cocanour CS. Best strategies in recurrent or persistent Clostridium difficile infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2011 Jun;12(3):235-9. Epub 2011 Jul 18.

Cocanour CS. Blunt splenic injury. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2010 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print]

Phan HH, Cocanour CS. Necrotizing soft tissue infections in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 2010 Sep;38(9 Suppl):S460-8.

Cocanour CS. Ultrasonography for the diagnosis of intraperitoneal free air in chest-abdominaI-pelvic blunt truama and critical acute abdominal pain--invited critique. Arch Surg 2009; 144:142

Kozar RA, Moore FA, Moore EE, West M, Cocanour CS, Davis J, Biffl WL, McIntyre RC Jr. Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: nonoperative management of adult blunt hepatic trauma. J Trauma. 2009 Dec;67(6):1144-8; discussion 1148-9.

Biffl WL, Cothren CC, Moore EE, Kozar R, Cocanour C, Davis JW, McIntyre RC Jr, West MA, Moore FA. Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: screening for and treatment of blunt cerebrovascular injuries. J Trauma. 2009 Dec;67(6):1150-3.

Davis JW, Moore FA, Mcintyre RC, Cocanour CS, Moore EE, West MA. Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: management of pelvic fracture with hemodynamic instabiity. J Trauma 2008; 65: 1012-1015

Moore FA, Davis JW, Moore EE, Cocanour CS, West MA, Mcintyre RC. Western Trauma Association (WTA) critical decisions in trauma: management of adult blunt splenic trauma. J Trauma 2008; 65:1007-1011