Joseph Galante, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Galante's clinical interests focus on the care of trauma and emergency surgery patients. His research interests include disaster medicine, specifically state organization of disaster response, tactical medicine, specifically investigating how military medical technology can be transitioned to civilian practice, trauma resuscitation, and surgical education.

Title:

Assistant Professor, Director, General Surgery Residency Program

Center/Program Affiliation:

Trauma Program

Address:

UC Davis Medical Center - Cypress Building
2221 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-5234

Education:

Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
M.D. 2000

Internships:

University of California Davis
Sacramento, CA
2001

Residency:

University of California Davis
Sacramento, CA
2007
General Surgery

Fellowships:

University of California Davis
Sacramento, CA
2008
Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Board Certifications:

American Board of Surgery, 2008
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 2008

Professional Memberships:

American College of Surgeons
Society of Critical Care Medicine

Honors and Awards:

Outstanding Chief Resident Award, 2007

Select Recent Publications:

Galante JM, Ahmad S, Albers EA, Sena MJ. Trauma and Substance Abuse: Deadly Consequences of Intravenous Percocet Tablets. J Emerg Med. 2010 Jan 14. [Epub ahead of print]

Coates JM, Galante JM, Bold RJ. Cancer therapy beyond apoptosis: autophagy and anoikis as mechanisms of cell death. J Surg Res. 2010 Dec;164(2):301-8. Epub 2009 Aug 7.

Galante JM, Phan HH, Wisner DH. Trauma surgery to acute care surgery: defining the paradigm shift. J Trauma. 2010 May;68(5):1024-31.

Jensen HM, Galante JM, Kysar PE, Tolstikov VV, Reddy KJ, Holland PV. TRALI is due to pulmonary venule damage from leucocytes with cholesterol crystal formation. Vox Sang. 2010 Feb;98(2):130-7. Epub 2009 Aug 24.

Galante JM, London JA, Pevec WC. External-internal carotid artery transposition for repair of multiple pseudoaneurysms from penetrating injury in a pediatric patient. J Pediatr Surg, Mar;44(3):e27-30. 2009.

Galante JM, Mortenson MM, Bowles TL, Bold RJ. ERK/BCL-2 pathway in the resistance of pancreatic cancer to anoikis. Journal of Surgical Research, June 11. 2008.

Galante JM, London JA. Left ventricular bullet embolus; a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Emergency Medicine, July 8. 2008.

Tran N, Wisner D, Albertson T, Cohen S, Greenhalgh D, Galante JM, Phan H, Kost G. Quantitative Point-of-Care Pathogen Detection in Septicemia. Point of Care, 7(3), September. 2008.

Bowles TL, Kim R, Galante JM, Parsons CM, Virudachalam S, Kung H, Bold RJ. Pancreatic cancer cell lines deficient in argininosuccinate synthetase are sensitive to arginine deiminase. International Journal of Cancer, 123(8):1950-55. 2008.

London JA, Parry L, Galante JM, Battistella FD. Safety of early mobilization of patients with blunt solid organ injuries. Archives of Surgery, Oct;143(20):972-6; discussion 977. 2008.