James W. Holcroft, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

James W. Holcroft specializes in shock management management, pulmonary and cardiovascular physiology, and trauma surgery. His research includes prediction of survival in critically ill trauma patients, newer modes of ventilatory support, characterization of vascular load in critically ill patients, steady flow power as an index of oxygen delivery to peripheral tissues, and hypertonic saline for resuscitation of injured patients.

Title:

Professor, Trauma Surgery

Specialty:

Surgery - Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care

Center/Program Affiliation:

Trauma Program, UC Davis Medical Group

Address:

UC Davis Medical Center - Cypress Building
2221 Stockton Blvd., Suite 3123
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-3779

Education:

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
M.D. 1969

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
B.S. 1963

Internships:

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
1969-70

Residency:

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
1970-76
Surgery

Fellowships:

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
1976-77
Surgery

Board Certifications:

American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 1987
American Board of Surgery, General Vascular Surgery, 1986
American Board of Surgery, 1977

Professional Memberships:

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American College of Surgeons
American Surgical Association
Association for Academic Surgery
Northern California Vascular Society
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Shock Society
Society of University Surgeons
Western Surgical Association
Western Vascular Society

Honors and Awards:

John C. Tupper Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2000
Surgical House Staff Teacher of the Year, 2000
Surgical House Staff Teacher of the Year, University of California, Davis, 1999
Certificate for Excellence in Teaching Senior Class, University of California, Davis, 1997
Surgical House Staff Teacher of the Year, University of California, Davis, 1996
Certificate for Excellence in Teaching Senior Class, University of California, Davis, 1995
Senior Class Clinical Teacher of the Year, University of California, Davis, 1995
John C. Tupper Prize for Excellence in Teaching, University of California, Davis, 1995
Selected by graduating seniors to administer Hippocratic oath, University of California,, 1993
Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching in Clinical Sciences, University of California, Davis, 1993
Surgical House Staff Teacher of the Year, University of California, Davis, 1989
Selected by graduating seniors to administer Hippocratic oath, University of California, Davis, 1983

Select Recent Publications:

Holcroft, J.W. Hypertonic saline for resuscitation of the patient in shock. Advances in Surgery Vol 35:397-318. 2001

Vassar, M.J., F.R. Lewis Jr., J.A. Chambers, R.J. Mullins, P.E. O'Brien, J.A. Weigelt, M.R. Hoang, J.W. Holcroft. Prediction of outcome in intensive care unit trauma patients: A multicenter study of Acute Physiology and chronic health evaluation, trauma and injury severity score, and a 24-hour intensive care unit point system. Journal of Trauma 47:324-329. 1999

Chang, M. C., and J. S. Mondy III, J. W. Meredith, J. W. Holcroft. Redefining cardiovascular performance during resuscitation: Ventricular stroke work, power and the pressure-0volume diagram. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 45:470-478, 1998

Chang, M. C. and J. S. Mondy, J. W. Meredith, P. R. Miller, J. T. Owings, J. W. Holcroft. Clinical application of ventricular end-systolic elastance and the ventricular pressure-volume diagram. Shock, 7:413-419, 1997

Wade, C. E., and J. J. Grady, G. C. Kramer, R. N. Younes, K. Gehlsen, J. W. Holcroft. Individual patient cohort analysis of the efficacy of HSD in patients with traumatic brain injury and hypotension. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, infection, and Critical Care, 42:S61-S65, 1997

Bush, R. L., and W. C. Pevec, J. W. Holcroft. A prospective, randomized trial limiting perioperative red blood cell transfusions in vascular patients. American Journal of Surgery, 174:143-148, 1997

Champion, H. R. and W. S. Copes, W. J. Sacco, C. F. Frey, J. W. Holcroft, et. al. Improved predictions from a severity characterization of trauma (ASCOT) over trauma and injury severity score (TRISS): Results of an independent evaluation. Journal of Trauma: Injury, infection and Critical Care, 40:42-49, 1996

Aspry, K.E., J.W. Holcroft, E.A. Amsterdam. Physician recognition of hypercholesterolemia in patients undergoing peripheral and carotid artery revascularization. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 11:336-341. 1995

Pevec, W.C., J.W. Holcroft, F.W. Blaisdell. Ligation and extra-anatomic arterial reconstruction for the treatment of aneurysms of the abdominal aorta. Journal of Vascular Surgery 20:629-636. 1994

Vassar, M.J., R.P. Fischer, P.E. O'Brien, B.L. Bachulis, J.A. Chambers, D.B. Hoyt, J.W. Holcroft. A multicenter trial for resuscitation of injured patients with 7.5% NaCl: The effect of added dextran 70. Archives of Surgery 128:1003-1013. 1993