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Michael D. McGonigal, MD
Former Research Investigator and Director of Trauma Services, Regions Hospital

About

Critical Care Surgeon

Academic Appointment: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota College of Medicine, Minneapolis

Joined the Institute: 1993

Education and training: MD, Ohio State University, Columbus; general surgical residency, Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, MI.

Overview/research interests: Trauma care

Current research activities and funding:

  • Consistent use of radiography during initial trauma care

Publications While At HealthPartners

selected publications

Journal Article
  • Improving CT scanner efficiency for trauma team activations in the emergency department. 
  • Avoiding Cribari gridlock 2: the standardized triage assessment tool outperforms the Cribari matrix method in 38 adult and pediatric trauma centers. 
  • Rethinking the definition of major trauma: the need for trauma intervention outperforms Injury Severity Score and Revised Trauma Score in 38 adult and pediatric trauma centers. 
  • Penetrating colon trauma outcomes in black and white males. 
  • Gluteal compartment syndrome: successful management with combined angioembolization and surgical decompression. 
    Minnesota Medicine. 2016
    • Conference Poster
  • Implementation of an evidence-based blunt radiographic imaging protocol decreases high dose radiographic studies [poster]
    2014
  • On the Spot: implementation of a trauma team activation timeout in a Level I trauma center [poster]
    2014
  • On the Spot: implementation of a trauma team activation timeout in a Level I trauma center [poster]
    2013
  • Trauma education: the next generation (of continuing education) [poster]
    2013
    • Abstract
  • Increasing numbers of rib fractures do not worsen outcome: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank [abstract]. 
    Journal of Surgical Research. 2012

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