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Office
California Avenue at 15th Street
Chicago, IL 60608Phone+1 773-257-6464Fax+1 773-257-6226
Education & Training
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Surgery, 2002 - 2007
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceClass of 2002
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2006 - Present
IL State Medical License 2006 - 2026
KS State Medical License 2020 - 2025
WI State Medical License 2020 - 2025
MI State Medical License 2021 - 2024
TN State Medical License 2021 - 2024
OK State Medical License 2021 - 2023
American Board of Surgery Surgery- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Bullet Impact Into Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Averts Serious Injury and Death.Jonathan A Reimer, Khaled Abdelhady, Raed Sawaqed, Bradley P Knight, Sydney Franko
Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports. 2023-06-01 - Posterior Thoracic Stab Wounds: Evaluating the Value of Commonly Used Radiologic Modalities.William M. Brigode, Michael Masteller, Rishi Chaudhuri, Ryan J. Sullivan, Amir Vafa
The American Surgeon. 2018-08-01 - 6 citationsThe incidence of acute venous injury as a result of proximity penetrating trauma screened with colour flow duplex ultrasoundNathan M. Mollberg, Stephen R. Wise, Brian Keyashian, Maria R. Ver, Fang-Ju Lin
Injury. 2014-01-01
Press Mentions
How to Help Someone After a Gunshot Wound, According to Doctors, ExpertsMay 24th, 2018
University of Chicago Medicine Severs Ties with Medicaid Insurer IlliniCareAugust 3rd, 2017
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