CarolynLeighLuppensMD(She/Her)

General Surgery • Bend, OR

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Attending Surgeon

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Office
1501 NE Medical Center Dr
Bend, OR 97701
Phone+1 541-382-4900

Summary

I am a board certified General Surgeon and Surgical Critical Care physician practicing in Bend, Oregon. I completed General Surgery Residency at the Univeristy of Utah and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship at the University of New Mexico.

Education & Training

University of Utah HealthResidency, Surgery, 2015 - 2023
University of New Mexico School of MedicineFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2021 - 2022
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityClass of 2015
St. John's College BA, Philosophy/Mathematics , Valedictorian & Public Speaking Award, 2006 - 2010

Certifications & Licensure

NM State Medical License 2021 - 2026
OR State Medical License 2023 - 2025
UT State Medical License 2016 - 2022
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
ATLSATLS Instructor

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Graduating Medical Student Award in Surgery American College of Surgeons, RI Chapter, 2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Drivers of Moral Distress in Surgical Intensive Care Providers: A Mixed Methods Study.
Josh Bleicher, Aubrey Place, Sarah Schoenhals, Carolyn L. Luppens, Joanna Grudziak
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2021-10-01
14 citations
Using Natural Language Processing to improve EHR Structured Data-based Surgical Site Infection Surveillance.
Jianlin Shi, Siru Liu, Liese C.C. Pruitt, Carolyn L. Luppens, Jeffrey P. Ferraro
AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium. 2019-01-01
A comparison of outcomes including bile duct injury of subtotal cholecystectomy versus open total cholecystectomy as bailout procedures for severe cholecystitis: A mul...
Chathurika S Dhanasekara, Kripa Shrestha, Holly Grossman, Liza M Garcia, Baila Maqbool
Surgery. 2024-09-01

Abstracts/Posters

Point of care viscoelastic (ROTEM®)-based resuscitation: working smarter or working harder
Luppens C, Lombardo S, Young JB, McCrum M, Nunez J, Colonna A, Enniss T, Nirula R, Western Surgical Association, 11/5/2018

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