FaridFuadMuakkassaMD

General Surgery • Akron, OH

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Professor of Clinical Surgery Northeast Ohio Medical University Medical Director of Trauma/SICU Chief Trauma Service Akron, OH

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Office
400 Wabash Ave
Akron, OH 44307
Phone+1 330-344-6776

Fax+1 330-996-2850

Education & Training

University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1988 - 1989
Seton Hall University-Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (St Francis)Residency, Surgery, 1984 - 1988
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 1993 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 1985 - 2025
MS State Medical License 1989 - 2020
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

31 citations
Complications of pelvic fractures from blunt trauma.
Galen V. Poole, E. F. Ward, John A. Griswold, Farid Muakkassa, H. S. H. Hsu
The American Surgeon. 1992-04-01
1 citations
Can the positive buffer the negative? Testing the impact of protective childhood experiences on adjustment in adults following trauma exposure.
Tam N M Nguyen, David J Disabato, John Gunstad, Douglas L Delahanty, Richard George
Anxiety, Stress, and Coping. 2024-01-01
3 citations
Were there losses in social support during the pandemic? Testing the impact of COVID-19 on psychological adjustment to trauma in United States adults.
Benjamin J Mitchell, Emily A Gawlik, Brittany J Baugher, Richard L George, Farid F Muakkassa
Frontiers in Psychology. 2022-01-01

Press Mentions

Akron’s 3 Hospitals Seek Solutions to City’s Gun Violence ProblemOctober 6th, 2023

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