GailT.TominagaMD

General Surgery • La Jolla, CA

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Chief, General Surgery Section Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

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Office
9888 Genesee Ave
# LJ-601
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone+1 858-626-6362

Fax+1 858-626-6354

Education & Training

University of California (Irvine)Residency, Surgery, 1984 - 1989
University of California, Irvine, School of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

HI State Medical License 1997 - 2026
CA State Medical License 1986 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

43 citations
Application of a uniform anatomic grading system to measure disease severity in eight emergency general surgical illnesses.
Marie Crandall, Suresh Agarwal, Peter Muskat, Steven E. Ross, Stephanie A. Savage
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2014-11-01
234 citations
Organ injury scaling 2018 update: Spleen, liver, and kidney.
Rosemary A. Kozar, Marie Crandall, Kathirkamanthan Shanmuganathan, Ben L Zarzaur, Mike Coburn
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2018-12-01
43 citations
Hemodynamic and oxygen transport effects of pentastarch in burn resuscitation.
Kenneth Waxman, Ronald Holness, Gail T. Tominaga, Paula Chela, Judy Grimes
Annals of Surgery. 1989-03-01

Books/Book Chapters

Acute Care Surgery
Chapter: The Immunicompromised Patient and the Acute Abdomen
Tominaga, GTEditors: Britt LD, Peitzman AB, Barie PS.Wolters KluwerEdition 2nd,2018
Vacular Access: Principles and Practice
Chapter: Placement of indwelling venous access systems
Wiseman JE, Tominaga GT, Jakowatz JGEditors: Wlison SE.Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams and WilkinsEdition 5th,2009
Vascular Access: Principles and Practice
Chapter: Placement of Indwelling Venous Access Systems
Theuer CP, Tominaga GT, Jakowatz JGEditors: Wilson SE.MosbyEdition 4th,2002
Procedures and Monitoring for the Critically Ill
Chapter: Bronchoscopy
Tominaga GTEditors: Shoemaker W, Velmahos G, Demetriades D.W. B. Saunders CompanyEdition 1st,2001
Trauma Management
Chapter: Crush Syndrome
Page 618 - 622Tominaga GTEditors: Demetriades D, Asensio JA.Landes Bioscience2000
Shoemake's Textbook of Critical Care
Chapter: Plasma and Blood Substitutes
Page 314 - 321Tominaga GT, Waxman KEditors: Shoemaker W, Ayres SM, Grenvik ANA, Holbrook PR.W. B. SaundersEdition 4th,2000
Pocket Companion to Tesxtbook of Critical Care
Chapter: Chapetr 10 - Trauma
Tominaga GT, Waxman KEditors: Shoemaker W, Ayres SM, Grenvik ANA, Holbrook PR.W. B. Saunders1996
Vascular Access Surgery
Chapter: Placment of Venous Access Devices
Tominaga GT, Jakowatz JEditors: Wilson SE.Mosby-Year Book, IncEdition 3rd,1996
Shoemaker's Textbook of Critical Care
Chapter: Plasma and Blood Substitutes
Tominaga GT, Waxman KEditors: Shoemaker W, Ayres SM, Grenvik ANA, Holbrook PR.W. B. SaundersEdition 3rd,1995
Vascular Surgery
Chapter: Long Term Venous Access
Tominaga GT, Butler JEditors: Rutherford RB.W.B. SaundersEdition 4th,1995
Trauma 2000 - Strategies for the New Millennium
Chapter: Resuscitation Solutions
Tominaga GT, Waxman KEditors: Gamelli RL, Dries DJ.R. G. Landes Company1992
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