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Office
1212 Pleasant St
Ste 211
Des Moines, IA 50309Phone+1 515-283-1541Fax+1 515-283-0473
Summary
- Dr. James Swegle is a retired general/trauma surgeon in Des Moines, IA. He was affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UnityPoint Health-Iowa Lutheran Hospital and UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine in 1985. He specialized in trauma surgery & surgical critical care and is experienced in trauma and surgical critical care and acute care surgery (emergency general surgery). He has 8 publications and over 100 citings.
Education & Training
Central Iowa Health System (Iowa Methodist Medical Center)Residency, Surgery, 1985 - 1990
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 1985
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Surgical Critical Care
Certifications & Licensure
IA State Medical License 1986 - 2023
TX State Medical License 1995 - 2022
CA State Medical License 1990 - 2019
AR State Medical License 1995 - 2004- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 8 citationsAnticoagulated trauma patients: a Level I trauma center's response to a growing geriatric populationMark D. Mason, Sarah K. Spilman, Elizabeth A. Fuchsen, Sherry D. Olson, Richard A. Sidwell
The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2017-10-01 - 14 citationsIs pain really undertreated? Challenges of addressing pain in trauma patients during prehospital transport and trauma resuscitationSarah K. Spilman, Garret T. Lechtenberg, K. Danielle Hahn, Elizabeth A. Fuchsen, Sherry D. Olson
Injury. 2016-09-01 - 9 citationsInfrequent assessment of pain in elderly trauma patients.Sarah K. Spilman, Lisa A. Baumhover, Cheryl L. Lillegraven, George Lederhaas, Sheryl M Sahr
Journal of Trauma Nursing. 2014-09-01
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