JerryStassinopoulosMDMPH, FACS

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Director of Acute Care Surgery | Section Chief of Surgery

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Dr. Jerry Stassinopoulos is a general surgeon in Colorado, and is affiliated with multiple hospitals within the University of Colorado Health System. He received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine and has been in practice for14 years. He had a long affiliation with Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit Michigan prior to his career in Colorado. He speaks multiple languages, including Greek. He specializes in trauma surgery & surgical critical care, and is an experienced general surgery who performs a wide variety of surgeries involving the gastrointestinal tract, as well as hernia surgery, trauma and acute care surgeries.

University of MichiganMPH, Health Services Administration and Public Health Policy, 2015 - 2017
Cook County Health and Hospitals SystemFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2009 - 2010
Detroit Medical Center CorporationResidency, Surgery, 2004 - 2009
Wayne State University School of MedicineClass of 2004

PubMed

Evaluation of the Nelson Criteria as an Indicator for Nonsurgical Admission in Trauma Patients.
Janet S Lee, Abid D Khan, Lisa Schlitzkus, Nathan Schmoekel, Jerry Stassinopoulos
The American Surgeon. 2022-07-01
3 citations
Time is of the Essence: Impact of a More Aggressive Chemical Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Regimen on Trauma Patients.
Thomas J. Schroeppel, Lesley P. Clement, Alyssa A Douville, Nathan H. Schmoekel, Jerry Stassinopoulos
The American Surgeon. 2021-11-19
19 citations
Rib fractures in the elderly: physiology trumps anatomy
Nathan Schmoekel, Jon Berguson, Jerry Stassinopoulos, Efstathios Karamanos, Joe Patton
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2019-03-01

Journal Articles

A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of an Adjuvanted Subunit Vaccine for the Prevention of Herpes Zoster and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia
Carpenter, Christopher & Aljassem, Annas & Stassinopoulos, Jerry & Pisacreta, Giovanni & Hutton, David., Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2017

Abstracts/Posters

Rib Fractures in the Elderly: Physiology Trumps Anatomy
Nathan Schmoekel, Jerry Stassinopoulos, Pat Patton, and Jeffery Johnson, 4th World Trauma Congress. Session XVII: WTC III Session: Geriatrics/Outcomes, American Association for the Surgery for Trauma Annual Meeting 2018, San Diego, CA., 9/28/2018
The Role of Nucleated Red Blood Cells as a Marker for ICU Admission
Sachwani-Daswani, Gul; Stassinopoulos, Jerry; Falvo, Anthony; Jordan, Jack; Ritz, Jennife; Kuzich, Mark; Onkoba, Violet, Critical Care Medicine, 12/2014

Physician Advisor, Office of Government Affairs: Public Health Policy and Research 2019 - Present
Health Policy Advocacy Advisory Member, American College of Surgeons Political Action Committee 2017 - Present