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John Kepros, MD, General Surgery, East Lansing, MI

John Paul Kepros MD CPE

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care


Hospital Efficiency, Quality, and Safety Consultant | Medical Communicator | Author | Certified Physician Executive

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  • 6478 E Island Lake DrEast Lansing, MI 48823

  • Phone+1 517-202-9439

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Summary

  • John Kepros, MD, is a general surgeon based in East Lansing, MI, with subspecialties in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. He completed his medical degree at the University of Iowa and pursued further training, including a fellowship in surgical critical care at Yale-New Haven Medical Center. He served as the trauma medical director and acute care surgeon at HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center and the Chief of Surgery at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Lansing. Additionally, he was an Associate Professor at Michigan State University. Dr. Kepros's experience includes trauma and surgical critical care, blunt aortic injury, pediatric multi-system trauma, healthcare outcomes research, and lower leg trauma. He has contributed to multiple publications and has received several honors, including the Resident Teaching Award from Michigan State University. More recently is focusing on hospital efficiency, quality, and safety improvement through evidence and analytics and is Certified Physician Executive.

Education & Training

  • Regis University  - College for Professional Studies
    Regis University - College for Professional StudiesMBA, Graduate Honors, 2008
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1998 - 1999
  • Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
    Michigan State University College of Human MedicineResidency, Surgery-Preliminary, 1992 - 1998
  • Sparrow Hospital
    Sparrow HospitalMS, Surgery, 1995 - 1996
  • LDS Hospital
    LDS HospitalInternship, Transitional, 1991 - 1992
  • University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
    University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 1991, MD
  • College of Engineering , University of Iowa
    College of Engineering , University of IowaBSE, Biomedical Engineering, 1987

Certifications & Licensure

  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 2019 - 2026
  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 1994 - 2026
  • CO State Medical License
    CO State Medical License 1999 - 2007
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 1998 - 2000
  • Surgery
    American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • Surgical Critical Care
    American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Resident Teaching Award Michigan State University Integrated Surgical Residency, 2010
  • Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2010
  • Marquis Who’s Who in America 2010
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

  • Nonoperative management of an esophageal perforation following Combitube placement.  
    Eigenberg M, Arrangoiz R, Nigliazzo A, Morrison C, Mosher B, Kepros J, J Surg Radiol
  • An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU.  
    Pronovost, P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, Sinopoli D, Chu H, Cosgrove S, Sexton B, Hyzy R, Welsh R, Roth G, Bander J, Kepros J, Goeschel C, The New England Journal of Medicine
  • The Product Life Cycle of Healthcare in the United States.  
    Kepros JP, Mosher, B, Anderson, C, Stevens P, The Internet Journal of Healthcare Administration
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Mechanical Ventilation with a Lung Protective Strategy can be Used in Critically Head Injured Patients.
    Kepros J, Harris, L, Craun, M, McGuire, E, Journal of Critical Care Medicine
  • Mathematical modeling of oxygen debt exposure and clearance in penetrating trauma patients.
    Kepros J, Critical Care Medicine
  • Mechanism of Down regulation of TNF and IL-6 by a Novel Nonanticoagulant Heparin (GM 1892) after Trauma Hemorrhage and Resuscitation.
    Kepros J, Wang P, Morrison M, Chaudry I, Owen H. Wangensteen Surgical Forum
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Lectures

  • Prothrombin Complex Concentrate More Rapidly Reverses Warfarin Related Coagulopathy than Fresh Frozen Plasma in Injured Patients. 
    Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST), Orlando, FL
  • Ventilation of the ARDS Patient. 
    27th Annual Rocky Mountain Trauma & Emergency Medicine Conference Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  • Minor Traumatic Intimal Flaps of the Aorta: Natural History and Nonoperative Management. 
    Western Trauma Association
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Other

  • Incidental finding of a type IV hiatal hernia following trauma work-up Internet Journal of Surgery. 
    Arrangoiz R, Nigliazzo A, Opreanu R, Mosher B, Stevens P, Morrison C, Kepros J, Internet Journal of Surgery
    http://www.ispub.com/journal/
  • Is Intra-operative Fluoroscopy Harmful? 
    Opreanu RC, Kepros JP, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
    http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/eletters/91/2/297#10337
  • Hepatorenal Syndrome. 
    Kepros JP, EPOCRATES® ONLINE
    http://www.bmj-preview.epocrates.com
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