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Office
920 Doug White Dr
Ste 210
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572Phone+1 843-497-6348Fax+1 843-497-6351
Summary
- Dr. Juan A. Asensio is a Trauma Surgeon and Surgical Critical Specialist as well as a General and formerly a Burn Surgeon in Omaha, NE and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center and CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy. He received his medical degree from Rush Medical College and has been in Academic Surgery for his entire career. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes in cardio- thoracic, trauma-vascular surgery and trauma surgery & surgical critical care and has experience in complex trauma surgery and Re-operative surgery as well as surgical critical care and general / thoracic , chest wall reconstruction and gastrointestinal surgery.
He is the author of 592 publications including peer reviewed, non-peer reviewed, abstracts , book chapters and books
His current h-Index is 64 .
He holds membership in over 89 Surgical societies world wide including multiple honorary memberships.
He is the Editor of Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care starting now with the 7th Edition.
He has authored 4 issues of the Surgical Clinics of North America and has delivered over 1,500 lectures worldwide with 180 National and a International Visiting Professorships in Europe, North, Central and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
He has received numerous scientific honors last being the Danis Prize for excellence in Trauma Surgery conferred at the last meeting of the International Surgery Society an honor given only 32 times since 1902.
He is a Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John’s of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta . The well known “Knights of Malta”
The only remaining Order of the Crusades dating back to 1099.
He is both a basic and clinical surgeon scientist ; and has trained over 250 Trauma Surgery Fellows from the USA And 55 countries.
He holds Professorships in 7 Medical Schools.
Education & Training
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1979 - 1985
- Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical CenterClass of 1979
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterFellowship, Surgical Critical Care
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1993 - Present
- FL State Medical License 2006 - 2026
- GA State Medical License 2014 - 2026
- IL State Medical License 1980 - 2026
- NE State Medical License 2014 - 2026
- NY State Medical License 2012 - 2025
- SC State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FRCS) Royal College of Surgeons England
- Fellow (FISS) International Surgical Society
- Danis Prize International Surgical Society for excellence and academic achievements in Trauma Surgery
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 16 citationsSubcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, pneumopericardium, and pneumoperitoneum from rectal barotrauma.Raffy Mirzayan, Vahan Cepkinian, Juan A. Asensio
The Journal of Trauma. 1996-12-01 - 150 citationsSelective nonoperative management in 1,856 patients with abdominal gunshot wounds: should routine laparotomy still be the standard of care?George C. Velmahos, Demetrios Demetriades, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Grant Sarkisyan, Linda S. Chan
Annals of Surgery. 2001-09-01 - 53 citationsManagement of accidental hypothermia and cold injury.Patrizio Petrone, Juan A. Asensio, Corrado P. Marini
Current Problems in Surgery. 2014-10-01
Press Mentions
- Renowned Trauma Surgeon: ‘Our Profession Is the Natural Guardian of Human Rights’November 10th, 2017
- Relatively New Surgery That Uses Plates to Realign Broken Ribs — Instead of Letting Them Heal on Their Own — Grows in UseAugust 15th, 2017
- Former U. S. Surgeon General to Speak at 2017 Trauma SymposiumJune 8th, 2017
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish
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