MelissaPerkalMD
General Surgery • West Haven, CTTrauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Associate Professor, Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine Associate Director Dept of Surgery, West Haven VA
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Office
950 Campbell Ave
West Haven, CT 06516Phone+1 203-932-5711Fax+1 203-937-3845
Summary
- Dr. Melissa Perkal is a general surgeon in West Haven, CT and is affiliated with Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System. She received her medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and has been in practice 33 years. She specializes in trauma surgery & surgical critical care and is experienced in trauma and surgical critical care and acute care surgery (emergency general surgery).
Education & Training
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1985 - 1989- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1984 - 1985
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 1984
Certifications & Licensure
CT 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
- Surgical Outcomes and Utilization of Laparoscopic Versus Robotic Techniques for Elective Colectomy in Asian American and Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Diagn...Vanita Ahuja, Shilpa S Murthy, Ira L Leeds, Lucero G Paredes, David G Su
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2024-10-01 - Risk of Serious Adverse Gastrointestinal Events with Potassium Binders in Hospitalized Patients: A National Study.Jürgen L Holleck, Ling Han, Melissa Skanderson, Lori A Bastian, Craig G Gunderson
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2024-08-05 - 1 citationsRacial disparities in complications following elective colon cancer resection: Impact of laparoscopic versus robotic approaches.Vanita Ahuja, Lucero G Paredes, Lucero G Paredes, Ira L Leeds, Melissa F Perkal
American Journal of Surgery. 2024-01-01
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