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Office
3650 Chambers Pass
B3610
Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234Phone+1 210-916-8978Fax+1 210-358-1972
Summary
- Dr. Cestero received his M.D. from the University of California, San Diego. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of California, San Francisco – East Bay in 2003, followed by fellowships in Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at Los Angeles County/University of Southern California. Dr. Cestero is board certified in both general surgery and surgical critical care. During his time at LA County/USC, Dr. Cestero was awarded two commendations from the County of Los Angeles for his efforts as team leader of the LAC/USC Haiti Trauma/Critical Care Task Force after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. From 2003 to 2013, Dr. Cestero served as an active duty Navy surgeon and served as Department Head, Combat Casualty Care Research at the US Naval Medical Research Unit in San Antonio. Dr. Cestero has completed multiple combat surgical deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan and served as the Chief of Trauma for the NATO Role 3 Combat Hospital in Afghanistan in 2012. His military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, and Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Surgery at UT Health San Antonio, Director of the Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit, and Program Director of the Surgical Critical Care fellowship and the Trauma Surgery fellowship. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as the American College of Critical Care Medicine, and he serves as Vice Chair of the South Texas American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. He is also the Director of the UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine Executive Leadership Program, including the Executive MBA for Health Professionals and the Executive Development Program for Emerging Health Leaders. His research interests include clinical trauma care, critical care diagnostics, surgical device development, and medical leadership and management.
Education & Training
- University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2009 - 2010
- University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1996 - 2002
- University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1996
- University of California, San DiegoBS, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 1991
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1998 - Present
- TX State Medical License 2012 - 2026
- VA State Medical License 2011 - 2012
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Alternate Health Policy Scholar American College of Surgeons/American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 2015
- Honorary Medal for Combat Surgical Care 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma & Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery, 2014
- Commendation Medal, United States Navy Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, 2013
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 14 citationsNatural history and clinical implications of nondepressed skull fracture in young childrenSaif Hassan, Stephen M. Cohn, John R. Admire, Olliver Nunez-Cantu, Yousef Arar
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2014-07-01 - 4 citationsInitial Management of the Trauma PatientJ. Michael Ray, Ramon F. Cestero
Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. 2013-03-01
Journal Articles
- Endpoints of ResuscitationCestero RF, Dent DL, Surgical Clinics of North America, 1/1/2015
- Natural History and Clinical Implications of Non-Depressed Skull Fracture in Young ChildrenSaif F Hassan, Stephen M Cohn, John Admire, Olliver Nunez-Cantu, Yousef Arar, John G Myers, Daniel L Dent, Brian J Eastridge, Ramon F Cestero, Mark Gunst, Helen Markow..., Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 1/1/2014
- Venovenous extracorporeal life support improves survival in adult trauma patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: A multi-center retrospective cohort studyGuirand D, Okoye O, Schmidt B, Mansfield N, Aden J, Martin S, Cestero R, Hines M, Pranikoff T, Inaba K, Cannon J, Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Prehospital interventions in the combat zone-a prospective multicenter study of 1003 combat wounded.Lairet J, Bebarta V, Burns C, Lairet K, Rasmussen T, Renz E, King B, Fernandez W, Gerhardt B, Butler F, DuBose J, Cestero R, Salinas J, Torres P, Minnick J, Blackbourne L, Annual Meeting of the National Association of EMS Physicians, 1/1/2012
- The effectiveness of a cognitive task analysis informed curriculum to increase self-efficacy and improve performance for an open cricothyrotomy.Sullivan M, Yates K, Clark R, Green D, Tang A, Cestero RF, Plurad D, Lam L, Inaba K, Association for Surgical Education Annual Meeting, 1/1/2011
- Extracorporeal life support improves survival in adult trauma patients with severe respiratory failure: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.Guirand D, Okoye O, Martin S, Aden J, Hines M, Pranikoff T, Cestero R, Inaba K, Cannon J, Chest, 1/1/2011
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Lectures
- "Border Violence"University Medical Center Brackenridge, Austin, TX - 1/1/2015
- "Military Trauma: Civilian Applications in Age of Terrorism"San Antonio, TX - 1/1/2015
- "ICU Management of Potential Organ Donors"San Antonio, TX - 1/1/2015
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Other
- "The Effect of Hemostatic Dressings in Subclavian Artery and Vein Transection Model"Cestero RF, Song BK, Technical Report, US Navy, Combat Casualty Care Research Department
1/1/2013 - Editor: "First to Cut-Trauma Lessons Learned in the Combat Zone, 2nd Ed."Cestero RF (Navy Surgical Editor), et al
1/1/2012 - Editor: "Emergency War Surgery, 4th Ed."Cestero RF (Navy Surgical Editor), et al
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