Raul S Coimbra MD PhD
Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Chief, Division of Trauma, Univeristy of California San Diego Health Sciences
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200 W Arbor DrMail Code 8896San Diego, CA 92103
Phone+1 619-543-7024
Fax+1 619-543-7202
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Education & Training
Faculty Of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa De Sao PauloClass of 1985
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2001 - 2027
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- EVALUATION OF BIOMARKERS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY EXTENSION STUDY Start of enrollment: 2015 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Survey on the Management of Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury During Pregnancy: The MAMA Study.Edoardo Picetti, Monica S Vavilala, Raul Coimbra, Rafael Badenes, Marta V Antonini
Neurocritical Care. 2025-04-01 - Outcomes Comparison of Endovascular and Open Surgical Approaches for Subclavian Arterial Injury: A Nationwide Analysis.Maru Kim, Matthew Firek, Bruno C Coimbra, Timothy Allison-Aipa, Bishoy Zakhary
Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2025-03-01 - COVID-19 infection is a significant risk factor for death in patients presenting with acute cholecystitis: a secondary analysis of the ChoCO-W cohort study.Belinda De Simone, Fikri M Abu-Zidan, Lucienne Kasongo, Ernest E Moore, Mauro Podda
World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2025-02-25
Journal Articles
- WSES Worldwide Emergency General Surgery Formation and Evaluation ProjectRaul Coimbra, Rao Ivatury, BioMed Central
- Impact of Trauma System Structure on Injury Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisRaul Coimbra, Howard Champion, World Journal of Surgery
- Novel Method Suggests Global Superiority of Short-Duration Antibiotics for Intra-Abdominal InfectionsNicholas Namias, Kaysie L Banton, Jeffrey A Claridge, Joseph Cuschieri, Raul Coimbra, Reza Askari, E Patchen Dellinger, Clinical Infectious Diseases
Authored Content
- Management of Inferior Vena Caval Injury: Repair or Ligation? A Propensity Score Matching Analysis Using the National Trauma Data BankFebruary 2018
- Management of Inferior Vena Caval Injury: Repair or Ligation? A Propensity Score Matching Analysis Using the National Trauma Data BankFebruary 2018
Press Mentions
New Emergency General Surgery Verification Program Releases Inaugural Standards for Quality Care in Emergency General SurgerySeptember 21st, 2022- RUHS-MC Becomes First ACS Level 1 Trauma Center in CountyJuly 12th, 2021
- Riverside Med Center Named Only Level-1 Trauma Center in CountyFebruary 1st, 2021
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Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish, Portuguese
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