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Office
Bridgeport Hospital
267 Grant Street
Bridgeport, CT 06610Phone+1 203-384-3890Fax+1 203-384-4598
Summary
- Dr. Walter Cholewczynski is a general surgeon in Bridgeport, CT and is affiliated with Bridgeport Hospital. He received his medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School and has been in practice 22 years. He specializes in trauma surgery & surgical critical care and is experienced in trauma and surgical critical care, general surgery, hyperbaric oxygen therapy for wound healing, and emergency general surgery.
Education & Training
- University of MinnesotaFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1997 - 1998
- Maimonides Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1997
- NYU Grossman School of MedicineInternship, Surgery, 1991 - 1992
- Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolClass of 1991
- Pushkin Institute for Russia LanguageCertificate, 1986 - 1986
- University of Maryland, College ParkB.A., Russian Language & Literature, 1986
- Howard Community CollegeA.A., General Studies, with Honors, 1984
Certifications & Licensure
- CT State Medical License 2004 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 1993 - 2025
- MN State Medical License 1997 - 1999
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- C Elton Cahow Resident Education Award Yale Surgery Residents, 2016
- Certificate of Commendation, Outstanding Dedication to Resident Education Bridgeport Hospital (Yale) Surgery Residents, 2011
- Teacher of the Year Bridgeport Hospital, 2008
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 47 citationsSuccessful Nonoperative Management of the Most Severe Blunt Liver Injuries: A Multicenter Study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for TraumaGwendolyn M. van der Wilden, George C. Velmahos, Timothy A. Emhoff, Samielle Brancato, Charles A. Adams
Archives of Surgery. 2012-05-01 - 1 citationsA case of pyogenic liver abscesses in a previously healthy adolescent man.Dena A. Mentel, Danielle B. Cameron, Shea C. Gregg, Walter Cholewczynski, Alisa Savetamal
Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2014-11-10 - 4 citationsRecurrent fracture of a recovery inferior vena cava filter with pulmonary migration.Josephina A. Vossen, Shrey K. Thawait, Jennifer Susan Golia, Murthy R. Chamarthy, Walter Cholewczynski
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 2012-06-01
Journal Articles
- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: cost, charge and reimbursementTran D, Grandhige G, Jordan L, Possenti P, Fidler F, Cholewczynski W, Kamath R, Atweh N., Surg for Obesity & Related Dis, 1/1/2005
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Grade IV blunt cardiac injury with aortic valve rupture managed with valvuloplasty.Xu Q, Garland J, Gregg S, Cholewczynski W, Savetamal A, Crombie R, Possenti P, Atweh A., Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Congress, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2015
- Histological comparison of sheet dermal regeneration template vs meshed dermal regeneration template with sub-atmospheric pressure in reconstruction: preliminary results.Khan S, Fidler P, Choi Y, Cholewczynski W, Grandhige G, Bluestein H, Tran D, Palmer J, Atweh A., J Burn Care Res, 1/27/2006
- Influence of race in the development of Clostridium difficile colitis.Satheesan R, Rai S, Sandoval S, Cholewczynski W, Hodyl C, Andaz C, Acinapura A, Raju R., Lutheran Medical Center Resident Research Day, Brooklyn, NY, 1/1/2001
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Lectures
- Necrotizing FasciitisBridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT - 1/20/2016
- Rib FracturesHoliday Inn, Bridgeport, CT - 1/29/2015
- Principles of HBOT in Late Radiation Tissue InjuriesBridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT - 1/16/2015
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Committees
- Chairman, Critical Care Committee 2016 - Present
- Chairman, YNHHS Delirium Committee 2016 - Present
- Chairman, Surgical Critical Care Operations Committee 2016 - Present
- Chairman, YNHHS Alarm Management Committee 2015 - Present
- Bridgeport Hospital Physician Representative, YNHHS Anticoagulation Committee 2015 - Present
- Physician Representative Bridgeport Hospital, YNHHS Formulary Integration Committee 2011 - Present
- Bridgeport Hospital Surgical Critical Care Representative, YNHHS ICU Leadership Group 2004 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of TraumaMember
- Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine SocietyMember
- New England Surgical SocietyMember
- Society of Critical Care MedicineMember
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