Professor, Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Nicholas Namias, MD
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Nicholas Namias practices General Surgery. He went to Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is ranked 74/67 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received 4 awards: "Top Doctors:South Florida", "Super Doctor", "Fellow (FCCM)" and "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Nicholas Namias has written publications. He has 99 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Management of casualties from the bombing at the centennial olympics.' Nicholas Namias is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Percutaneously drained intra-abdominal infections do not require longer duration of antimicrobial therapy.
- Does Isolated Hemoperitoneum Cause Peritonitis? A Review of 400 Trauma Laparotomies.
- Injury patterns and outcomes following pediatric bicycle accidents.
- Association Between American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination Scores and Resident Performance.
- Lost information during the handover of critically injured trauma patients: a mixed-methods study.
- Risk factors for venous thromboembolism after pediatric trauma.
- Risk of pulmonary embolism with repair or ligation of major venous injury following penetrating trauma.
- Surveillance cultures growing carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii predict the development of clinical infections: a retrospective cohort study.
- Hypercoagulability and venous thromboembolism in burn patients.
- Pediatric vascular injury: experience of a level 1 trauma center.
- Management of femoral vessel injuries: a 6-year single-center experience.
- Pediatric emergency department thoracotomy: a large case series and systematic review.
- Mycobacterium abscessus Infection in a Burn Intensive Care Unit Patient.
- Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Penetrating chest trauma.
- Repair of an Acute Blunt Popliteal Artery Trauma via Endovascular Approach.
- Are Burn Patients Really at Risk for Thrombotic Events?
- Simple Acute Appendicitis versus Non-Perforated Gangrenous Appendicitis: Is There a Difference in the Rate of Post-Operative Infectious Complications?
- Differences between blunt and penetrating trauma after resuscitation with hydroxyethyl starch.
- Do all trauma patients benefit from tranexamic acid?
- Management of lower extremity vascular injuries in pediatric trauma patients: A single Level I trauma center experience.
- Vasopressor Use during Emergency Trauma Surgery.
- Environmental Exposure to Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii as a Risk Factor for Patient Acquisition of A. baumannii.
- Time to resuscitate a sacred cow...With normal saline.
- Novel prehospital monitor with injury acuity alarm to identify trauma patients who require lifesaving intervention.
- Acute generalized pustular psoriasis, von Zumbusch type, treated in the burn unit. A review of clinical features and new therapeutics.
- Hypercoagulability and other risk factors in trauma intensive care unit patients with venous thromboembolism.
- Sticking our neck out: is magnetic resonance imaging needed to clear an obtunded patient's cervical spine?
- Aerosolization of Acinetobacter baumannii in a trauma ICU*.
- Examining Triage Patterns of Inhalation Injury and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis-Stevens Johnson Syndrome.
- Hypercoagulability after burn injury.
- Acinetobacter baumannii: Association between Environmental Contamination of Patient Rooms and Occupant Status.
- Bilateral near-infrared spectroscopy for detecting traumatic vascular injury.
- Repeat head computed tomography after minimal brain injury identifies the need for craniotomy in the absence of neurologic change.
- The Impact of Caregiver Support on Mortality Following Burn Injury in the Elderly.
- Exploring trauma recidivism in an elderly cohort.
- Use of a warming catheter to achieve normothermia in large burns.
- Impact of definitions on trauma center mortality rates and performance.
- Venous thromboembolism after trauma: a never event?*.
- Decreasing Operating Room Environmental Pathogen Contamination through Improved Cleaning Practice.
- Tracking Non-Burn Center Care: What You Don't Know May Surprise You.
- Does hemopericardium after chest trauma mandate sternotomy?
- Comparison of antral tap with endoscopically directed nasal culture.
- Potentially life-threatening complication of pulmonary artery catherization.
- Penetrating colon injuries requiring resection: diversion or primary anastomosis? An AAST prospective multicenter study.
- Hemoperitoneum score helps determine need for therapeutic laparotomy.
- Prospective randomized trial of two wound management strategies for dirty abdominal wounds.
- Gram positive infection in trauma patients: new strategies to decrease emerging Gram-positive resistance and vancomycin toxicity.
- Combined carotid artery injury and laryngeal fracture secondary to dog bite: case report.
- Incidence and susceptibility of pathogenic bacteria vary between intensive care units within a single hospital: implications for empiric antibiotic strategies.
- Pathogenic bacteria on personal pagers.
- Biodebridement: a case report of maggot therapy for limb salvage after fourth-degree burns.
- Pharmacokinetics and burn eschar penetration of intravenous ciprofloxacin in patients with major thermal injuries.
- Digital imaging technology in trauma education: a quantum leap forward.
- The epidemic of cocaine-related juxtapyloric perforations: with a comment on the importance of testing for Helicobacter pylori.
- Spinal cord injuries in adolescents after gunshot wounds: an increasing phenomenon in urban North America.
- Cost and morbidity associated with antibiotic prophylaxis in the ICU.
- Management of casualties from the bombing at the centennial olympics.
- Empiric therapy of sepsis in the surgical intensive care unit with broad-spectrum antibiotics for 72 hours does not lead to the emergence of resistant bacteria.
- Can surgeons evaluate emergency ultrasound scans for blunt abdominal trauma?
- Rapid detection of traumatic effusion using surgeon-performed ultrasonography.
- A reappraisal of the role of Gram's stains of tracheal aspirates in guiding antibiotic selection in the surgical intensive care unit.
- Trends in resident experience in open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Spontaneous rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients with non-related blunt traumatic injuries.
- Diagnostic laparoscopy for dog bite wounds to the abdomen.
- Penetrating trauma secondary to heterotopic ossification in a laparatomy scar: a case report.
- Utility of admission chemistry and coagulation profiles in trauma patients: a reappraisal of traditional practice.
- 1,000 consecutive ultrasounds for blunt abdominal trauma.
- Laparoscopic repair of a gunshot wound to the diaphragm: a case report.
- Laparoscopic colostomy for a gunshot wound to the rectum.
- Open surgical wounds: how does Aquacel compare with wet-to-dry gauze?
- Honey in the management of infections.
- Predicting the need for laparotomy in pediatric trauma patients on the basis of the ultrasound score.
- A new approach to extraperitoneal rectal injuries: laparoscopy and diverting loop colostomy.
- Handsewn versus stapled anastomosis in penetrating colon injuries requiring resection: a multicenter study.
- Chance favors the prepared mind: the association between heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and bilateral adrenal hemorrhage.
- Coagulation abnormalities following thermal injury.
- First report on safety and efficacy of hetastarch solution for initial fluid resuscitation at a level 1 trauma center.
- Trauma surgeon mortality rates correlate with surgeon time at institution.
- Nosocomial urinary tract infection.
- Continuous-infusion oxacillin for the treatment of burn wound cellulitis.
- Body surface area prediction in normal, hypermuscular, and obese mice.
- Long-term outcome of acellular dermal matrix when used for large traumatic open abdomen.
- Survey of surgical infections currently known (SOSICK): a multicenter examination of antimicrobial use from the surgical infection society scientific studies committee.
- Outpatient management of pediatric burns.
- Biologic dressing in burns.
- Core warming of a burn patient during excision to prevent hypothermia.
- Timing of central venous catheter exchange and frequency of bacteremia in burn patients.
- Outcomes of Acinetobacter baumannii infection in critically ill surgical patients.
- Advances in burn care.
- Incidence of hepatic dysfunction is equivalent in burn patients receiving oxandrolone and controls.
- Aerosolized tobramycin in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a pilot study.
- Randomized, multicenter, double-blind study of efficacy, safety, and tolerability of intravenous ertapenem versus piperacillin/tazobactam in treatment of complicated i...
- Outcomes of Acinetobacter baumannii infection in critically ill burned patients.
- Complete intracranial autolysis after thermal injury.
- What does ultrasonography miss in blunt trauma patients with a low Glasgow Coma Score (GCS)?
- Defining the research agenda for surgical infection: a consensus of experts using the Delphi approach.
- The effect of antipyretic therapy upon outcomes in critically ill patients: a randomized, prospective study.
- Secondary injury after multiple gun shot wounds.
Schools
University of Medicine And Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Jackson Mem HospJackson Health
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- AvMed
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- Medica
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- State Farm
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Neighborhood Health Partnership
- Options PPO
Awards
- Top Doctors:South Florida
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FCCM)
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Jackson Memorial Hospital - Jackson Health System -
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Hospital
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University of Miami Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1326004227 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | NAMIAS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | NICHOLAS | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 331361005 | |
| NPPES Provider State | FL | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 18.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1326004227 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | NAMIAS |
| First Name Of The Provider | NICHOLAS |
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