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David Ciesla, MD

Director, College Of Medicine Surgery

Assoc Professor, College Of Medicine Surgery

Director Acute Care Surgery Division, Dept Surgery, College of Medicine, University of South FLorida

Medical Director, Regional Trauma Program, Tampa General Hospital

Director Surgical Critical Care Trainain Program, Dept Surgery, College of Medicine, University of South Florida

Education

  • Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado, 2003
  • Fellowship, Trauma, University of Colorado, 2000
  • Residency, General Surgery, University of Colorado, 2002
  • Internship, General Surgery, University of Colorado, 1996
  • Medical School, University of Colorado, 1995
  • Graduate, University of Colorado, 1993
  • MD, University of Colorado, 1995

Locations

  • Primary Address , 1 Tampa General Circle Tampa, FL 33606
  • Secondary Address , 2 Tampa General Circle , 3rd Floor Tampa, FL 33606
  • USF Academic Address , 1 Tampa General Circle , G - 417 Tampa, FL 33606
  • Mail Point , MDC Box 16 ,
  • Physical Billing Address , 12901 Bruce B Downs BLVD Tampa, FL 33612

Clinical Interests

  • Trauma Surgery
  • Emergency General Surgery
  • General Surgery
  • Surgical Critical Care

Specialties

  • Surgery-GeneralSurgical Critical Care MedicineTrauma Surgery

Memberships

  • Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society (Member, 2008 - Present)
  • Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (Member, 2007 - Present)
  • American College of Surgeons (Fellow, 2006 - Present)
  • American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (Fellow, 2006 - Present)
  • Association of Academic Surgery (Member, 2006 - Present)
  • Shock Society (Member, 2003 - Present)
  • Southwestern Surgical Congress (Member, 2003 - Present)
  • Western Trauma Association (Member, 2002 - Present)

Selected Publications

Ciesla, DJ.Cha, JY.Smith, JS.Llerena, LE.Smith, DJ.
Implementation of an acute care surgery service at an academic trauma center.
American journal of surgery. 202(6) : 779-85; discussion 785-6, 2011.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22137137

Sauaia, A.Moore, EE.Johnson, JL.Ciesla, DJ.Biffl, WL.Banerjee, A.
Validation of postinjury multiple organ failure scores.
Shock (Augusta, Ga.). 31(5) : 438-47, 2009.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18838942

Ciesla, DJ.Sava, JA.Street, JH.Jordan, MH.
Secondary overtriage: a consequence of an immature trauma system.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 206(1) : 131-7, 2008.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18155578

Ciesla, DJ.Sava, JA.Kennedy, SO.Levinson, K.Jordan, MH.
Trauma patients: you can get them in, but you can't get them out.
American journal of surgery. 195(1) : 78-83, 2008.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18082546

Ciesla, DJ.
The acute care surgeon and emergency specialty procedures.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 205(1) : 187-9, 2007.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17617350

Ciesla, DJ.
Trauma systems and access to emergency medical care.
The Journal of trauma. 62(6 Suppl) : S51, 2007.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17556971

Sava, J.Ciesla, D.Williams, M.Street, J.White, P.Wang, D.
Is informed consent in trauma a lost cause? A prospective evaluation of acutely injured patients' ability to give consent.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 205(3) : 405-8, 2007.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17765155

Sheppard, FR.Cothren, CC.Moore, EE.Orfanakis, A.Ciesla, DJ.Johnson, JL.Burch, JM.
Emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy for nontorso injuries.
Surgery. 139(4) : 574-6, 2006.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16627069

Cothren, CC.Lutfiyya, WL.Kim, FJ.Ciesla, DJ.
Image of the month: Schwannoma.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 141(9) : 941-2, 2006.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16983038

Ciesla, DJ.Moore, EE.Johnson, JL.Burch, JM.Cothren, CC.Sauaia, A.
Obesity increases risk of organ failure after severe trauma.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 203(4) : 539-45, 2006.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17000399

Ciesla, DJ.Moore, EE.Cothren, CC.Johnson, JL.Burch, JM.
Has the trauma surgeon become house staff for the surgical subspecialist?
American journal of surgery. 192(6) : 732-7, 2006.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17161084

Ciesla, DJ.Moore, EE.Johnson, JL.Cothren, CC.Banerjee, A.Burch, JM.Sauaia, A.
Decreased progression of postinjury lung dysfunction to the acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure.
Surgery. 140(4) : 640-7; discussion 647-8, 2006.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17011912

Cothren, CC.Moore, EE.Ray, CE.Ciesla, DJ.Johnson, JL.Moore, JB.Burch, JM.
Screening for blunt cerebrovascular injuries is cost-effective.
American journal of surgery. 190(6) : 845-9, 2005.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16307932

Ciesla, DJ.Moore, EE.Johnson, JL.Burch, JM.Cothren, CC.Sauaia, A.
The role of the lung in postinjury multiple organ failure.
Surgery. 138(4) : 749-57; discussion 757-8, 2005.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16269305

Cothren, CC.Moore, EE.Ray, CE.Ciesla, DJ.Johnson, JL.Moore, JB.Burch, JM.
Carotid artery stents for blunt cerebrovascular injury: risks exceed benefits.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 140(5) : 480-5; discussion 485-6, 2005.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15897444

Ciesla, DJ.Moore, EE.Johnson, JL.Burch, JM.Cothren, CC.Sauaia, A.
A 12-year prospective study of postinjury multiple organ failure: has anything changed?
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 140(5) : 432-8; discussion 438-40, 2005.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15897438

Cothren, CC.Moore, EE.Johnson, JL.Moore, JB.Ciesla, DJ.Burch, JM.
Can we afford to do laparoscopic appendectomy in an academic hospital?
American journal of surgery. 190(6) : 950-4, 2005.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16307952

Moore, EE.Moore, FA.Harken, AH.Johnson, JL.Ciesla, D.Banerjee, A.
The two-event construct of postinjury multiple organ failure.
Shock (Augusta, Ga.). 24 Suppl 1: 71-4, 2005.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16374376

Ciesla, DJ.Moore, EE.Moore, JB.Johnson, JL.Cothren, CC.Burch, JM.
The academic trauma center is a model for the future trauma and acute care surgeon.
The Journal of trauma. 58(4) : 657-61; discussion 661-2, 2005.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15824639

Barsness, KA.Bensard, DD.Ciesla, D.Partrick, DA.Hendrickson, R.Karrer, FM.
Blunt diaphragmatic rupture in children.
The Journal of trauma. 56(1) : 80-2, 2004.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14749570

Cothren, CC.Moore, EE.Biffl, WL.Ciesla, DJ.Ray, CE.Johnson, JL.Moore, JB.Burch, JM.
Anticoagulation is the gold standard therapy for blunt carotid injuries to reduce stroke rate.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 139(5) : 540-5; discussion 545-6, 2004.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15136355

Ciesla, DJ.Moore, EE.Moore, JB.Johnson, JL.Cothren, CC.Burch, JM.
Intubation alone does not mandate trauma surgeon presence on patient arrival to the emergency department.
The Journal of trauma. 56(5) : 937-41; discussion 941-2, 2004.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15179230

Cothren, CC.Moore, EE.Long, JS.Haenel, JB.Johnson, JL.Ciesla, DJ.
Large volume polymerized haemoglobin solution in a Jehovah's Witness following abruptio placentae.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England). 14(3) : 241-6, 2004.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15180817

Ciesla, DJ.Moore, EE.Johnson, JL.Sauaia, A.Cothren, CC.Moore, JB.Burch, JM.
Multiple organ dysfunction during resuscitation is not postinjury multiple organ failure.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 139(6) : 590-4; discussion 594-5, 2004.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15197083

Powell, DW.Moore, EE.Cothren, CC.Ciesla, DJ.Burch, JM.Moore, JB.Johnson, JL.
Is emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy futile care for the critically injured patient requiring prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 199(2) : 211-5, 2004.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15275875

Cothren, CC.Moore, EE.Ciesla, DJ.Johnson, JL.Moore, JB.Haenel, JB.Burch, JM.
Postinjury abdominal compartment syndrome does not preclude early enteral feeding after definitive closure.
American journal of surgery. 188(6) : 653-8, 2004.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15619479

Cothren, CC.Moore, EE.Biffl, WL.Ray, CE.Ciesla, DJ.Johnson, JL.
Radiographic characteristics of postinjury splenic autotransplantation: avoiding a diagnostic dilemma.
The Journal of trauma. 57(3) : 537-41, 2004.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15454799

Cothren, CC.Moore, EE.Biffl, WL.Ciesla, DJ.Ray, CE.Johnson, JL.Moore, JB.Burch, JM.
Cervical spine fracture patterns predictive of blunt vertebral artery injury.
The Journal of trauma. 55(5) : 811-3, 2003.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14608149

Biffl, WL.Carnaggio, R.Moore, EE.Ciesla, DJ.Johnson, JL.Silliman, CC.
Clinically relevant hypertonicity prevents stored blood- and lipid-mediated delayed neutrophil apoptosis independent of p38 MAPK or caspase-3 activation.
Surgery. 134(1) : 86-91, 2003.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12874587