Juan Carlos Puyana MD
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Titles:
Associate Professor, CCM
and Surgery

Contact:
Email: puyanajc@msx.upmc.edu

Degrees:

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE YEAR FIELD
Universidad Javeriana Bogota Colombia MD 1983  
Residency:  
Mcgill University Montreal Resident 1989 General Surgery
Fellowship:
 
Yale University School Of Medicine Fellow 1992 Trauma Critical Care
Board Certifications: Year
General Surgery
1992, 2002
Surgical Critical Care 1992, 2002

Administrative Title:

  • Director Of Trauma/Surgery Icu, Presbyterian Hospital Pittsburgh

Major Honors/Awards:

  • Partners HealthCare System Excellence Award
    Clinical CIMIT December 1999 Partners Health Care Excelence award on Clinical CIMIT
  • G.R.E.A.T. (Group Recognition for Excellence and Teamwork) Award
    October-December 1997 Quarter UMMC Mechanical Ventilation Management Team

Research Grants:

Title Source of Support
End points of Cellular Resuscitation Department of Defense United Sates Army and CIMIT
Non Invasive measurement of hematocrit and muscle pH with NIR National Space Biomedical Research Institute

Current Research Interest:

  • Translational research aiming at improving and enhancing bed side monitoring and in vivo real time measurements of true indicators of the adequacy of cellular resuscitation in trauma patients with severe hemorrhagic shock as well as critically ill patients with hypoperfusion syndrome.

Publications:

  • Blood CG, Puyana JC, Pitlyk PJ, Hoyt DB, Bjerke HS, Fridman J, Walker GJ,
    Zouris JM, Zhang J. An Assessment of the Potential for Reducing Future Combat Deaths through Medical
    Technologies and Training.J Trauma. 2002 Dec;53(6):1160-5.
  • Boelens PG, Houdijk AP, Fonk JC, Nijveldt RJ, Ferwerda CC, Von Blomberg-Van
    Der Flier BM, Thijs LG, Haarman HJ, Puyana JC, Van Leeuwen PA. Glutamine-Enriched Enteral Nutrition Increases HLA-DR Expression on Monocytes of Trauma Patients. J Nutr. 2002 Sep;132(9):2580-6.
  • Sims C, Seigne P, Menconi M, Monarca J, Barlow C, Pettit J, Puyana JC: Skeletal muscle acidosis correlates with the severity of blood volume loss during shock and resuscitation. J Trauma, 2001. 51(6): p. 1137-45; discussion 1145-6.
  • Soller BR, Heard SO, Cingo NA, His C, Favreau J, Khan T, Ross RR, Puyana JC: Application of fiberoptic sensors for the study of hepatic dysoxia in swine hemorrhagic shock. Crit Care Med, 2001. 29(7): p. 1438-44.
  • Soller RB, Cingo N, Puyana JC, Khan T, Kim H, Favreau J, Heard S.O. Simultaneous measurement of hepatic tissue pH, venous oxygen saturation and hemoglobin by near infra red spectroscopy. Shock 2001, 15 Feb (2): 106-111.

Presentations at Major Meetings:

  • End points of Resuscitation: Clinical implications . Chilean society of general surgeons. Pucon Chile November 2002
  • Monitoring tissue perfusion in the ICU: Cellular endpoints of resuscitation. Hartford Hospital, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery. Hartford, CT, May, 2002.
  • Prophylactic IVC filter in trauma patients. Allegheny General Hospital Shock Trauma Center. International Trauma Symposium May 2-4, 2002.
  • End Points of Cellular Resuscitation in Hemorrhagic Shock. Fort Dietrick TATRC DOD May 2002
  • The ICU of the future: Challenges for the biotechnology industry for the care of the critically ill patient. Department of Electrical engineering / Bioengineering HST course MIT, Boston MA June 2000.