Kevin L Chow, MD
Expertise:
About:
Dr. Kevin Chow is a trauma and acute care surgeon as well as a surgical intensivist joining the Acute Care Surgery Division. He completed a residency in General Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital. His clinic interests include surgical innovation, point of care ultrasound, robotic surgery, and trauma. He also has an interest in resident education through simulation and cadaver labs.
Honors:
2021 - Administrative Chief Resident, University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL
2019 - First Place in Poster Presentation Competition, Advocate Christ Medical Center Research Day. Chicago, IL
2018 - ATLS Instructor of the Year, American College of Surgeons Chicago Committee on Trauma. Chicago, IL
2018 - Roy and Joan Kroc Academic Scholar Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Surgery; Chicago, IL
2014 - Recognition in Community Service, Service and Advocacy Learning Community, Saint Louis University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO
2010 - Phi Beta Kappa – National Honor Society, University of California, Irvine; Irvine, CA
2008 - Tau Beta Pi – National Engineering Honor Society, University of California, Irvine; Irvine, CA
Publications:
Thomas YM, Regan SC, Quintana E, et al. Violence Prevention Programs Are Effective When Initiated During the Initial Workup of Patients in an Urban Level I Trauma Center. Am J Mens Health. 2022;16(5):15579883221125007. doi:10.1177/15579883221125007
Chow KL, Peters X, Mashbari H, Shokouh-Amiri M, Benjamin M, Warso M. A Case Report of Malignant E ccrine Porocarcinoma Involving the Palm Requiring Surgical Excision and Free Flap Reconstruction. Am J Case Rep. 2020;21:e925231. Published 2020 Nov 26. doi:10.12659/AJCR.925231
Chow KL, Omi EC, Santaniello J, et al. Traumatic abdominal wall hernias: a single-center case series of surgical management. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2020;5(1):e000495. Published 2020 Dec 1. doi:10.1136/tsaco-2020-000495
Robinson LA, Turco LM, Robinson B, Chow KL, Lee JK, et al. Outcomes in patients with gunshot wounds to the brain. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2019;4(1):e000351. Published 2019 Nov 17. doi:10.1136/tsaco-2019-000351
Chow KL, Alexander PJ, Sur JP, Omi EC. Surgical treatment for a case of coronary steal from a traumatic coronary artery-cameral fistula after blunt cardiac injury. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2018;51:50-53. doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.08.017
Chow KL, Smith-Singares E, Doherty J. A Traumatic Direct Inguinal Hernia from Pelvic Ring Disruption. Case Rep Surg. 2018;2018:5392430. Published 2018 Jul 10. doi:10.1155/2018/5392430
Baldwin D, Chow KL, Mashbari H, Omi E, Lee JK. Case reports of atrial and pericardial rupture from blunt cardiac trauma. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018;13(1):71. Published 2018 Jun 19. doi:10.1186/s13019-018-0753-2
Mashbari H, Hemdi M, Chow KL, et al. A Randomized Controlled Trial on Intra-Abdominal Irrigation during Emergency Trauma Laparotomy; Time for Yet Another Paradigm Shift. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2018;6(2):100-107. doi:10.29252/beat-060203
Chow KL, Mashbari H, Hemdi M, Smith-Singares E. P374: Esophageal Salvage Using Stents After Failure of Primary Surgical Repair of Penetrating Trauma. Surg Endosc. 2018; 32:S236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-018-6121-4
Chow KL, Mashbari H, Hemdi M, Smith-Singares E. P373: Duodenal Stenting is Clinically Effective for the Management of Fistulous Output After Complex Pancreaticoduodenal Trauma: A Matched Case-Control Study. Surg Endosc. 2018; 32:S235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-018-6121-4
Chow KL, McElmeel DP, Brown HG, Tabriz MS, Omi EC. Invasive gastric mucormycosis: A case report of a deadly complication in an immunocompromised patient after penetrating trauma. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017;40:90-93. doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.09.013