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Kevin L Chow, MD


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About Kevin L Chow, MD:

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.

Expertise:

General Surgery

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

Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Education:

Medical School: St. Louis University
Internship: University of Illinois at Chicago
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
Fellowship: Emory University

New Patients:

YES

Locations

Primary Locations:

CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032

Other Locations:

NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital

5141 Broadway
New York, NY 10034

Insurances:

Please contact the doctor's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

AETNA [HMO, PPO, Student Health, Aetna Signature Administrators, NYP Employee Plan, NY Signature]
Affinity Health Plan [Medicaid Managed Care]
AgeWell [Medicare Managed Care, Special Needs]
Amerigroup of New Jersey [New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care), New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)]
CIGNA [Medicare Managed Care, POS, EPO, PPO, HMO, Great West (National)]
Emblem/GHI [Medicare Managed Care, PPO]
Emblem/HIP [Medicare Managed Care, Essential Plan, POS, EPO, Vytra, ConnectiCare, Select Care (Exchange), PPO, HMO, ConnectiCare]
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus]
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [EPO]
Fidelis Care [Essential Plan, Medicare Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care]
Healthfirst [Child/Family Health Plus, Medicare Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus, Leaf (Exchange), Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
Local 1199 [Local 1199, Local 1199]
MVP Health Care [Medicaid Managed Care, Essential Plan, Essential Plan, HMO, Medicaid Managed Care, Child/Family Health Plus]
MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare, MagnaCare]
Medicare [Traditional Medicare, Railroad, Railroad]
Multiplan [Multiplan, Multiplan]
Quality Health Management [Quality Health Management]
RiverSpring [Special Needs, Special Needs]
UnitedHealthcare [Compass (Exchange), POS, PPO, Medicaid (Community Plan), HMO, Empire Plan, Oxford Liberty, Oxford Freedom, Oxford HMO, POS, POS]
VNSNY CHOICE [SelectHealth]
WellCare [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
World Trade Center Health Plan [World Trade Center Health Plan]

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