Robert Mackersie, MD
Professor Emeritus
Surgery
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Residency School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco

Publications (97)

Top publication keywords:
Guidelines as TopicMultiple TraumaTriageSpinal InjuriesWounds and InjuriesResuscitationCraniocerebral TraumaWounds, NonpenetratingTidal VolumeThoracic InjuriesTrauma CentersTraumatologyInjury Severity ScoreSocietiesWork of Breathing

• Pain Assessment in Older Adults After Traumatic Injury.
  JAMA surgery 2025 Gonzalez N, Schwartz H, Menza R, Shui AM, Mackersie R, Bongiovanni T
• Is state trauma funding associated with mortality among injured hospitalized patients?
  American journal of surgery 2023 Byskosh A, Shi M, Helenowski I, Holl JL, Hsia RY, Liepert AE, Mackersie RC, Stey AM
• Characterizing re-triage guidelines: A scoping review of states' rules and regulations.
  Surgery 2023 Broderick CT, Slocum JD, Visenio M, Jelke D, Albanese J, Voights MB, Fantus RJ, Eriksson EA, Lombardo S, Bonne SL, Velmahos GC, Kaufman E, Mackersie RC, Stey AM
• Does Trauma Center Volume Account for the Association Between Trauma Center Verification Level and In-Hospital Mortality among Children Injured by Firearms in California?
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2023 Sullivan GA, Reddy S, Reiter AJ, Zeineddin S, Visenio M, Hu A, Mackersie R, Kabre R, Raval MV, Stey AM
• Re-triage moderates association between state trauma funding and lower mortality of trauma patients.
  Injury 2023 Shi M, Reddy S, Furmanchuk A, Holl JL, Hsia RY, Mackersie RC, Bilimoria KY, Stey AM

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• Corrigendum to Surviving traumatic injury, only to die of acute drug poisoning: Should trauma centers be a path for intervention? [Surgery 170 (2021) pp 1249-54].
  Surgery 2023 Bongiovanni T, Hernandez S, Ledesma Y, Menza R, Wick E, Steinman M, Mackersie R, Stein DM, Coffin PO
• Geographic Disparities in Re-triage Destinations Among Seriously Injured Californians.
  Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches 2023 Furmanchuk A, Rydland KJ, Hsia RY, Mackersie R, Shi M, Hauser MW, Kho A, Bilimoria KY, Stey AM
• Defining obstacles to emergency transfer of trauma patients: An evaluation of retriage processes from nontrauma and lower-level Illinois trauma centers.
  Surgery 2022 Slocum JD, Holl JL, Love R, Shi M, Mackersie R, Alam H, Loftus TM, Andersen R, Bilimoria KY, Stey AM
• The Association of Limited English Proficiency With Morbidity and Mortality After Trauma.
  The Journal of surgical research 2022 Castro MRH, Schwartz H, Hernandez S, Calthorpe L, Fernández A, Stein D, Mackersie RC, Menza R, Bongiovanni T
• Association of Race/Ethnicity With Substance Use Testing After Trauma: A Cross-Sectional Study.
  The Journal of surgical research 2022 Hernandez S, Menza R, Schwartz H, Ledesma Y, Stein DM, Mackersie R, Bongiovanni T
• Limited English Proficiency Associated With Suboptimal Pain Assessment in Hospitalized Trauma Patients.
  The Journal of surgical research 2022 Schwartz H, Menza R, Lindquist K, Mackersie R, Fernández A, Stein D, Bongiovanni T
• Inequity in discharge pain management for trauma patients with limited English proficiency.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 Schwartz HEM, Matthay ZA, Menza R, Fernández A, Mackersie R, Stein DM, Bongiovanni T
• Surviving traumatic injury, only to die of acute drug poisoning: Should trauma centers be a path for intervention?
  Surgery 2021 Bongiovanni T, Hernandez S, Ledesma Y, Menza R, Wick E, Steinman M, Mackersie R, Stein DM, Coffin PO
• The DISTANCE study: Determining the impact of social distancing on trauma epidemiology during the COVID-19 epidemic-An interrupted time-series analysis.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 Matthay ZA, Kornblith AE, Matthay EC, Sedaghati M, Peterson S, Boeck M, Bongiovanni T, Campbell A, Chalwell L, Colwell C, Farrell MS, Kim WC, Knudson MM, Mackersie R, Li L, Nunez-Garcia B, Langness S,…
• Emergency general surgery utilization and disparities during COVID-19: an interrupted time-series analysis.
  Trauma surgery & acute care open 2021 Greenberg AL, Schwartz H, Collins CR, Kelly YM, Mackersie R, Mourad M, Roberts JP, Bongiovanni T
• Describing the density of high-level trauma centers in the 15 largest US cities.
  Trauma surgery & acute care open 2020 Stey AM, Byskosh A, Etkin C, Mackersie R, Stein DM, Bilimoria KY, Crandall ML
• F. William Blaisdell, MD: A leader for all time.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2020 Knudson MM, Schecter W, Mackersie R, Lewis F, Eastman B
• Pelvic fracture pattern predicts the need for hemorrhage control intervention-Results of an AAST multi-institutional study.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2017 Costantini TW, Coimbra R, Holcomb JB, Podbielski JM, Catalano RD, Blackburn A, Scalea TM, Stein DM, Williams L, Conflitti J, Keeney S, Hoey C, Zhou T, Sperry J, Skiada D, Inaba K, Williams BH, Minei …
• Reconsidering the Resources Needed for Multiple Casualty Events: Lessons Learned From the Crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214.
  JAMA surgery 2016 Campion EM, Juillard C, Knudson MM, Dicker R, Cohen MJ, Mackersie R, Campbell AR, Callcut RA
• Current management of hemorrhage from severe pelvic fractures: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional trial.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2016 Costantini TW, Coimbra R, Holcomb JB, Podbielski JM, Catalano R, Blackburn A, Scalea TM, Stein DM, Williams L, Conflitti J, Keeney S, Suleiman G, Zhou T, Sperry J, Skiada D, Inaba K, Williams BH, …
• The Triage of Injured Patients: Mechanism of Injury, Regardless of Injury Severity, Determines Hospital Destination.
  The American surgeon 2016 Staudenmayer K, Wang NE, Weiser TG, Maggio P, Mackersie RC, Spain D, Hsia RY
• Cervical spine clearance protocols in Level I, II, and III trauma centers in California.
  The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society 2014 Pekmezci M, Theologis AA, Dionisio R, Mackersie R, McClellan RT
• Recent developments in the assessment of the multiply injured trauma patient.
  Current opinion in critical care 2014 Campion EM, Mackersie RC
• Beyond emergency surgery: redefining acute care surgery.
  The Journal of surgical research 2014 Privette AR, Evans AE, Moyer JC, Nelson MF, Knudson MM, Mackersie RC, Callcut RA, Cohen MJ
• For the Care of the Underserved.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2014 Mackersie RC
• Variability in California triage from 2005 to 2009: a population-based longitudinal study of severely injured patients.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2014 Staudenmayer K, Lin F, Mackersie R, Spain D, Hsia R
• Cervical spine clearance protocols in level 1 trauma centers in the United States.
  Spine 2014 Theologis AA, Dionisio R, Mackersie R, McClellan RT, Pekmezci M
• Evaluating age in the field triage of injured persons.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2012 Nakamura Y, Daya M, Bulger EM, Schreiber M, Mackersie R, Hsia RY, Mann NC, Holmes JF, Staudenmayer K, Sturges Z, Liao M, Haukoos J, Kuppermann N, Barton ED, Newgard CD, WESTRN Investigators
• The forgotten trauma patient: outcomes for injured patients evaluated by emergency medical services but not transported to the hospital.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2012 Staudenmayer K, Hsia R, Wang E, Sporer K, Ghilarducci D, Spain D, Mackersie R, Sherck J, Kline R, Newgard C
• Service: 2010 Western Trauma Association presidential address.
  The Journal of trauma 2011 Mackersie RC
• Pitfalls in the evaluation and resuscitation of the trauma patient.
  Emergency medicine clinics of North America 2010 Mackersie RC
• Prospective randomized trial of LC+LCBDE vs ERCP/S+LC for common bile duct stone disease.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2010 Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Horn JK, Siperstein AE, Schecter WP, Campbell AR, Mackersie RC, Rodas A, Kreuwel HT, Harris HW
• Protein C depletion early after trauma increases the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
  The Journal of trauma 2009 Cohen MJ, Bir N, Rahn P, Dotson R, Brohi K, Chesebro BB, Mackersie R, Carles M, Wiener-Kronish J, Pittet JF
• Where do we go from here? Interim analysis to forge ahead in violence prevention.
  The Journal of trauma 2009 Dicker RA, Jaeger S, Knudson MM, Mackersie RC, Morabito DJ, Antezana J, Texada M
• Acute coagulopathy of trauma: hypoperfusion induces systemic anticoagulation and hyperfibrinolysis.
  The Journal of trauma 2008 Brohi K, Cohen MJ, Ganter MT, Schultz MJ, Levi M, Mackersie RC, Pittet JF
• Early coagulopathy after traumatic brain injury: the role of hypoperfusion and the protein C pathway.
  The Journal of trauma 2007 Cohen MJ, Brohi K, Ganter MT, Manley GT, Mackersie RC, Pittet JF
• In brief. Management of the trauma patient.
  Current problems in surgery 2007 Mackersie RC, Dicker RA
• Pitfalls in the evaluation and management of the trauma patient.
  Current problems in surgery 2007 Mackersie RC, Dicker RA
• The spontaneous breathing pattern and work of breathing of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury.
  Respiratory care 2007 Kallet RH, Hemphill JC, Dicker RA, Alonso JA, Campbell AR, Mackersie RC, Katz JA
• Acute traumatic coagulopathy: initiated by hypoperfusion: modulated through the protein C pathway?
  Annals of surgery 2007 Brohi K, Cohen MJ, Ganter MT, Matthay MA, Mackersie RC, Pittet JF
• Field triage, and the fragile supply of "optimal resources" for the care of the injured patient.
  Prehospital emergency care 2006 Mackersie RC
• History of trauma field triage development and the American College of Surgeons criteria.
  Prehospital emergency care 2006 Mackersie RC
• Effects of tidal volume on work of breathing during lung-protective ventilation in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  Critical care medicine 2006 Kallet RH, Campbell AR, Dicker RA, Katz JA, Mackersie RC
• Work of breathing during lung-protective ventilation in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a comparison between volume and pressure-regulated breathing modes.
  Respiratory care 2005 Kallet RH, Campbell AR, Dicker RA, Katz JA, Mackersie RC
• Serum levels of Hsp60 correlate with the development of acute lung injury after trauma.
  The Journal of surgical research 2005 Pespeni M, Mackersie RC, Lee H, Morabito D, Hodnett M, Howard M, Pittet JF
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome criteria in trauma patients: why the definitions do not work.
  The Journal of trauma 2004 Dicker RA, Morabito DJ, Pittet JF, Campbell AR, Mackersie RC
• An epidemic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infections among medically underserved patients.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2004 Young DM, Harris HW, Charlebois ED, Chambers H, Campbell A, Perdreau-Remington F, Lee C, Mankani M, Mackersie R, Schecter WP
• The development of acute lung injury is associated with worse neurologic outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
  The Journal of trauma 2003 Holland MC, Mackersie RC, Morabito D, Campbell AR, Kivett VA, Patel R, Erickson VR, Pittet JF
• The effects of tidal volume demand on work of breathing during simulated lung-protective ventilation.
  Respiratory care 2002 Kallet RH, Alonso JA, Diaz M, Campbell AR, Mackersie RC, Katz JA
• Serum levels of Hsp 72 measured early after trauma correlate with survival.
  The Journal of trauma 2002 Pittet JF, Lee H, Morabito D, Howard MB, Welch WJ, Mackersie RC
• Multiinstitutional experience with the management of superior mesenteric artery injuries.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2001 Asensio JA, Britt LD, Borzotta A, Peitzman A, Miller FB, Mackersie RC, Pasquale MD, Pachter HL, Hoyt DB, Rodriguez JL, Falcone R, Davis K, Anderson JT, Ali J, Chan L
• Penetrating esophageal injuries: multicenter study of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
  The Journal of trauma 2001 Asensio JA, Chahwan S, Forno W, MacKersie R, Wall M, Lake J, Minard G, Kirton O, Nagy K, Karmy-Jones R, Brundage S, Hoyt D, Winchell R, Kralovich K, Shapiro M, Falcone R, McGuire E, Ivatury R, Stoner …
• The effects of pressure control versus volume control assisted ventilation on patient work of breathing in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  Respiratory care 2000 Kallet RH, Campbell AR, Alonso JA, Morabito DJ, Mackersie RC
• Initial severity of metabolic acidosis predicts the development of acute lung injury in severely traumatized patients.
  Critical care medicine 2000 Eberhard LW, Morabito DJ, Matthay MA, Mackersie RC, Campbell AR, Marks JD, Alonso JA, Pittet JF
• Leukocytosis and free fluid are important indicators of isolated intestinal injury after blunt trauma.
  The Journal of trauma 1999 Harris HW, Morabito DJ, Mackersie RC, Halvorsen RA, Schecter WP
• Gastric rupture and tension pneumoperitoneum complicating cardiopulmonary resuscitation: case report.
  The Journal of trauma 1998 Strear CM, Jarnagin WR, Schecter W, Mackersie RC, Hickey MS
• Biological markers of acute lung injury: prognostic and pathogenetic significance.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 1997 Pittet JF, Mackersie RC, Martin TR, Matthay MA
• Trauma deaths in a mature urban vs rural trauma system. A comparison.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1997 Rogers FB, Shackford SR, Hoyt DB, Camp L, Osler TM, Mackersie RC, Davis JW
• Use of tissue oxygen tension measurements during resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock.
  The Journal of trauma 1997 Knudson MM, Bermudez KM, Doyle CA, Mackersie RC, Hopf HW, Morabito D
• Acute rupture of the diaphragm due to blunt trauma: diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of CT.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 1996 Murray JG, Caoili E, Gruden JF, Evans SJ, Halvorsen RA, Mackersie RC
• Violence prevention involvement among trauma surgeons: description and preliminary evaluation.
  The Journal of trauma 1996 Tellez ML, Mackersie RC
• Risks, costs, and the expected complication of re-injury.
  American journal of surgery 1995 Tellez MG, Mackersie RC, Morabito D, Shagoury C, Heye C
• Neurogenic pulmonary edema in fatal and nonfatal head injuries.
  The Journal of trauma 1995 Rogers FB, Shackford SR, Trevisani GT, Davis JW, Mackersie RC, Hoyt DB
• High-risk behavior and the public burden for funding the costs of acute injury.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1995 Mackersie RC, Davis JW, Hoyt DB, Holbrook T, Shackford SR
• Randomized study of algorithms for discontinuing tube thoracostomy drainage.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 1994 Davis JW, Mackersie RC, Hoyt DB, Garcia J
• Differential clearance of colloid and crystalloid solutions from the lung.
  The Journal of trauma 1993 Mackersie RC, Durelle J
• The epidemiology of traumatic death. A population-based analysis.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1993 Shackford SR, Mackersie RC, Holbrook TL, Davis JW, Hollingsworth-Fridlund P, Hoyt DB, Wolf PL
• The etiology of missed cervical spine injuries.
  The Journal of trauma 1993 Davis JW, Phreaner DL, Hoyt DB, Mackersie RC
• An evaluation of provider-related and disease-related morbidity in a level I university trauma service: directions for quality improvement.
  The Journal of trauma 1992 Hoyt DB, Hollingsworth-Fridlund P, Fortlage D, Davis JW, Mackersie RC
• An analysis of errors causing morbidity and mortality in a trauma system: a guide for quality improvement.
  The Journal of trauma 1992 Davis JW, Hoyt DB, McArdle MS, Mackersie RC, Eastman AB, Virgilio RW, Cooper G, Hammill F, Lynch FP
• Can burst fractures be predicted from plain radiographs?
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume 1992 Ballock RT, Mackersie R, Abitbol JJ, Cervilla V, Resnick D, Garfin SR
• Procuring donor organs for transplantation.
  The Western journal of medicine 1991 Mackersie RC
• Base deficit as an indicator of significant abdominal injury.
  Annals of emergency medicine 1991 Davis JW, Mackersie RC, Holbrook TL, Hoyt DB
• The significance of critical care errors in causing preventable death in trauma patients in a trauma system.
  The Journal of trauma 1991 Davis JW, Hoyt DB, McArdle MS, Mackersie RC, Shackford SR, Eastman AB
• Prospective evaluation of epidural and intravenous administration of fentanyl for pain control and restoration of ventilatory function following multiple rib fractures.
  The Journal of trauma 1991 Mackersie RC, Karagianes TG, Hoyt DB, Davis JW
• Organ procurement in patients with fatal head injuries. The fate of the potential donor.
  Annals of surgery 1991 Mackersie RC, Bronsther OL, Shackford SR
• Blunt carotid artery dissection: incidence, associated injuries, screening, and treatment.
  The Journal of trauma 1990 Davis JW, Holbrook TL, Hoyt DB, Mackersie RC, Field TO, Shackford SR
• Complications in evaluating abdominal trauma: diagnostic peritoneal lavage versus computerized axial tomography.
  The Journal of trauma 1990 Davis JW, Hoyt DB, Mackersie RC, McArdle MS
• The asymptomatic patient with suspected myocardial contusion.
  American journal of surgery 1990 Foil MB, Mackersie RC, Furst SR, Davis JW, Swanson MS, Hoyt DB, Shackford SR
• Use of end-tidal carbon dioxide tension for monitoring induced hypocapnia in head-injured patients.
  Critical care medicine 1990 Mackersie RC, Karagianes TG
• Pain management following trauma and burns.
  Critical care clinics 1990 Mackersie RC, Karagianes TG
• The economic burden of providing trauma care: what are the costs and who pays?
  Emergency medical services 1990 Mackersie RC
• Venous thromboembolism in patients with major trauma.
  American journal of surgery 1990 Shackford SR, Davis JW, Hollingsworth-Fridlund P, Brewer NS, Hoyt DB, Mackersie RC
• Epidemiology and pathology of traumatic deaths occurring at a Level I Trauma Center in a regionalized system: the importance of secondary brain injury.
  The Journal of trauma 1989 Shackford SR, Mackersie RC, Davis JW, Wolf PL, Hoyt DB
• Thoracotomy during trauma resuscitations--an appraisal by board-certified general surgeons.
  The Journal of trauma 1989 Hoyt DB, Shackford SR, Davis JW, Mackersie RC, Hollingsworth-Fridlund P
• The impact of in-house surgeons and operating room resuscitation on outcome of traumatic injuries.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1989 Hoyt DB, Shackford SR, McGill T, Mackersie R, Davis J, Hansbrough J
• Intra-abdominal injury following blunt trauma. Identifying the high-risk patient using objective risk factors.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1989 Mackersie RC, Tiwary AD, Shackford SR, Hoyt DB
• Base deficit as a guide to volume resuscitation.
  The Journal of trauma 1988 Davis JW, Shackford SR, Mackersie RC, Hoyt DB
• Major skeletal injuries in the obtunded blunt trauma patient: a case for routine radiologic survey.
  The Journal of trauma 1988 Mackersie RC, Shackford SR, Garfin SR, Hoyt DB
• Video recording trauma resuscitations: an effective teaching technique.
  The Journal of trauma 1988 Hoyt DB, Shackford SR, Fridland PH, Mackersie RC, Hansbrough JF, Wachtel TL, Fortune JB
• The role of pulmonary lymphatics in the clearance of hydrostatic pulmonary edema.
  The Journal of surgical research 1987 Mackersie RC, Christensen J, Lewis FR
• Continuous epidural fentanyl analgesia: ventilatory function improvement with routine use in treatment of blunt chest injury.
  The Journal of trauma 1987 Mackersie RC, Shackford SR, Hoyt DB, Karagianes TG
• Impact of a trauma system on outcome of severely injured patients.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1987 Shackford SR, Mackersie RC, Hoyt DB, Baxt WG, Eastman AB, Hammill FN, Knotts FB, Virgilio RW
• Self-induced subcutaneous air mimicking a gas-forming infection.
  Annals of emergency medicine 1986 Mackersie RC
• The prehospital use of external counterpressure: does MAST make a difference?
  The Journal of trauma 1984 Mackersie RC, Christensen JM, Lewis FR
• Morphologic and physiologic correlates of increased extravascular lung water.
  Surgery 1984 Bongard FS, Matthay M, Mackersie RC, Lewis FR
• Pulmonary extravascular fluid accumulation following intracranial injury.
  The Journal of trauma 1983 Mackersie RC, Christensen JM, Pitts LH, Lewis FR