Shana Ballow
Associate Professor
Surgery - Fresno
School of Medicine
Shana Ballow, D.O.
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Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF Specialty: Critical Care/Trauma
Shana Ballow, DO, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of California San Francisco at the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research.
Dr. Ballow received her medical degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience, she completed her General Surgery Residency at University of California San Francisco Fresno were she also completed her Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.
Dr. Ballow joined the Department of Surgery’s core faculty team in General Surgery and Critical Care Surgery at Community Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in 2012. In her role as teaching faculty her activities consist of clinical and didactic education, mostly in the clinical setting. The students include a wide variety of educational levels, including medical students, general surgery residents, residents from other specialties rotating on the surgical service, and fellows in Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery.
Dr. Ballow is member of the American College of Surgeons and has been invited to present both nationally and regionally for her interests in trauma and critical care.
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
- Fellowship Surgical Critical Care University of California, San Francisco Fresno 2012
- Residency General Surgery University of California, San Francisco Fresno 2011
- Internship General Surgery University of California, San Francisco Fresno 2007
- DO Doctor of Osteopathy Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences 2006
- BS Physiology and Minor in Exercise and Health University of California, Santa Barbara 2000
Publications (7)
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SuccinylcholineNeuromuscular Nondepolarizing AgentsPediatricsVenous ThromboembolismAndrostanolsIntubation, IntratrachealWounds and InjuriesHospitals, PediatricWounds, NonpenetratingAirway ManagementDisaster PlanningAnesthesiaInservice TrainingAnesthetics, DissociativeClinical Protocols
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High-grade liver injuries with contrast extravasation managed initially with interventional radiology versus observation: A secondary analysis of a WTA multicenter study.
American journal of surgery 2024 Aryan N, Grigorian A, Tay-Lasso E, Cripps M, Carmichael H, McIntyre R, Urban S, Velopulos C, Cothren Burlew C, Ballow S, Dirks RC, LaRiccia A, Farrell MS, Stein DM, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, … -
Early VTE prophylaxis in severe traumatic brain injury: A propensity score weighted EAST multicenter study.
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2023 Ratnasekera AM, Kim D, Seng SS, Jacovides C, Kaufman EJ, Sadek HM, Perea LL, Monaco C, Shnaydman I, Lee AJ, Sharp V, Miciura A, Trevizo E, Rosenthal M, Lottenberg L, Zhao W, Keininger A, Hunt M, Cull … -
An observation-first strategy for liver injuries with "blush" on computed tomography is safe and effective.
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2022 Samuels JM, Carmichael H, McIntyre R, Urban S, Ballow S, Dirks RC, Spalding MC, LaRiccia A, Farrell MS, Stein DM, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, Mentzer CJ, Mack TJ, Ball CG, Mukherjee K, Mladenov G, … -
Isolated free fluid on abdominal computed tomography in blunt trauma: watch and wait or operate?
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2014 Gonser-Hafertepen LN, Davis JW, Bilello JF, Ballow SL, Sue LP, Cagle KM, Venugopal C, Hafertepen SC, Kaups KL -
A standardized rapid sequence intubation protocol facilitates airway management in critically injured patients.
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2012 Ballow SL, Kaups KL, Anderson S, Chang M -
Disaster drill exercise documentation and management: are we drilling to standard?
Journal of emergency nursing 2008 Claudius I, Behar S, Ballow S, Wood R, Stevenson K, Blake N, Upperman JS -
Hospital-based disaster preparedness for pediatric patients: how to design a realistic set of drill victims.
American journal of disaster medicine 2008 Ballow S, Behar S, Claudius I, Stevenson K, Neches R, Upperman JS