Gregory Schaefer , DO, FACS

Professor, Medical Director, Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Surgery

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

1. Bonasso P, Fourqueran DM, Schaefer G.  Detection of an embedded foreign body in a deep tissue space.  American Surgeon.  2014 Dec;80(12):E352-3.  PMID 25513907
2. Terri Davis, MSHS, PA-C, Joseph Minardi, MD, Jennifer Knight, MD, Hollynn Larrabee, MD, Gregory Schaefer, DO.   Ruptured Splenic Artery Aneurysm: A Rare Cause of Shock Initially Diagnosed with Bedside Ultrasound.  Submitted to Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 2015. 
3. Con J, Long D, Sasala E, Khan U, Knight J, Schaefer G, Wilson A.  Secondary overtriage in a statewide rural trauma system.  J Surg Res. 2015 Apr 2. pii: S0022-4804(15)00336-4.  PMID: 25959835
4. Samuel M. Galvagno Jr, DO, PhD; Charles E. Smith, MD, Albert Varon, MD, MHPE, Erik A. Hasenboehler, MD; Gregory Schaefer, DO; Kathleen B. To, MD; Matthew Vassey, MD; Adam Fox, DO, DPM; Darrell Alley, MD; Michael Ditillo, DO, Bellal Joseph, MD, Elliot Haut, MD, PhD; Bryce Robinson, MD.   Pain management for blunt thoracic trauma: A Joint Practice Management Guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) and Trauma Anesthesiology Society (TAS).  Submitted to Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.  
5. Daniel C. Cullinane MD, Randeep S. Jawa MD, Ashlee Moore MD, David S. Morris MD, Oscar D. Guillamondegui MD, John J. Como MD, Stephanie  R. Goldberg MD,Laura Petrey MD, Greg Schaefer DO, Kosar A. Khwaja MD, Susan E. Rowell MD, Ron Barbosa MD.  EAST Practice Management Guidelines for Penetrating Intraperitoneal Colon Injuries.  Submitted to Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 

1. Surgical Physiology.  Authored chapter.  Step-Up to Surgery (Step-Up Surgery), 2nd Edition, McFadden & Zaslau.  Published April 2014.
2. Traumatic Brain Injury.  Authored chapter.  Prehospital Neurologic Emergencies, 1st Edition, Crocco & Sayre.  Published August 2014.

1. Rachel Warner DO, Zachary Anderson BS, James Bowers RN BSN CNOR, Nicole Cornell MS, Jorge Con MD, Gregory Schaefer DO.  “Utilization of a Hybrid Operating Room to Improve Outcomes for the Critically Injured Patient.”  Presented at 2015 Keystone Trauma & EMS Conference.  Award for Best Systems Improvement Poster
2. Charles Whiteman, Danielle M Davidov, Rosanna Sikora, Debra Paulson, Gregory Schaefer.  “Major Trauma and the Elder West Virginian: A Six Year Review at a Level I Trauma Center”.  Presented at West Virginia State Trauma Conference Research Symposium.  Stonewall Jackson Resort, February 2017. 

1. “Gourmet Sepsis – Recipe for Successful Sepsis Management.”  West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Seminar, June 2015, Myrtle Beach, SC
2. “Sepsis for the RN – Successful Sepsis Management” Critical Care Topics Seminar, Department of Nursing.  West Virginia University.  August 11, 2015.  
3. “Retroperitoneal Hematomas” – This Week in Surgery – Department of Surgery – February 2017
4. “It only works if you use it – TXA in Trauma” – West Virginia State Trauma Conference – Stonewall Jackson Resort – February 2017
5. “Hospital Acquired Infections” – LECOM Winter CME Conference – March 2017
6. “Complex Infections in the Trauma Patient” – Keystone Trauma Conference – Nemacolin, PA.  May 2017
7. “TXA in Rural Trauma” – WVU Department of Emergency Medicine “Founders Day” Conference – June 2017
8. “Resuscitation and Complex Airway Trauma” – WVU Trauma Conference, August 201

Medical Specialties

• General Surgery
• Surgery
• Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Board Certifications

• Surgery, American Board of Surgery
• Surgical Critical Care, American Board of Surgery

Special Training

• Residency, General Surgery
  Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown, PA
• Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care
  Brody School Of Medicine at East Carolina University