Dr. Bracken A. Armstrong, MD

Bracken A. Armstrong, MD

Expertise

Specialty Areas

  • Acute and critical care surgery
  • Trauma
  • Burn surgery
  • Emergency general surgery

Common Procedures

  • Gastroscopy
  • Gastrointestinal endoscopy
  • Digestive system endoscopy
  • Minimally invasive surgery
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Rib fracture plating
  • Ostomy placement
  • Laparoscopy
  • Artificial respiration
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Non-operative and operative burn management
  • Surgical flaps
  • Reconstructive surgical procedures

Common Diagnoses Treated

  • Cholecystitis
  • Surgical wound infections
  • Sepsis
  • Adult respiratory distress syndrome
  • Postoperative pain
  • Wound healing
  • Burns
  • Penetrating wounds
  • Trauma
  • Hemorrhagic shock
  • Resuscitation
  • Fasciitis
  • Necrotizing fasciitis
  • Abdominal wall injuries
  • Infections
  • Brain injuries
  • Craniocerebral trauma
  • Traumatic brain hemorrhage
  • Diverticulitis
  • Rib fractures
  • Traumatic spinal chord injuries
  • Substance and alcohol withdrawals
  • Septic and traumatic shock
  • Multiple organ failure
Education

Board Certifications

Surgery

Surgical Critical Care

Degrees

BS: Biochemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2007
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 2011

Residency

General Surgery Residency, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, 2011-2016

Fellowships

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2016-2017

Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2016-2018

Burn Surgery Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2017-2018

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

American College of Critical Care Medicine

American Burn Association

American College of Physicians

Awards and Honors

2013-2016, Program Director’s Award, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada Las Vegas

2014, Resident Teaching Honor Roll, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada Las Vegas

2011, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Research

Publications

Books/Book Chapters

  • Acute Care Surgery Chapter: Surgical Complications in the ICU, Page 743 – 758, Armstrong BA, Guidry CA, May AK; Editors: Britt LD, Peitzman AB, Barrie PS, Jurkovich GJ.; Wolters Kluwer, Edition 2nd,2018

Lectures

  • Electrical Injury, Accidental Hypothermia, Drowning – 27th Annual Refresher Course & Update in General Surgery, 2019
  • Kicking Trauma Teams Up A Notch! – American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Pathway to Excellence Conference. West Palm Beach, FL, 2018

Authored Content

Click here for list of publications by Dr. Armstrong on PubMed
Locations

Hospital Affiliations

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Patients Seen At

Barnes-Jewish Hospital
One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63110

Contact

To contact an Acute & Critical Care surgeon, please call 314-362-5298.