
Bracken A. Armstrong, MD
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
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
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
- Emergency War Surgery Course: Damage Control Resuscitation, 2018
- Sepsis and Septic Shock Strategies, 2018
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Patients Seen At
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63110
To contact an Acute & Critical Care surgeon, please call 314-362-5298.