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Michael West, M.D. Ph.D.
Professor & Vice Chair, UCSF Dept. of Surgery
Chief of Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center
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Rochelle Dicker, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, San Francisco Injury Center
Contact Information
Campus Box0807
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA 94143-0807
(415) 206-8673 Appointments
(415) 206-4623 Office
(415) 206-5484 Fax
dickerr@sfghsurg.ucsf.edu
Education
- UC San Diego, B.A., Physiology, 1991
- University of Vermont College of Medicine, M.D., 1995
Residencies
- UCSF School of Medicine, Resident, Surgery, 1995-1997
- University of Vermont, Surgery, 1997-2000
Fellowships
- UCSF School of Medicine, Fellow, Critical Care, 2000-2001
- UCSF School of Medicine, Fellow, Trauma, 2001-2002
- California Wellness Foundation, Fellow, Violence Prevention, 2001-2003
Board Certification
- American Board of General Surgery
- American Board of General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Research Interests
- Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Violence Prevention
- Ultrasound in trauma diagnostics
- Mental illness as risk factor in unintentional injury
- Trauma resuscitation
- Injury prevention
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Biography
Dr. Rochelle A. Dicker has a Bachelor of Arts from UC San Diego and subsequently obtained her MD degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, graduating with honors. She then completed a General Surgery residency and finally a Fellowship in Trauma/Critical Care at the University of California, San Francisco. She is double-Boarded in General Surgery and Critical Care.
During her Fellowship training, she was educated in the public health model of injury prevention and is now actively involved as the Director of the San Francisco Injury Center. Her special interests within the field of trauma include Violence Prevention for which she has been granted money from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the City of San Francisco. In addition, she is interested in development of systems for mass casualty and trauma in the developing world.
Dr. Dicker is currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco and practices at San Francisco General Hospital, the only Level One Trauma Center in San Francisco.
Research Summary
- Surveillance for Violent Injury Recidivism.
- Development and implementation of the Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention by linking the Trauma Center to the Community.
- Study of the predictive value of dead space ventilation in the surgical population with ARDS.
- Development and analysis of a pilot Public Health approach to Senior Fall Prevention.
- Ongoing review of treatment of Pelvic Fracture Hemorrhage.
- Comparison of Effective Work of Breathing Among Modes of Ventilation in the Surgical ICU Patient.
- Co-Investigator and SFGH Site Director for the NIH-sponsored ARDS Net investigations.
- Characterization of ARDS in the Trauma Patient Co-investigator for Army-granted Trauma non-technical skills project: Validation of Human Patient Simulators for Trauma Training.
- Study looking at the Public Health Model as a technique in reducing the recidivism rate of interpersonal violence. This project is funded in part by a scholarship from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and in part by the City of San Francisco. Funding allows for employment of two community-based Case Managers.
- Launching a surveillance program to create a risk assessment model in unintentional injury in the mentally ill.
Selected Publications
- Dicker RA, Morabito DJ, Pittet JF, Campbell AR, Mackersie RC. Acute respiratory distress syndrome criteria in trauma patients: why the definitions do not work. J Trauma. 57: 522-6; discussion 526-8, Sep/2004.
- Rozycki GS, Knudson MM, Shackford SR, Dicker R. Surgeon-performed bedside organ assessment with sonography after trauma (BOAST): a pilot study from the WTA Multicenter Group. J Trauma. 59: 1356-64, Dec/2005.
- Lebl DR, Dicker RA, Spain DA, Brundage SI. Dramatic shift in the primary management of traumatic thoracic aortic rupture. Arch Surg. 141: 177-80, Feb/2006.
- Wan JJ, Morabito DJ, Khaw L, Knudson MM, Dicker RA. Mental illness as an independent risk factor for unintentional injury and injury recidivism. J Trauma. 61: 1299-304, Dec/2006.
- Ozgediz D, Adams JE, Dicker RA. Trauma on trauma. Lessons from the tsunami and civil conflict in Sri Lanka. Pharos Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Med Soc. 70: 28-33, 2007.
In the News
Wraparound Project "Aha" Moment
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation News - Apr 27, 2009Wraparound Receives NAPH Award
NAPH Website - Jun 01, 2008At the Annual Conference of the National Association of Public Hospitals the Wraparound Project received the: REDUCING HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES AWARD. The award recognizes an organization that reduced the instances of inequities and inconsistencies through the continuum of care by promoting access to culturally appropriate care, equal availability and utilization of services.
Shootings and Stabbings
San Francisco Examiner - Feb 23, 2008The number of victims with gunshot or stab wounds admitted to San Francisco General Hospital has climbed over the last five years with more than 440 patients either shot or knifed in 2007. Dr, Rochelle Dicker, a trauma surgeon at the hospital is quoted as saying, "Unfortunately, the sad part of having so much experience is you get really adept at what you do."
Dr. Dicker is pictured at left with the case managers for the Wraparound Project who help those at risk for repeat violence.
