Larry Gentilello, MD

Professor
Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

larry.gentilello@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

Dr. Gentilello attended the University of Texas at El Paso, and received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. He completed his surgical residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at the same institution. This was followed by completion of a fellowship in Trauma Surgery at Jackson Memorial Medical Center, University of Miami School of Medicine. Doctor Gentilello was a faculty member at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, where he was based at Harborview Medical Center. He was Co-Director of the Surgical Critical Care Residency, and also Associate Director of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit. He spent one year at Harvard Medical School, where he was Chief of Trauma and Critical Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His research interests include hypothermia, and trauma prevention, public health, health care services, and health care policy. He has conducted a number of clinical trials designed to incorporate phychosocial health care interventions, especially those that involve substance use problems, into the trauma and acute care arena. He has received federal funding from the NIH, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Health Care Services Research Association, and also from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He recently received the Innovators Combating Substance Abuse Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Education

Graduate SchoolAlbert Einstein Medical Center (1982)

Research Interests

Alcohol Screening in the Emergency Department and Trauma Center Settings
Reducing Adolescent Risk Behavior

Publications

Featured
Alcohol interventions for trauma patients treated in emergency departments and hospitals: A cost benefit analysis

Gentilello LM, Ebel BE, Wickizer TM, Salkever DS, Rivara FP , Annals of Surgery , 2005; (241):541-550

Featured
Alcohol interventions in trauma centers: Confidentiality and legal concerns

Gentilello LM, Samuels P, Henningfield J, Santora P , Journal of Trauma , 2005; (59):1250-1255

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Effect of the Uniform Accident and Sickness Policy Provision Law on alcohol screening and intervention in trauma centers

Gentilello LM, Donato A, Nolan S, Mackin RE, Liebich F, Hoyt DB, LaBrie RA , Journal of Trauma , 2005; (59):624-631

Featured
Alcohol Interventions in a Trauma Center as a Means of Reducing the Risk of Injury Recurrence

Gentilello LM, Rivara FP, Donovan DM, Jurkovich GJ, Daranciang E, Dunn CW, Villaveces A, Copass M, and Ries RR , Annals of Surgery , 1999; (230(4)):473-483

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Is Hypothermia in the Major Trauma Victim Protective or Harmful?: A Randomized, Prospective Study.

Gentilello LM, Jurkovich GJ, Stark MS, Hassantash SA and O'Keefe GE , Annals of Surgery , 1997; (226(4)):439-449

Alcohol interventions in trauma centers: the opportunity and the challenge

Gentilello LM , Journal of Trauma , 2005; (59):s18-20

Confronting the obstacles to screening and interventions for alcohol problems in trauma centers

Gentilello LM , Journal of Trauma , 2005; (59):s137-143

Comparison of trauma center patient self-reports and proxy reports on the Alcohol Use Identification Test (AUDIT)

Donovan DM, Dunn CW, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Ries RR, Gentilello LM , Journal of Trauma , 2004; (56):873-882

Near Infrared Spectroscopy versus Compartment Pressure Measurements for the Diagnosis of Lower Extremity Compartment Syndrome Using EMG Determined Measurements of Neuromuscular Function

Gentilello LM, Sanzone A, Wang L, et al , Journal of Trauma , 2001; (51):1-0

Alcohol problems in women admitted to a level 1 trauma center

Gentilello LM, Rivara FP, Donovan DM, et al , Journal of Trauma , 2000; (48):108-114

Honors/Awards

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Innovators Combating Substance Abuse Award - Recipient (2002)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Association for Surgery of Trauma

American College of Surgeons

Association for Academic Surgery

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Society of University Surgeons