Maurizio Miglietta



Maurizio A. Miglietta, DO is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia Universtiy College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Chief of the Division of Acute Care Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.

Dr. Miglietta plans to establish the first ever adult trauma section at NewYork-Presbyterian which will contain three sections: trauma surgery, surgical critical care, and emergency surgery. Here, he will be the Director of Trauma and recruit various faculty members and surgeons (CS Awards 2007).

Dr. Miglietta is the Police Surgeon for the U.S. Secret Service New York Field Office, and is an Honorary Police Surgeon for the NYPD (CS Appt. 2007). On June 26, 2007, The Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation (FEHSF)—a non-profit organization that supports the families of Federal Agents and law enforcement officials—honored him with an award for his work with New York law enforcement (CS Awards 2007). Dr. Miglietta researches such topics as computer-assisted communication for critically-ill non-verbal patients, traumatic amputations, injuries to pedestrians, strategic medical support for law enforcement, falls from New York City bridges, and recidivism in trauma patients (CS Awards 2007).

Publications

 * Late Presentation of a Hepatic Pseudoaneurysm with Hemobilia after Angioembolization for Blunt Hepatic Trauma: A Case Report. Moreno RD, Harris M, Bryk HB, Pachter HL, Miglietta MA. Journal of Trauma. 62(4):1048-50, April 2007.
 * “Devastating consequences of subway accidents: traumatic amputations. Maclean AA, O’Neill AM, Pachter HL, Miglietta MA. Am Surg. 72(1):74-6, January 2006.
 * How to survive a gunshot wound. Miglietta MA. Combat Tactics. 8-17, 2006.
 * “Hepatic artery transection following blunt trauma: case presentation and review of the literature”. Miglietta MA, Moore JA, Bernstein MP, Frangos SG, Ginsburg H, Pachter HL. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 41(9):1604-6, September 2006.
 * CT evaluation of Frontodiagonal Skull Base Fracture. Miglietta MA, Bernstein MP. Journal of Trauma. 60(3):684, March 2006.