Viren P. Punja, MBBS

Department

Surgery

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• Biosurgicals - The Next Frontier in Operative Approaches [Working Title]
  A. Aucar John, Biosurgicals and Trauma [Book Chapter] 2020

Publications

• The American surgeon
  Punja Viren, The Impact of Relocating a Trauma Center: Retrospective Observations on Payer Demographics and Cost-Analysis, p. 313482311754 - 31348231175482 2023
• The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
  Fernandez Carlos A., In-hospital outcomes of intercostal nerve cryoablation and surgical stabilization of rib fractures
  93:5, p. 695 - 701 2022
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Punja Viren, The Impact of Relocating a Trauma Center: Observations on Patient Injury Demographics and Resident Volumes
  14:10, p. e30256 - e30256 2022
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Fernandez Carlos A, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Trauma: The Role of Injuries as Physical Stressors
  14:7, p. e27411 - e27411 2022

Presentations

• Poster presented at: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) 82nd Annual Meeting 2023
• Monkemeyer, N., Dull, S., Veatch, J., Fuji, K., Punja, V. (2021) Incidence of acute kidney injury in patients that have an open long bone fracture and receive aminoglycoside therapy. Poster presentation at the ACCP Virtual Poster Symposium. 2021
• Omaha Area trauma Symposium - Creighton University 2021
• Trauma Service Orientation Lecture 2021
• Monkemeyer, N., Dull, S., Veatch, J., Fuji, K., Punja, V. (2021) Retrospective evaluation of suspected augmented renal clearance in the trauma intensive care unit. Virtual poster presentation at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition. 2021
• Lecture on Penetrating Thoracic & Abdominal Trauma EMS & Omaha Fire Department 2020
• Creighton University Surgery Grand Rounds Lecture Management and Fixation of Traumatic Rib Fractures 2020
• ICU Lecture Series Residents on Trauma Service 2020
• Miljkovic, S., Dabestani, P., Wenzl, F., Kessler, J., Kutaru, T., Fernandez, C., Cornell, D., Punja, V., Voigt, C., Asensio, J., Kalamchi, L. (2020). Arteriovenous fistulas resulting from penetrating trauma: a collective review. Poster presentation for the 48th Annual Symposium: The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery. 2020
• American College of Surgeons Nebraska Chapter 2019
• Omaha Area Trauma Symposium - Creighton University 2019
• AAST San Diego, CA 2018
• Critical Care Congress Honolulu, HI 2017
• Trauma Symposium Hawaiian Islands 2016