Chief, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care (September, 1999 - Present)
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Associate Director, Residency Training Program (August, 1997 - Present)
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Chief, Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery (January, 1995 – August, 1999)
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Chief, Surgical Critical Care, Acting Chief, Trauma Surgery (January 1994 - December 1994)
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Associate Director of Trauma and Critical Care, (July 1993 - December 1993)
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Assistant Director, Critical Care, Department of Surgery (1991 - 1992)
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Jr. Assistant Attending, Department of Surgery (1991 - 1992)
Roosevelt Division
1. Cost Effective Evaluation of the Infant with Nonbilious Vomiting.
R. Wedderburn and J. Zitsman. Presented at the Eleventh Annual
Pediatric Surgical Resident’s Conference, November 2-4, 1990.
Chicago, Illinois.
2. Management of Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias in the Critically Ill Surgical
Patient. R. Wedderburn, O. C. Kirton, D.V. Shatz, E. Gomez, S. Komanduri,
J. Windsor, J.M. Civetta. Critical Care Medicine 1994; 22:A99 Poster Presentation
Society of Critical Care Medicine, January 29 - February 3, 1994, Orlando, Florida.
3. Failure of Splanchnic Resuscitation in the Acutely Injured Trauma Patient
Correlates with Multiple Organ System Failure and Death in the Intensive Care Unit.
O.C. Kirton, J. Windsor, J.M. Civetta, J. Hudson-Civetta, R. Wedderburn, D.V. Shatz,
L. Mantelle, Chest; 108 (3): 104 S 1995.
4. Management of Paroxysmal Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia in the
Critically Ill Surgical Patient. O.C. Kirton, J. Windsor, J.M. Civetta, J. Hudson-Civetta,
R. Wedderburn, E. Gomez, D.V. Shatz, J. Hudson-Civetta, S. Komanduri, Critical Care Medicine; 25 (5): 761-6 May 1997.
5. Failure of Splanchnic Resuscitation in the Acutely Injured Trauma Patient Correlates with Multiple Organ System Failure and Length of Stay in the ICU*. O. Kirton, J. Windsor, R. Wedderburn, J. Hudson-Civetta; D. Shatz, N. Mataragas, J. Civetta; Chest, 113 (4): 1064-9, April 1998.
6. Bedside Percutaneous Tracheostomy: A Safe Alternative to Conventional Operative Tracheostomy. A. Petrotos, L. Brusco, R. Wedderburn. Critical Care Medicine 1999; 27: A 156 Poster Presentation: Society of Critical Care Medicine, January 1999, San Francisco, CA.
7. Once-Daily Aminoglycoside Dosing Protocol Results in Inadequate Gentamicin Levels in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients with Normal Renal Function. L. Brusco, S. Talbert, R. Wedderburn. Critical Care Medicine 1999; 27: A 138 Poster Presentation: Society of Critical Care Medicine, January 1999, San Francisco, CA.
8. ARDS: Mortality and Novel Approaches. Presented at National Medical Association Meeting, August 14, 2000, Washington, DC.
9. Multiple Symmetrical Lipomatosis (Madelung’s disease), Gabriel, YA. Chew, DK, Wedderburn, RV. Surgery. 129 (1): 117-8, 2001 Jan.
10. IVC Filter Placement: Should we be More Aggressive? Presented at National Medical Association Meeting, August 6, 2001, Nashville, TN.
11. Percutaneous Tracheostomy: Indications and Technique. Presented at New York Thoracic Society Meeting January 26, 2002, West Point, NY.
12. Intraabdominal Abscesses: The Diminished Role of Surgical Intervention. Presented at National Medical Association Meeting, August 5, 2002, Honolulu, HA.
13. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: An Additional Indication for Surgery in Severe Acute Pancreatitis. L. Choi, R. Wedderburn. Poster Presentation: American College of Surgeons, October 2002, San Francisco, CA.
14. Percutaneous Tracheostomy: Indications, technique, and complications. St. Francis Critical Care Symposium, May 12, 2004, Hartford, CT.
15. Management of severe acute Pancreatitis. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Critical Care Medicine 2005. St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, September 17, 2005.
16. Paravertebral blocks provide superior same-day recovery over general anesthesia for patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair. Hadzic, Admir. Kerimoglu, Beklen. Loreio, Dan. Karaca, Pelin Emine. Claudio, Richard E. Yufa, Marina. Wedderburn, Ray. Santos, Alan C. Thys, Daniel M. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 102 (4): 1076-81, 2006 April.
17. MICU Consults: Room for improvement? Invited discussant; combined meeting of NY Surgical Society & Philadelphia Academy of Surgery. April 5, 2006
18. Percutaneous Tracheostomy in Surgical Residency Programs: Results of a Nationwide Survey. L. Withers, J. Gefen, R. Wedderburn. Poster Presentation: European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, September 2006, Barcelona, Spain.
19. Shock and Resuscitation in the Ob/Gyn Patient. Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. November 7, 2006
20. Too much of a good thing? Tracing the history of the propofol infusion syndrome. Rosen DJ. Nicoara A. Koshy N. Wedderburn RV. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 63 (2): 443-7, 2007 August.
21. Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage. Withers L & Wedderburn R. In: Shah K and Mason C, eds. Essential Emergency Procedures. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkens; 2007: 92-97.
22. Damage Control. Surgical Grand Rounds, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. August 14, 2007.
23. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Critical Care Medicine 2007. St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, December 8, 2007.