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Acute Care Surgical Service
The Acute Care Surgical Team offers surgical consultations for in-patient and emergency room providers at Valley Medical Center. The team is composed of four general surgeons, two advanced registered nurse practitioners and rotating UW surgical residents.
We take care of a wide variety of acute general surgical issues including but not limited to the following:
- Acute traumatic injuries of the chest and abdomen
- Appendicitis
- Gallstone disease
- Small/large bowel obstruction
- Strangulated/incarcerated abdominal wall hernias
- Diverticular disease
- Perforated viscus
- Ischemic bowel
- Acute complications of peptic ulcer disease
- Complex soft tissue infections
- Spontaneous/iatrogenic pneumothorax
- Empyema
- Acute infections of tunneled catheters/ports
- Surgical feeding access
How do I consult the Acute Care Surgical Service?
If a consultation is requested on a patient, please place an Epic order for Acute Care Surgical Hospitalist Consult. Our daily call schedule is available on Amion.com. If a resident is listed for that day on Amion, please page him/her first through the hospital operator for new consults. If no resident is listed during the day shift, please send a group text to the surgeon and advanced care practitioner (ACP) on Voalte, so the first available team member can see the consult. Consults requested during the night shift (7 PM-7 AM), can be paged out through the operator or sent as a text via Voalte.
Our Team members:
Surgeons
Advanced Care Practitioners