Professor, Surgery, University of Arkansas COM
General Surgery
Dr. Kent Westbrook, MD
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Kent Westbrook practices General Surgery. He went to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is ranked 83 in research and 35 in primary care medicine He has 3 awards "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Kent Westbrook, MD is a published MD as well. He has 73 publications published. The latest was: Congenital dilatation of the bile ducts. He is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- The SAVE Review: Sonographic Analysis Versus Excision for Axillary Staging in Breast Cancer.
- Combined Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With Bevacizumab Improves Pathologic Complete Response in Patients With Hormone Receptor Negative Operable or Locally Advanced Breast...
- Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced testicular non-seminoma. I. The influence of sequence and timing of drugs and radiation on the appearance of normal Tissue d...
- LeiomyoSarcoma of the inferior vena cava: angiographic and computed tomography findings. Report of two cases and review of imaging criteria.
- Informed consent and treatment of primary breast Cancer.
- Renal transplantation: an update.
- The receptor expression pattern in ductal Carcinoma in situ predicts recurrence.
- Management of airway problems in lung Cancer patients using the neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd-YAG) laser and endobronchial radiotherapy.
- Assessment of proliferating cell nuclear antigen activity using digital image Analysis in breast carcinoma following magnetic resonance-guided interstitial laser photo...
- Ten-year experience with hematoma-directed ultrasound-guided (HUG) Breast lumpectomy.
- Intraoperative sentinel lymph node Analysis in melanoma.
- Total skin-sparing mastectomy without preservation of the nipple-areola complex.
- Sensitivity of axillary specimen x-ray to predict nodal count and positivity.
- Oncologic safety of nipple skin-sparing or total skin-sparing mastectomies with immediate reconstruction.
- Axillary reverse mapping (ARM): a new concept to identify and enhance lymphatic preservation.
- Cancer immunology.
- Melanoma today does not require radical surgery.
- Endoscopic biliary lavage in a case of Clonorchis sinensis.
- Postoperative necrotizing fasciitis of the Abdominal wall.
- Intraoperative touch preparation for sentinel lymph node biopsy: a 4-year experience.
- Magnetic resonance imaging-guided core needle biopsy and needle localized excision of occult Breast lesions.
- Hematoma-directed ultrasound-guided Breast biopsy.
- Central venous catheter placement in patients with disorders of hemostasis.
- Role of Breast magnetic resonance imaging in determining Breast as a source of unknown metastatic lymphadenopathy.
- Use of touch preps for diagnosis and evaluation of surgical margins in breast Cancer.
- Effect of glutamine on methotrexate efficacy and toxicity.
- The distribution and density of Langerhans cells in the human prepuce: site of a diminished immune response?
- Prevention of chronic radiation enteropathy by dietary glutamine.
- Hepatic resection.
- Advanced Hidradenitis suppurativa. Review of surgical treatment in 23 patients.
- Primary malignant retroperitoneal Tumors. Current management.
- Posterior surgical approaches to the rectum.
- Surgical management of advanced scalp Cancer.
- Can patients with breast Cancer be cured of their disease? A sample of the M. D. anderson Hospital experience.
- Bile drainage through lymphatic collaterals.
- Two successful pulmonary embolectomies in the same patient: failure of vena caval plication.
- Effects of acute hypoxia in dogs with an antegrade versus retrograde pulmonary blood flow.
- Reflex pulmonary hypertension and systemic hypotension after microsphere pulmonary embolism: a myth.
- Breast carcinoma presenting as an axillary mass.
- Breast Cancer and vocal cord paralysis.
- Lip Cancer: surgical management.
- PeriRectal abscess: a potentically fatal illness.
- Hyperparathyroidism: surgical problems.
- Chemodectomas of the neck. Selective management.
- Malignant nonchromaffin paraganglioma of the stomach.
- Breast Cancer: treatment by chance.
- Spontaneous rupture of the esophagus: the Boerhaave syndrome.
- Clinical oncology assistantship program for medical students.
- Use of intraoperative radionuclide study and colonoscopy in gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
- The current evaluation of nonpalpable Breast lesions.
- Precise intraoperative location of gastrointestinal bleeding with a hand-held counter. Work in progress.
- Nasal septal melanoma.
- Consensus conference on coloRectal carcinoma.
- Peritoneal Carcinomatosis in nongynecologic malignancy. A prospective study of prognostic factors.
- The operation was a success, but....
- Prognostic significance of carcinoembryonic antigen in coloRectal carcinoma. Serum levels before and after resection and before recurrence.
- Effect of supplemental dietary glutamine on methotrexate concentrations in Tumors.
- Advantages of the Papillon protocol in the preoperative treatment of Rectal carcinoma.
- Glutamine facilitates chemotherapy while reducing toxicity.
- Breast Cancer: a critical review of a patient sample with a ten-year follow-up.
- For lip Cancer--better results with surgery.
- Serum, muscle, and bone levels of intravenous, intra-arterial, and Regional cephalothin perfusion.
- Isolation Regional prefusion: an experimental study.
- Congenital dilatation of the bile ducts.
- The surgical management of reflux gastritis.
- Hypocalcemia after Thyroidectomy: mechanisms and management.
- Tracheal-innominate artery fistula: successful management of two cases.
- Symptomatic nonparasitic Liver cysts.
- Surgical injury of the common bile duct.
- Problems of colostomy closure.
- Acute perforations of the sigmoid colon Secondary to diverticulitis.
- Intraductal carcinoma of the Breast. A comparative study.
Schools
University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences
University Ark Hospital
University Hospital
MD Anderson Tumor Institute
Procedures Preformed
- Biopsy of Breast
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Excision of Breast Tumor
- Excision of Parotid, Sublingual, or Submandibular Gland
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Atelectasis
- Breast Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- CHAMPVA
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Principal Life
- Qualchoice PPO
- Tricare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- Universal American
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Education
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center -
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences -
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1306936976 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | WESTBROOK | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | KENT | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 722057101 | |
| NPPES Provider State | AR | |
| Specialty Description | Surgical Oncology | |
| Total Claim Count | 58.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1306936976 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | WESTBROOK |
| First Name Of The Provider | KENT |
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