Professor, Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Rifat Latifi, MD
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Rifat Latifi, MD is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He went to New York Medical College. He received awards:"Excellence in Surgery Services Award", "Arab Health 2012 Achievement and Innovation Awards", "Community Health Promotion Award", "International Health Promotion Awards (IHPA)", "21st Century Achievement Award in Health by International Virtual e-Hospital", "Distinguished Service Award", "Award for Integrated & Multidisciplinary Approach and Management of Trauma Patient Workshop", "Team Award for Teaching, Excellence and Mentorship", "Plaque of Recognition", "Two Best Presentation Awards", "Outstanding Teaching Award", "Best Teacher in MIII Surgery Course", "Outstanding Teacher Pin Award MIII Surgery Course", "Norwich Eaton Research Fellowship", "Medical Faculty Award for Outstanding Student and Great Contributions in the Development of Medical Faculty", "Outstanding Associate Reporter Editor", "Orthopedic and Surgery Clinic Scholarship" and "Fellow". Rifat Latifi is a published doctor and has 75 publications published. The lastest was: 'Obesity and trauma mortality: Sizing up the risks in motor vehicle crashes.'
Publications
- Identifying the broken heart: predictors of mortality and morbidity in suspected blunt cardiac injury.
- Practical Approaches to Definitive Reconstruction of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects.
- A second look at the utility of serial routine repeat computed tomographic scans in patients with traumatic brain injury.
- Clinical presentation and outcome of mesenteric vein thrombosis: a single-center experience.
- Cabo verde telemedicine program: initial results of nationwide implementation.
- Epidemiology, causes and prevention of car rollover crashes with ejection.
- Predictors of reintubation in trauma intensive care unit: qatar experience.
- Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Due To Motor Vehicle Crash Versus Fall From Height: A 4-Year Epidemiological Study.
- Trauma System Evaluation in Developing Countries: Applicability of American College of Surgeons/Committee on Trauma (ACS/COT) Basic Criteria.
- Blunt traumatic injury in the Arab Middle Eastern populations.
- Prehospital versus Emergency Room Intubation of Trauma Patients in Qatar: A-2-year Observational Study.
- Preoperative telemedicine evaluation of surgical mission patients: should we use it routinely?
- Blunt traumatic esophageal injury: Unusual presentation and approach.
- Laparoscopic-assisted Minithoracotomy for Repair of Diaphragmatic Penetrating Trauma.
- Concurrent rib and pelvic fractures as an indicator of solid abdominal organ injury.
- Intra-abdominal hypertension in the current era of modern trauma resuscitation.
- Left internal mammary artery injury requiring resuscitative thoracotomy: a case presentation and review of the literature.
- Delayed presentation of traumatic intraperitoneal rupture of urinary bladder.
- Presentation and outcome of traumatic spinal fractures.
- Continuous Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitor from Pulse Ox: Ready for Prime Time?
- Pedestrians: the daily underestimated victims on the road.
- Understanding traumatic blunt cardiac injury.
- Using telemedicine to strengthen medical systems in limited-resource countries.
- Trauma caused by falling objects at construction sites.
- Pediatric All-Terrain Vehicle Trauma: The Epidemic Continues Unabated.
- Beyond "Initiate-Build-Operate-Transfer" Strategy for Creating Sustainable Telemedicine Programs: Lesson from the First Decade.
- Factor IX complex for the correction of traumatic coagulopathy.
- Telemedicine for disaster management: Can it transform chaos into an organized, structured care from the distance?
- Compartmental anatomical classification of traumatic abdominal injuries from the academic point of view and its potential clinical implication.
- Utility of bispectral index in the management of multiple trauma patients.
- International virtual e-hospital: the Balkans journey.
- Integrating telemedicine and telehealth: putting it all together.
- The do''s and don''t''s when you establish telemedicine and e-health (not only) in developing countries.
- Telepresence and telemedicine in trauma and emergency.
- Telemedicine in extreme conditions: supporting the Martin Strel Amazon Swim Expedition.
- Third intensive Balkan telemedicine and e-health seminar: current principles and practices of telemedicine and e-health--clinical applications and evidence-based outco...
- "Initiate-build-operate-transfer"--a strategy for establishing sustainable telemedicine programs in developing countries: initial lessons from the balkans.
- Initial experiences and outcomes of telepresence in the management of trauma and emergency surgical patients.
- Damage control laparotomy: a vital tool once overused.
- Telemedicine and telepresence for prehospital and remote hospital tracheal intubation using a GlideScope™ videolaryngoscope: a model for tele-intubation.
- Nutritional therapy in critically ill and injured patients.
- Intensive laparoscopic training course for surgical residents: program description, initial results, and requirements.
- Seatbelt triad: severe abdominal wall disruption, hollow viscus injury, and major vascular injury.
- "Initiate-build-operate-transfer" - a strategy for establishing sustainable telemedicine programs not only in the developing countries.
- Complex Abdominal Wall Defects and Enterocutaneous Fistulae in the Era of Biological Mesh: Did We Make any Real Progress?
- Organ donation after traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest.
- Cost-benefit analysis on the use of telemedicine program of Kosova for continuous medical education: a sustainable and efficient model to rebuild medical systems in de...
- Long-Term Outcomes of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. What are the Real Numbers?
- Telesurgical presence and consultation for open surgery.
- Multiplicity of solid organ injury: influence on management and outcomes after blunt abdominal trauma.
- Overcrowded motor vehicle trauma from the smuggling of illegal immigrants in the desert of the Southwest.
- Instead of a prologue. Establishing telemedicine in the Balkans: from Berlin to Prishtina via Mars--a personal journey.
- Use of information technology to improve quality of healthcare: Kosova''s telemedicine project and international virtual e-hospital as an example.
- Telepresence and telemedicine in trauma and emergency care management.
- Telepresence and telementoring in surgery.
- The role of telemedicine and information technology in the redevelopment of medical systems: The case of Kosova.
- Satellite applications for telehealth in the developing world.
- Brachial and forearm vessel injuries.
- Blunt abdominal trauma: evaluation and indications for laparotomy.
- Delayed presentation of intussusception with perforation after splenectomy in patient with blunt abdominal trauma.
- Telemedicine and telepresence for trauma and emergency care management.
- Massive localized lipolymphedema pseudotumor in a morbidly obese patient.
- Nutritional support in liver failure.
- Nutritional management of acute and chronic pancreatitis.
- Nutritional management of inflammatory bowel disease.
- Management of the short-bowel syndrome.
- Arrest and reversal of atherosclerosis with parenteral nutrition.
- Total thyroidectomy for giant goiter under local anesthesia and Ketamine in a surgical mission.
- Prehospital intubation in patients with isolated severe traumatic brain injury: a 4-year observational study.
- Adherence of surgeons to antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines in a tertiary general hospital in a rapidly developing country.
- Workplace-related traumatic injuries: insights from a rapidly developing Middle Eastern country.
- Obesity and trauma mortality: Sizing up the risks in motor vehicle crashes.
- Antibiotics for appendicitis! Not so fast.
- Early surgical intervention and its impact on patients presenting with necrotizing soft tissue infections: A single academic center experience.
Schools
Med Faculty University Of Prishtina
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Yale New Haven HospitalYale University
Yale University Ny College Of Med
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Excellence in Surgery Services Award
- Arab Health 2012 Achievement and Innovation Awards
- Community Health Promotion Award
- International Health Promotion Awards (IHPA)
- 21st Century Achievement Award in Health by International Virtual e-Hospital
- Distinguished Service Award
- Award for Integrated & Multidisciplinary Approach and Management of Trauma Patient Workshop
- Team Award for Teaching, Excellence and Mentorship
- Plaque of Recognition
- Two Best Presentation Awards
- Outstanding Teaching Award
- Best Teacher in MIII Surgery Course
- Outstanding Teacher Pin Award – MIII Surgery Course
- Norwich Eaton Research Fellowship
- Medical Faculty Award for Outstanding Student and Great Contributions in the Development of Medical Faculty
- Outstanding Associate Reporter Editor
- Orthopedic and Surgery Clinic Scholarship
- Fellow
Education
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Yale-New Haven Hospital -
New York Medical College -
Cleveland Clinic Foundation -
University of Pristina Faculty of Medicine
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