General Surgery
MD, Active Member of the SERMO Team Chain; Consultant General Surgeon and Active Member of the Venezuelan Surgery Society
Dr. Juan Ricciardi is a Consultant General Surgeon and Active Member of the Venezuelan Surgery Society. Surgeon attached to the Department of Surgery and Member of the General Surgery Service at University Hospital of The Andes, Merida, Venezuela. Active Member of the SERMO Team Chain.
Born in Valera, Trujillo – Venezuela in 1992. First he study Medicine at the University of The Andes, Merida-Valera, Venezuela and became a General Practitioner with the Cum Laude special distinction, during his career work as a nobel research publishing articles Journal Workshops in Protozoology and Community Health and with an arbitration review article at the Malariology and Environmental Health Bulletin. During 2016-2017 work as a rural doctor at the Jose Gregorio Hernandez Hospital, Trujillo, and also doing his scheduled Assistance Residence in General Surgery at the same place.
In December 2017, he moved to Merida, Venezuela where start and complete his postgraduate studies, during this time he work with the presentation of free works about deferred splenic trauma and Meckel Diverticulum causing bowel obstruction at the National Congress of the Venezuelan Surgery Society, Caracas 2019, later he became a Chief Resident in 2020 and develop basic knowledge and skills with many emergency and elective surgeries. Also, participate as an assistant in many conferences organized by Venezuelan Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Society SOVCIBAM, Hernia A to Z Fundamentals Course European Hernia Society, Infection Committee of the Venezuelan Society of Surgery, Modulated Update Program in Trauma, Emergencies and Critical Care in times of Covid 19 of the Argentine Association of Surgery, III International Course of Endoscopic Surgery of the Department of Endoscopic Surgery at the Society of Surgeons Chile. International Course of Breast Cancer and Oncoplastic Surgery National University of Cordoba, Argentina. Virtual Latin American Congress of Robotic Surgery COLCIR, SRS, SCCBM 2020. NIHSS activity, Provost, Rush University Interprofessional Chicago 2020. Continuing Education Course for Residents and General Surgeons of the Society of Surgeons of Chile. Colonic Cancer of the Venezuelan Society of Digestive Endoscopy and Interamerican Society of Digestive Endoscopy. International Hernia Symposium (HIS 2021) Royal College of Surgeons of England.
He was the 3rd place winner at the Venezuelan contest of clinical cases of the Venezuelan Society of Surgery Residents SOVERCI 2020. Actually coursing the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Bariatric Channel Webinar Brazil 2022.
Selected publications from PubMed
Stoicism has long guided those who seek greatness, from generals to athletes and even general surgeons. Surgeons face long shifts, frequent on-call duties, and the pressure to make quick, accurate decisions while performing complex procedures. These factors contribute to high stress, anxiety, and altered empathy levels. Is there a way to transform these challenges into opportunities for personal growth for young surgeons? Long hours, high patient volumes, and diverse surgical procedures are inherent to many surgical specialties. Research shows that 40% of surgeons have witnessed an intraoperative complication linked to stress. Training programs that focus on cultivating empathy and personal resilience, similar to Stoic philosophy, can be powerful tools in combating burnout and depression in surgical environments. Stoic training offers a different approach compared to traditional psychological training and could provide valuable benefits to surgical trainees.
Published
Aug 2024
Before the concept of damage control, classical surgery aimed to solve all problems of the polytraumatized patient in a single surgery. However, the trauma patient has greater probability of death due to trans surgical metabolic alterations. The “damage control” name was coined in 1993 by Schwab, in Philadelphia, and refers to the control rapid initial bleeding and contamination, temporary abdominal closure, resuscitation ITU (intensive therapy unit), and subsequent reexploration with definitive repair. Through the DCS, it is intended to achieve first instantiates the reestablishment of normal physiology of the patient rather than the normal anatomy in the seriously injured patients. Damage control surgery it is a real value weapon to fight against the high morbimortality rate in severe trauma and non-trauma patients. It is not feasible in every patient; it has a very defined criteria to make it. Damage Control Resuscitation is as important as the damage control itself.
Published
Nov 2023
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