The Department of Surgery

Alexander C. Cavalea, MD

Assistant Professor
Division of Trauma & Critical Care Surgery

Clinical Focus

General Surgery, Trauma, Critical Care, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Hernia repair, Acute Pancreatitis, Rib fixation

Research Focus

Shock Resuscitation, Traumatic Cardiac Arrest, Gun Violence Prevention, Chest Wall Injury

Education

Medical School

The Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL, 2014

Residency

General Surgery, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, 2019

Fellowship

Surgical Critical Care, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 2020

Certifications

American Board of Surgery

Professional Affiliations

American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Chest Wall Injury Society (CWIS)

Current Publications

Greiffenstein P, Cavalea A, Smith A, Sharp T, Warren O, Dennis J, Gatterer MC, Danos D, Byrne TC, Scarborough A, Deville P, VanMeter K.
Effect of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on perfusion in a porcine model of severe hemorrhagic shock. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Oct 8. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004437. Online ahead of print.

O'Quinn PC, Smith LM, Cavalea AC.
Non-surgical management of a malecot tube migrating from a small bowel fistula. Cureus. 2024 Apr 20;16(4):e58630. doi: 10.7759/cureus.58630. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Smith A, Fitzpatrick-Schmidt T, Beiter K, Cavalea AC, Scharf P, Schoen J, Stuke L, Greiffenstein P, Marr A, Tedesco A, Hunt JP.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on mass shootings in six major US cities. Injury. 2023 Jul;54(7):110766. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.04.053. Epub 2023 Apr 30.

Cavalea AC, Tedesco A, Leonard J, Hunt JP, Schoen J, Smith AA, Greiffenstein P, Marr AB, Stuke LE.
Mass shootings in the United States: Results from a five-year demographic analysis. Injury. 2022 Mar;53(3):925-931. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.01.004. Epub 2022 Jan 5.

Current Presentations

Clegg DJ, Creighton J, Cavalea A. Laparoscopic management of an intraoperatively discovered cholecystoduodenal fistula after ERCP for choledocholithiasis: A case report and literature review Presented at Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 2023 Annual Meeting; 2023 March - 29; Montreal, Canada.