2026 David V. Feliciano: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	87	13790	12978	6998	6474	392	23109

Overview

David V. Feliciano is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has produced a substantial body of work primarily in the field of medicine. Their research spans 188 publications with a concentration on surgery and related disciplines.

Their main subfields of study include:

Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Internal Medicine
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

The primary topics covered in their research are:

Vascular Procedures and Complications
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
Trauma Management and Diagnosis
Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

David V. Feliciano's recent papers include the following:

"Penetrating Injury to the Carotid Artery: Characterizing Presentation and Outcomes from the National Trauma Data Bank" (2020) published in Annals of Vascular Surgery
"Hard signs gone soft: A critical evaluation of presenting signs of extremity vascular injury" (2020) published in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
"Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta associated with improved survival in hemorrhagic shock" (2022) published in PLoS ONE
"Does Clamshell Thoracotomy Better Facilitate Thoracic Life-Saving Procedures Without Increased Complication Compared with an Anterolateral Approach to Resuscitative Thoracotomy? Results from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Aortic Occlusion for Resuscitation in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Registry" (2020) published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons
"Near Disappearance of Splenorrhaphy as an Operative Strategy for Splenic Preservation After Trauma" (2021) published in The American Surgeon

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Joseph J. DuBose (28 collaborations)
Thomas M. Scalea (20 collaborations)
Jonathan J. Morrison (14 collaborations)
Melike Harfouche (9 collaborations)
Grace Rozycki (7 collaborations)

David V. Feliciano's work is published often in several key medical and surgical journals, such as:

The American Surgeon (17 publications)
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (17 publications)
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care (10 publications)
Journal of the American College of Surgeons (9 publications)
World Journal of Emergency Surgery (2 publications)

Best Publications

Early enteral feeding, compared with parenteral, reduces postoperative septic complications. The results of a meta-analysis.

Frederick Moore;David Feliciano;Richard Andrassy;A. Mcardle

1864
Citations
Surgeon-performed ultrasound for the assessment of truncal injuries: lessons learned from 1540 patients

Grace S. Rozycki;Robert B. Ballard;David V. Feliciano;Judith A. Schmidt

518
Citations
Five thousand seven hundred sixty cardiovascular injuries in 4459 patients. Epidemiologic evolution 1958 to 1987.

Kenneth L. Mattox;David V. Feliciano;J. Burch;A. C. Beall

443
Citations
The role of ultrasound in patients with possible penetrating cardiac wounds: a prospective multicenter study.

Grace S. Rozycki;David V. Feliciano;M. Gage Ochsner;M. Margaret Knudson

426
Citations
Improvements in early mortality and coagulopathy are sustained better in patients with blunt trauma after institution of a massive transfusion protocol in a civilian level I trauma center.

Christopher J. Dente;Beth H. Shaz;Jeffery M. Nicholas;Robert S. Harris

423
Citations
Severe hepatic trauma: a multi-center experience with 1,335 liver injuries.

Thomas H. Cogbill;Ernest E. Moore;Gregory J. Jurkovich;David V. Feliciano

420
Citations
Unnecessary laparotomies for trauma: a prospective study of morbidity.

Barry M. Renz;David V. Feliciano

412
Citations
Intra-abdominal packing for control of hepatic hemorrhage: a reappraisal.

David V. Feliciano;Kenneth L. Mattox;George L. Jordan

366
Citations
Emergency general surgery: definition and estimated burden of disease.

Shahid Shafi;Michel B. Aboutanos;Suresh Agarwal;Carlos V.R. Brown

318
Citations
Packing for control of hepatic hemorrhage.

David V. Feliciano;Kenneth L. Mattox;Jon M. Burch;Carmel G. Bitondo

295
Citations
Blunt vascular trauma in the extremity: diagnosis, management, and outcome.

Grace S. Rozycki;Lorraine N. Tremblay;David V. Feliciano;David V. Feliciano;Walter B. McClelland

279
Citations
Five-year experience with PTFE grafts in vascular wounds.

David V. Feliciano;Kenneth L. Mattox;Joseph M. Graham;Carmel G. Bitondo

278
Citations
Management of 1000 consecutive cases of hepatic trauma (1979-1984).

David V. Feliciano;Kenneth L. Mattox;George L. Jordan;Jon M. Burch

273
Citations
Prospective MAST study in 911 patients.

Kenneth L. Mattox;William Bickell;Paul E. Pepe;Jon Burch

245
Citations
Abdominal gunshot wounds. An urban trauma center's experience with 300 consecutive patients.

David V. Feliciano;Jon M. Burch;Vicky Spjut-Patrinely;Kenneth L. Mattox

232
Citations
Changing patterns in the management of penetrating abdominal trauma: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Jeffrey M. Nicholas;Emily Parker Rix;Kerr Anthony Easley;David V. Feliciano

229
Citations
Rapid detection of traumatic effusion using surgeon-performed ultrasonography.

Amy C. Sisley;Grace S. Rozycki;Robert B. Ballard;Nicholas Namias

224
Citations
Management of subclavian vascular injuries.

Joseph M. Graham;David V. Feliciano;Kenneth L. Mattox;Arthur C. Beall

220
Citations
Civilian trauma in the 1980s. A 1-year experience with 456 vascular and cardiac injuries

D V Feliciano;C G Bitondo;K L Mattox;J M Burch

218
Citations
Conservative management of duodenal trauma: A multicenter perspective

Thomas H. Cogbill;Ernest E. Moore;David V. Feliciano;David B. Hoyt

212
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth L. Mattox Baylor College of Medicine

Jon M. Burch University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Andrew W. Kirkpatrick University of Calgary

Ernest E. Moore University of Colorado Denver

Michael E. DeBakey Baylor College of Medicine

Frederick A. Moore University of Florida

David B. Hoyt American College of Surgeons

Kenji Inaba University of Southern California

Kevin B. Laupland Queensland University of Technology

Thomas M. Scalea University of Maryland, Baltimore

External Links

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