Brian Yorkgitis D.O. Associate Professor & Associate Chair for Commmunity Outreach, Department of Surgery; Associate Director, Trauma One Flight Operations; Medical Director, Pediatrics Trauma Department: Department of Surgery Business Phone: (904) 244-3498 Business Email: Brian.Yorkgitis2@jax.ufl.edu Appointments and Locations Board Certifications SurgerySurgical Critical Care Show More Clinical Profile Specialties SurgerySurgical Critical Care Interests Clinical Special Interests: ultrasound, coagulation and hemostasis, trauma/critical care, surgical education, pediatric trauma, palliative care, tactical medicine and ECMO Show More Publications 2022American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma Clinical Protocol for inpatient venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after trauma.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.92(3):597-604[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000003475.[PMID] 34797813.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Association of Postsurgical Opioid Refills for Patients With Risk of Opioid Misuse and Chronic Opioid Use Among Family Members.JAMA network open.5(7):e2221316-[DOI] 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.21316.[PMID] 35838671.PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Charges, length of stay, and complication associations with trauma center ownership in adult patients with mild to moderate trauma.American journal of surgery.223(1):22-27[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.07.031.[PMID] 34332746.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Disparities in Demographics and Outcomes Based on Trauma Center Ownership.The Journal of surgical research.273():132-137[DOI] 10.1016/j.jss.2021.12.024.[PMID] 35085940.PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multicenter Trial: Comparison of pre-injury antithrombotic use and reversal strategies among severe traumatic brain injury patients.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.92(1):88-92[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000003421.[PMID] 34570064.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Establishing national stakeholder priorities for quality improvement in pediatric trauma care: Consensus results using a modified Delphi process.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.93(4):467-473[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000003731.[PMID] 35713930.PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Evaluation of an Expedited Trauma Transfer Protocol: Right Place, Right Time.The Journal of surgical research.269():229-233[DOI] 10.1016/j.jss.2021.08.022.[PMID] 34610536.PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Impact of time to surgery on mortality in hypotensive patients with noncompressible torso hemorrhage: An AAST multicenter, prospective study.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.92(5):801-811[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000003544.[PMID] 35468112.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Injury Characteristics, Outcomes, and Health Care Services Use Associated With Nonfatal Injuries Sustained in Mass Shootings in the US, 2012-2019.JAMA network open.5(5):e2213737-[DOI] 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.13737.[PMID] 35622366.PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Authors response to reader's letter: Creating an evidence-based pathway for assessing and managing cervical spine and BCV injury in pediatric trauma population (Ref AJEM26745).The American journal of emergency medicine.44():462-463[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.04.062.[PMID] 33958248.0 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Implementation of a dual cervical spine and blunt cerebrovascular injury assessment pathway for pediatric trauma patients.The American journal of emergency medicine.47():74-79[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.03.024.[PMID] 33780736.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Pediatric Safety Restraint Use in Motor Vehicle Crashes at a Level I Safety-Net Trauma Center.The Journal of surgical research.258():132-136[DOI] 10.1016/j.jss.2020.08.053.[PMID] 33010558.PubMed·Publisher's Site2020An evidence-based algorithm decreases computed tomography use in hemodynamically stable pediatric blunt abdominal trauma patients.American journal of surgery.220(2):482-488[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.01.006.[PMID] 31932078.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Applying Pediatric Brain Injury Guidelines at a Level I Adult/Pediatric Safety-Net Trauma Center.The Journal of surgical research.255():106-110[DOI] 10.1016/j.jss.2020.05.042.[PMID] 32543374.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Controlled substance prescribing and education in orthopedic residencies: A program director survey.American journal of surgery.219(4):711-714[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.04.021.[PMID] 31088626.PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Diaphragm pacing decreases hospital charges for patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury.Trauma surgery & acute care open.5(1):e000528-[DOI] 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000528.[PMID] 33381653.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Diaphragm pacing improves respiratory mechanics in acute cervical spinal cord injury.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.89(3):423-428[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000002809.[PMID] 32467474.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Effect of Opioid Prescribing Education for Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents in a Safety-Net Hospital.The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.120(7):456-461[DOI] 10.7556/jaoa.2020.073.[PMID] 32598459.PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Evaluation and management of blunt cerebrovascular injury: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.88(6):875-887[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000002668.[PMID] 32176167.23 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Managing Meckel diverticulum: To resect or not resect?JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.33(10):30-32[DOI] 10.1097/01.JAA.0000697244.35582.cb.[PMID] 32976232.PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Partnering With Patients to Reduce Firearm-Related Death and Injury.The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.120(6):413-417[DOI] 10.7556/jaoa.2020.063.[PMID] 32451541.PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Serial hemoglobin monitoring in adult patients with blunt solid organ injury: less is more.Trauma surgery & acute care open.5(1):e000446-[DOI] 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000446.[PMID] 32432171.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Thromboelastography and rotational thromboelastometry in bleeding patients with coagulopathy: Practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.89(6):999-1017[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000002944.[PMID] 32941349.22 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Timing and volume of crystalloid and blood products in pediatric trauma: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter prospective observational study.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.89(1):36-42[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000002702.[PMID] 32251263.12 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Altered monocyte and NK cell phenotypes correlate with posttrauma infection.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.87(2):337-341[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000002264.[PMID] 31008865.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Cervical spine clearance in adult trauma patients.JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.32(2):12-16[DOI] 10.1097/01.JAA.0000552718.90865.53.[PMID] 30640178.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Effect of Surgery-Specific Opioid-Prescribing Education in a Safety-Net Hospital.The Journal of surgical research.243():71-74[DOI] 10.1016/j.jss.2019.05.003.[PMID] 31158726.16 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Opioid Prescribing Education for Physician Assistant Students: A Physician Assistant Educator Survey.The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association.30(1):27-33[DOI] 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000238.[PMID] 30720704.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Trends in civilian penetrating brain injury: A review of 26,871 patients.American journal of surgery.218(2):255-260[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.11.034.[PMID] 30558803.14 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Gallbladder Rupture and Acute Thoracic Aortic Disruption after Blunt Trauma.The American surgeon.84(9):e436-e438[DOI] .[PMID] 30454527.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Laboratory Tests and X-ray Imaging in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Checking the Checklist.The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.118(5):305-309[DOI] 10.7556/jaoa.2018.060.[PMID] 29710352.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Opioid Prescribing Education in Surgical Residencies: A Program Director Survey.Journal of surgical education.75(3):552-556[DOI] 10.1016/j.jsurg.2017.08.023.[PMID] 28882458.22 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Postoperative opioid prescribing: Getting it RIGHTT.American journal of surgery.215(4):707-711[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.02.001.[PMID] 29454483.19 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective cohort study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.).360():j5790-[DOI] 10.1136/bmj.j5790.[PMID] 29343479.308 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Reassessing the utility of CT angiograms in penetrating injuries to the extremities.Surgery.163(2):419-422[DOI] 10.1016/j.surg.2017.09.019.[PMID] 29167019.PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Risk factors for prolonged need for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes in adult trauma patients: Experience of a level 1 trauma.Surgery.164(6):1259-1262[DOI] 10.1016/j.surg.2018.05.013.[PMID] 29983158.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Surgery program directors' knowledge of opioid prescribing regulations: a survey study.The Journal of surgical research.227():194-197[DOI] 10.1016/j.jss.2018.02.036.[PMID] 29804853.8 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Use of diaphragm pacing in the management of acute cervical spinal cord injury.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.85(5):928-931[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000002023.[PMID] 29985232.8 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2017Do Transferred Patients Increase the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Trauma Centers?The American surgeon.83(11):1241-1245[DOI] .[PMID] 29183526.PubMed·Publisher's Site2017Phenotyping the Immune Response to Trauma: A Multiparametric Systems Immunology Approach.Critical care medicine.45(9):1523-1530[DOI] 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002577.[PMID] 28671900.39 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2017Primary Care of the Blunt Splenic Injured Adult.The American journal of medicine.130(3):365.e1-365.e5[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.10.010.[PMID] 27818226.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2017Ultrasonography training and utilization in surgical critical care fellowships: a program director's survey.The Journal of surgical research.218():292-297[DOI] 10.1016/j.jss.2017.06.040.[PMID] 28985864.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2016Direct oral anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism treatment and prophylaxis.JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.29(8):24-9[DOI] 10.1097/01.JAA.0000488690.65799.b0.[PMID] 27359069.PubMed·Publisher's Site2016Erratum to "Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant reversal: hope is on the horizon" [The American Journal of Surgery 212 (1) 160-164].American journal of surgery.212(3):557-[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.07.005.[PMID] 27566186.PubMed·Publisher's Site2016Geographic Distribution of Trauma Burden, Mortality, and Services in the United States: Does Availability Correspond to Patient Need?Journal of the American College of Surgeons.223(6):764-773.e2[DOI] 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.08.569.[PMID] 28193322.11 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2016How long should we fear? Long-term risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with traumatic brain injury.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.81(1):71-8[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000001046.[PMID] 27015575.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2016Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant reversal: hope is on the horizon.American journal of surgery.212(1):160-4[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.01.029.[PMID] 27182049.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2016The truth about trauma readmissions.American journal of surgery.211(4):649-55[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.09.018.[PMID] 26822268.37 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2016Whatever happens to trauma patients who leave against medical advice?American journal of surgery.211(4):677-83[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.11.016.[PMID] 26827185.14 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2015Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants: The Clinician's New Challenge.The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.115(10):612-21[DOI] 10.7556/jaoa.2015.122.[PMID] 26414714.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2015Pertussis vaccination in adult trauma patients: Are we missing an opportunity?Surgery.158(3):602-7[DOI] 10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.060.[PMID] 26032818.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2014Antiplatelet and anticoagulation medications and the surgical patient.American journal of surgery.207(1):95-101[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.04.004.[PMID] 24139554.12 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2012Surgical considerations in invasive breast cancer: a clinician's update.JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.25(5):52, 54-7[DOI] .[PMID] 22712149.PubMed·Publisher's Site Show More Office Information Academic Office 8th Floor, Clinical Center655 West 8th Street, CC276Jacksonville, FL 32209(904) 244-3498 Brian.Yorkgitis2@jax.ufl.edu Senior Medical Secretary Tamekia Reese(904) 244-3498Tamekia.Reese@jax.ufl.edu Show More Education Medical Degree2009 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USASurgery Residency2014 · Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USASurgical Critical Care Fellowship2015 · Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Show More News August 26, 2022 A young patient’s path to recovery August 23, 2022 Giving the Gift of Life April 29, 2022 A young patient’s path to recovery July 1, 2021 Safely Celebrate the Fourth of July June 23, 2021 Sixteen faculty members receive promotions for 2021-2022 Media Coverage April 10, 2022 How does someone become an organ donor? News4Jax (WJXT) April 15, 2020 Emergency rooms see decline in patients as many are concerned they will be exposed to COVID-19; doctors say don't wait First Coast News April 15, 2020 Emergency rooms see decline in patients as many are concerned they will be exposed to COVID-19; doctors say don't wait First Coast News January 25, 2020 ‘A Night for Heroes’ honors life-saving staff at UF Health News4Jax (WJXT) May 27, 2019 Orthopedic surgery trainees are rarely trained in opioid prescribing Reuters Multimedia April 28, 2022 A Night for Heroes 2022: Honoree Raqeem Bacon June 3, 2021 Acute care surgery at UF Health Jacksonville by Dr. Brian Yorkgitis January 28, 2020 A Night for Heroes 2020: Brandon Taylor and Luis Rios Show More