(631) 444-4545
- Specialty:
Subspecialty:
- Surgery
General Surgery
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Administrative/ Clinical Title:
- Chief, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care,
Medical Director, SICU
JAMES VOSSWINKEL MD
For Appointments:
(631) 444-4545
ABDOMINAL PAIN
ANTI-REFLUX SURGERY (FUNDOPLICATION)
APPENDICITIS
COLON SURGERY
GALLBLADDER DISEASE (GALLSTONES)
GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
GENERAL SURGERY
GI SURGERY
HERNIA REPAIRS
LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
LAPAROSCOPY
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
SURGERY
SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE
TRAUMA
1199NBF
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
BEECH STREET
CIGNA GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
FIRST HEALTH
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
HEALTHFIRST
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
MULTIPLAN PHCS
MULTIPLAN SAVILITY
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN
NO FAULT
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED HEALTHCARE
UNITED OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKERS COMP
Education & Training
- Medical Degree:
- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY (1995)
- Residency:
- General Surgery, SUNY-Stony Brook, NY
- Fellowship:
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Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Yale University, CT
Academic & Other
- Academic Rank:
- Assistant Professor
- Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
- 2002
David J.Kreis, Jr., Award for Excellence in Trauma Surgery, SUNY-Stony Brook, 2000
- Clinical Practice Began:
- 1995
Locations
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SURGERY
37 RESEARCH WAY,
EAST SETAUKET,
NY 11733-3465.
Ph.: 631-444-4545
Fax: 631-444-4539
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SURGERY
222 MIDDLE COUNTRY ROAD,
SUITE 209,
SMITHTOWN,
NY 11787.
Ph.: 631-444-4545
Fax: 631-638-2830


Selected Publications
Caso G, Vosswinkel JA, Garlick PJ, Barry MK, Bilfinger TV, McNurlan MA. Altered protein metabolism following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Clin Sci (Lond) 2008;114:339-46.
Caso G, Vosswinkel JA, Garlick PJ, Mileva I, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. Response of human muscle protein to feeding: a comparison of methods [abstract]. FASEB J 2006;20:A8.
Caso G, Garlick PJ, Ballou LM, Vosswinkel JA, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. The increase in human muscle protein synthesis induced by food intake is similar when assessed with the constant infusion and flooding techniques. J Nutr 2006;36:1504-10.
Dilmanian FA, Kalef-Ezra J, Petersen MJ, Bozios G, Vosswinkel J, Giron F, Ren B, Yakupov R, Antonakopoulos G. Could X-ray microbeams inhibit angioplasty-induced restenosis in the rat carotid artery? Cardiovasc Radiat Med 2003;4:139-45.
Bilfinger TV, Vosswinkel JA, Cadet P, Rialas CM, Magazine HI, Stefano GB. Direct assessment and diminished production of morphine stimulated NO by diabetic endothelium from saphenous vein. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2002;23:97-102.
Caso G, Ford GC, Nair KS, Vosswinkel JA, Garlick PJ, McNurlan MA. Increased concentration of tracee affects estimates of muscle protein synthesis. Am J Physiol 2001;280:E937-46.
Bilfinger TV, Vosswinkel JA, Rialas CM, Krukenkamp IB, Stefano GB. Functional assessment of disease-free saphenous vein grafts at redo coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1183-7.
Vosswinkel JA, Brathwaite CE, Smith TR, Ferber JM, Casella G, Garlick PJ. Hyperventilation increases muscle protein synthesis in critically ill trauma patients. J Surg Res 2000;91:61-4.
Vosswinkel JA, Bilfinger TV. Cardiac nail gun injuries: lessons learned. J Trauma 1999;47:588-90.
Vosswinkel JA, Colantonio AL. Torsion of the gallbladder: laparoscopic identification and treatment. Surg Endosc 1999;13:1154-6.
Vosswinkel JA, Ferber JM. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: an unusual childhood occurrence. Surg Rounds 1999;22:568-74.
Vosswinkel JA, McCormack JE, Brathwaite CE, Geller ER. Critical analysis of injuries sustained in the TWA Flight 800 midair disaster. J Trauma 1999;47:617-21.
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