Shana Ballow

Clinical Professor
Surgery - Fresno
[email protected]
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Shana Ballow, D.O.
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF
Specialty: Critical Care/Trauma

Shana Ballow, DO, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of California San Francisco at the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research.

Dr. Ballow received her medical degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience, she completed her General Surgery Residency at University of California San Francisco Fresno were she also completed her Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.

Dr. Ballow joined the Department of Surgery’s core faculty team in General Surgery and Critical Care Surgery at Community Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in 2012. In her role as teaching faculty her activities consist of clinical and didactic education, mostly in the clinical setting. The students include a wide variety of educational levels, including medical students, general surgery residents, residents from other specialties rotating on the surgical service, and fellows in Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery.

Dr. Ballow is member of the American College of Surgeons and has been invited to present both nationally and regionally for her interests in trauma and critical care.

Publications

Main versus segmental hepatic artery angioembolization in patients with traumatic liver injuries: A Western Trauma Association multicenter study.

Surgery

Nguyen PD, Nahmias J, Aryan N, Samuels JM, Cripps M, Carmichael H, McIntyre R, Urban S, Burlew CC, Velopulos C, Ballow S, Dirks RC, Spalding MC, LaRiccia A, Farrell MS, Stein DM, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, Mentzer CJ, Mack TJ, Ball CG, Mukherjee K, Mladenov G, Haase DJ, Abdou H, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Bala M, Keric N, Crigger M, Dhillon NK, Ley EJ, Egodage T, Williamson J, Cardenas TCP, Eugene V, Patel K, Costello K, Bonne S, Elgammal FS, Dorlac W, Pederson C, Werner NL, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Semon G, Spoor K, Harmon LA, Grigorian A

Observation-first versus angioembolization-first approach in stable patients with blunt liver trauma: A WTA multicenter study.

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery

Nguyen PD, Nahmias J, Aryan N, Samuels JM, Cripps M, Carmichael H, McIntyre R, Urban S, Burlew CC, Velopulos C, Ballow S, Dirks RC, Spalding MC, LaRiccia A, Farrell MS, Stein DM, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, Mentzer CJ, Mack TJ, Ball CG, Mukherjee K, Mladenov G, Haase DJ, Abdou H, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Bala M, Keric N, Crigger M, Dhillon NK, Ley EJ, Egodage T, Williamson J, Cardenas TC, Eugene V, Patel K, Costello K, Bonne S, Elgammal FS, Dorlac W, Pederson C, Werner NL, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Semon G, Spoor K, Harmon LA, Grigorian A

Propensity weighted analysis of chemical venous thromboembolism prophylaxis agents in isolated severe traumatic brain injury: An EAST sponsored multicenter study.

Injury

Ratnasekera AM, Seng SS, Kim D, Ji W, Jacovides CL, Kaufman EJ, Sadek HM, Perea LL, Poloni CM, Shnaydman I, Lee AJ, Sharp V, Miciura A, Trevizo E, Rosenthal MG, Lottenberg L, Zhao W, Keininger A, Hunt M, Cull J, Balentine C, Egodage T, Mohamed AT, Kincaid M, Doris S, Cotterman R, Seegert S, Jacobson LE, Williams J, Moncrief M, Palmer B, Mentzer C, Tackett N, Hranjec T, Dougherty T, Morrissey S, Donatelli-Seyler L, Rushing A, Tatebe LC, Nevill TJ, Aboutanos MB, Hamilton D, Redmond D, Cullinane DC, Falank C, McMellen M, Duran C, Daniels J, Ballow S, Schuster KM, Ferrada P

High-grade liver injuries with contrast extravasation managed initially with interventional radiology versus observation: A secondary analysis of a WTA multicenter study.

American journal of surgery

Aryan N, Grigorian A, Tay-Lasso E, Cripps M, Carmichael H, McIntyre R, Urban S, Velopulos C, Cothren Burlew C, Ballow S, Dirks RC, LaRiccia A, Farrell MS, Stein DM, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, Mentzer CJ, Mack TJ, Ball CG, Mukherjee K, Mladenov G, Haase DJ, Abdou H, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Bala M, Keric N, Crigger M, Dhillon NK, Ley EJ, Egodage T, Williamson J, Cardenas TC, Eugene V, Patel K, Costello K, Bonne S, Elgammal FS, Dorlac W, Pederson C, Werner NL, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Semon G, Spoor K, Harmon LA, Samuels JM, Spalding MC, Nahmias J

Early VTE Prophylaxis in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Propensity Score Weighted EAST Multi-Center Study.

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery

Ratnasekera AM, Kim D, Seng SS, Jacovides C, Kaufman EJ, Sadek HM, Perea LL, Monaco C, Shnaydman I, Jeongyoon Lee A, Sharp V, Miciura A, Trevizo E, Rosenthal M, Lottenberg L, Zhao W, Keininger A, Hunt M, Cull J, Balentine C, Egodage T, Mohamed A, Kincaid M, Doris S, Cotterman R, Seegert S, Jacobson LE, Williams J, Whitmill M, Palmer B, Mentzer C, Tackett N, Hranjec T, Dougherty T, Morrissey S, Donatelli-Seyler L, Rushing A, Tatebe LC, Nevill TJ, Aboutanos MB, Hamilton D, Redmond D, Cullinane DC, Falank C, McMellen M, Duran C, Daniels J, Ballow S, Schuster K, Ferrada P

An observation-first strategy for liver injuries with "blush" on computed tomography is safe and effective.

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery

Samuels JM, Carmichael H, McIntyre R, Urban S, Ballow S, Dirks RC, Spalding MC, LaRiccia A, Farrell MS, Stein DM, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, Mentzer CJ, Mack TJ, Ball CG, Mukherjee K, Mladenov G, Haase DJ, Abdou H, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Nahmias J, Tay E, Bala M, Keric N, Crigger M, Dhillon NK, Ley EJ, Egodage T, Williamson J, Cardenas TC, Eugene V, Patel K, Costello K, Bonne S, Elgammal FS, Dorlac W, Pederson C, Burlew CC, Werner NL, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Semon G, Spoor K, Velopulos C, Harmon LA