Colville Ferdinand, MD, FACS, FSSC

EXPERIENCE

Chief of Staff (Ag) VA Augusta Healthcare System Augusta GA. October 2023- Current

Chief of Surgery VA Augusta Healthcare System Augusta, Georgia. Jan 2020- current

Director of Acute Surgical Care Acute Surgical Care LLC. Augusta, GA. May 2018- Jan 2020

Acute Care Surgeon Doctors Hospital of Augusta. Augusta, GA May 2018- Jan 2020

Chief of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Augusta University. Augusta, GA July 2011- Jan 2018

Chief of Acute Care Surgery Augusta University. Augusta, GA Jan 2011 – Jan 2018

Co-Director of Surgical Critical Care fellowship; Augusta University July 2010 - June 2012

Associate Professor Anesthesia/Perioperative Medicine Augusta University March 2014 – May 2018

Associate Professor of Surgery Augusta University. Augusta, GA. July 2009 – May 2018

Assistant Professor of Surgery Augusta University. Augusta, GA. August 2003 – June 2009

Trauma/ Critical Care Fellow MCP/Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA July 2002 – June 2003

Chief Surgical Resident MCP/Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA July 2001- June 2002

Surgical Resident MCP/Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA. July 1999-June 2001

Surgical Resident Morehouse School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA. July 1998- June 1999

Surgical Resident MCP/Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA. July 1997-June 1998

Transitional Year Resident Frankford Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. July1996- June 1997

Senior House Officer Kingstown General Hospital, Kingstown, St. Vincent, West Indies. January 1996- May 1996

House Officer Kingstown General Hospital, Kingstown, St Vincent, West Indies. January 1995- December 1995

Teaching Assistant St Georges University School of Medicine (Gross Anatomy) 1991-1992

EDUCATION

ST Georges University School of Medicine. January 1991- December 1994

Clinical Clerkships: North Middlesex Hospital, London, England. January 1993-July 1994

Royal Marsden/Chelsea Westminster Hospital. London, England. July 1994 - Aug 1994

BOARD CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE RESEARCH

American Board of Surgery - Surgical Critical Care Certification October 2004.

- General Surgery Certification March 2004.

M.D. ST. Georges` University School of Medicine, ST Georges Grenada. ATLS

ACLS/BLS

ASSET

ATLS Instructor

FCCS Instructor

RTTDC Instructor

Bleeding Control Instructor

Hyperbaric Medicine

ABLS

RESEARCH

Meta-analysis and Evidence for the efficacy of HFOV in ARDS management; Systematic review and quality Assessment. Muhamed Awad, Muhamed Gaber, Colville Ferdinand

Cybersecurity and US Healthcare; Shared actions towards better defense. Muhamed Awad, Colville Ferdinand

Biomarkers in Hemorrhagic Shock Patients. Ferdinand, Colville, O`Malley Keith, Young Lester, Adams Bao-Ling

Extra intestinal manifestations of C diff colitis; Kristina Falkenstrom, Sean Prince, Colville Ferdinand

Blood (ACCUTE) Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Study of AB103 as Compared to Placebo in Patients with Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (NSTI) Ferdinand Colville, Abuzeid Adel, Holsten Steven, O`Malley Keith, White Cassandra borne biomarkers in TBI patients Vender John, Dhandapani Krishnan, Ferdinand Colville, Alleyne Cargill

Psychological Effects of Acute Care Surgery Experiment (PEACE): Instituting a comprehensive education and Screening program for Acute Stress Disorder, PTSD, and Depression among acute care surgery patients Holsten Steven, Abuzeid Adel, Ferdinand Colville, Korderas Kristin, O`Malley Keith, White Cassandra

(Sanguinate) An Open-label Phase 1 Safety Study of SANGUINATE infusion in patients with acute severe Anemia Who are unable to receive red blood cell transfusion Ferdinand Colville, Patel Vijaykumar, Cassandra White.

Effect of IV Ofirmev on narcotic use in process for pain control in patients with Traumatic Brain injury. SB Holsten, BN Cross, JM Beatty, RS Medeiros, EG NeSmith, K O`Malley, CHB Ferdinand

Implementation of a post traumatic psychological screening tool at a Level 1 trauma Center: A cost benefit Analysis Holsten SB, Cross BN, Beatty JS, Holsten AW, Bolduc A, Medeiros RS, NeSmith EG, Park M, Laserna C, Looney S, Ferdinand CH, O`Malley K

Retrospective review of hospital course of trauma patients who develop alcohol withdrawal as compared to Similar injury severity controls. BN Cross, K Tyler, P Des Anges, CHB Ferdinand

Impact of Intra-Abdominal Pressure on Intra-Cerebral Pressures in Patients with Sever Traumatic Brain Injury. Colville Ferdinand, Cargille Alleyne, Linda Atteberry, Michael Hawkins Linda Atteberry, Colville Ferdinand, Michael Hawkins

Ultrasonographic Examination of the Urinary Tract at the Bedside: Can This Technique Supplant the Use of Abdominal CT as an Evaluation Tool in the Acute Trauma Patient?

Michael Edwards, Colville Ferdinand, Adeline Deladisma Development of Model to Predict Failure of Non-Operative Management of Severe Blunt Splenic Injury

A Phase 2, Open-Label, Non-Comparative Study of Doripenem in the Treatment of Nosocomial And Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in hospitals where, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa may be a Prevalent Pathogen. CHB Ferdinand, M Edwards, M Hawkins

Retrospective Study of CSCI Patients with Neurogenic Shock Requiring Cardiac Pacemaker CHB Ferdinand

A Multicenter, Randomized, Open- Label, Phase 3 Study to Compare the Safety of Intravenous Doripenem with that of Intravenous Imipenem in Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia J. Cue, CHB Ferdinand.

A Multicenter, Double-Blind Randomized, phase 3 study Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Doripenem with That of Meropenem in Complicated Intra- Abdominal Infections J. D. Mellinger, CHB Ferdinand.

Linezolid in the Treatment of Subjects with Nosocomial Penumonia Proven to be Due to Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus J. Cue, CHB Ferdinand

Crash 2 Clinical Randomization of an Antifibrincolyitc in Significant Hemorrhage M.L. Hawkins, CHB Ferdinand

Clostridium Difficile Colitis and Toxic Mega Colon - A review. CHB Ferdinand.

PUBLICATIONS

How much green does it take to be orange? Determining the cost associated with trauma center readiness. Ashley, Dennis W. MD; Mullins, Robert F. MD; Dente, Christopher J. MD; Johns, Tracy J. MS; Garlow, Laura E. MHA; Regina S. DNP; Atkins, Elizabeth V. MSN; Solomon, Gina RN; Abston, Dena BS; Ferdinand, Colville H. MD Georgi Institute for Trauma Study Group Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: May 2019 - Volume 86 - Issue 5 - p 765–773 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002213

Evaluation of the Georgia trauma system using the American College of Surgeons Needs Based Assessment of Trauma Systems tool Dennis W Ashley, Etienne E Pracht, Laura E Garlow, Regina S Medeiros, Elizabeth V Atkins, Tracy J Johns, Colville H Ferdinand, Christopher J Dente, James R Dunne, and Jeffrey M Nicholas, On behalf of the Georgia Research Institute for Trauma Study Group Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2018; 3(1): e000188. PMCID: PMC6203137. PMID: 30402557

Descriptive Analysis of Venous Thromboembolism in Georgia Trauma Centers Compared with National Trauma Centers Participating in the Trauma Quality Improvement Program. Lassiter RL, Ashley DW, Medeiros RS, Adam BL, NeSmith EG, Johns TJ, Atkins EV, Dente CJ, Ferdinand CH. Am Surg. 2017 Nov 1; 83(11):1283-1288.

Successful Incorporation of Performance Based Payments for Trauma Center Readiness Costs into the Georgia Trauma System. Ashley DW, Nicholas JM, Dente CJ, Johns TJ, Garlow LE, Solomon G, Abston D, Ferdinand CH. Am Surg. 2017 Sep 1; 83(9):966-971.

What are the costs of trauma center readiness? Defining and standardizing readiness costs for trauma centers statewide Ashley, D. W. , Mullins, R. F. , Dente, C. J. , Garlow, L. , Medeiros, R. S. , Atkins, E. V. , Solomon, G. , Abston, D. , Ferdinand, C. H. , Bhatia, A. , Hill, K. , Rhee, P. , Dunne, J. , Armola, R. , Wyrzkowski, A. , Sargent, J. , Cascone, J. , Stitely, D. , Bleacher, J. , Walton, T. & 41 others Sep 1, 2017: American Surgeon. 83, 9, p. 979-990 12 p.

Thoracic trauma in the oldest of the old: An analysis of the nationwide inpatient sample Mentzer, C. J., Walsh, N. J., Talukder, A., Klaassen, Z., Leibrandt, R., Ferdinand, C. H. & O'Malley, K. F. May 1, 2017: American Surgeon. 83, 5, p. 491-494 4 p.

Evaluating the Feasibility and Benefit of Incorporating a Multimedia Cadaver Lab Training Program into Didactics Curriculum for Junior and Senior Surgical Residents Erica Simmerman, Andrew Simmerman, Randi Lassiter, Ray King, Ben Ham, Colville Ferdinand, Steve Holsten. October 2016 Volume 223, Issue 4, Supplement 2, Pages e179–e180

Risk Factors for Developing Pneumonia after Elective Surgical Procedures Lassiter, Randi, Ferdinand, Colville. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Oct 2016, Volume 223, Issue 4, e111

Heterogeneity in trauma registry data quality: Implications for regional and national performance improvement in trauma Dente, C. J. , Ashley, D. W. , Dunne, J. R. , Henderson, V. , Ferdinand, C. , Renz, B. , Massoud, R. , Adamski, J. , Hawke, T. , Gravlee, M. , Cascone, J. , Paynter, S. , Medeiros, R. , Atkins, E. , Nicholas, J. M. , Vidal, D. , Bhatia, A., Hill, K., Johns, T., Armola, R. & 33 others Mar 1, 2016: Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 222, 3, p. 288-295 8 p. NeSmith, EG, Medeiros, RS, Ferdinand, CHB, Holsten, SB, Zhu, H, Looney, SW, Dong, Y (Submitted, 2016). Accelerated biologic aging, chronic stress, and risk for sepsis and organ failure following trauma. JTrauma.

CHB Ferdinand, Airway management in the trauma victim. Audio-Digest Otolaryngology 47(17) Sept 2014 ISSN 0271-1354

CHB Ferdinand, Airway management in the trauma victim. Audio-Digest Anesthesiology 55(43) Nov 2013 ISSN 0271-1265

Beatty, John S. Mitchell, Jared W. Bates, William B. Holsten, Steven B. O’Malley, Keith F. Ferdinand,Colville H.B.; Hawkins, Michael L. Left Profunda Femoris Artery Bullet Embolus Resulting from a 0.22 Caliber Gunshot Wound to the Back The American Surgeon, Volume 79, Number 9, September 2013, pp. e310-e311 (2)

Beatty JS, Mitchell JW, Holsten SB, Ferdinand CH. Traumatic rupture of a previously undiagnosed giant hepatic hemangioma. Am Surg. 2013 Sep; 79(9):314- 5 PMID: 24069974

EG NeSmith, RS Medeiros, CHB Ferdinand, ML Hawkins, SB Holsten, Z Haidong Zhu, Y Dong “It takes a village” to raise research productivity: Impact of a Trauma Interdisciplinary Group for Research at an Urban Level One Trauma Center. J Trauma Acute Care Surgery. 2013; 75(1): 173-178

CHB Ferdinand. Telemedicine in Trauma and Emergency Care. Georgia College of Emergency Physicians Epic Magazine, Summer 2011

Bittner JG 4th, Hawkins ML, Medeiros RS, Beatty JS, Atteberry LR, Ferdinand CH, Mellinger JD Non-Operative Management of Solid Organ Injury Diminishes Surgical Resident Operative Experience Is it time for Simulation raining? J Surg Res 2010 Oct; 163(2):179-85, Epub 2010 Jun 13

John Beatty, Angela Gucwa, Jared Harper, Linda Atteberry, Colville Ferdinand Partial Splenic Embolization in a Cirrhotic Patient with Thrombocytopenia and a Traumatic Brain Injury: A Non-Traditional Application of an Established Treatment Modality. Am Surg. 2010 Apr; 76(4): 448-50

JG Bittner 4th, ML Hawkins, L Atteberry, CH Ferdinand, RS Medeiros Impact of traumatic suicide methods on a level I trauma center Am Surg 2010 Feb 76(2): 176-81

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome in the Modern Trauma Patient. J Adams, M Hawkins, CHB Ferdinand, R Medeiros. American Surgeons 73-(8)-803-6, 2007