University of California San Francisco

Ronald B. Tesoriero, MD
Ronald B. Tesoriero, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Director, UCSF Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
Co-Director, SICU at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Address

1001 Potrero Avenue, #3A31
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States

    Biography

    Ron Tesoriero, MD, FACS earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Microbiology from Miami (OH) University and his Medical Degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He completed his residency at Case Western / University Hospitals of Cleveland. He subsequently served in the United States Navy (USN) and was stationed at Naval Hospital Okinawa where he also served as the Department Head for General Surgery. He completed a fellowship in Trauma/Surgical Critical Care at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Upon completion of his fellowship he returned to active duty in the US Navy and was stationed at the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton from which he deployed to the Philippines, Haiti, and the Persian Gulf.

    Upon completion of his military service in 2011, Dr. Tesoriero joined the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. He completed additional fellowship training in Endovascular Surgery. He served as the Associate Program Director of the Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship and as the Chief of Critical Care Services at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. He has served regionally as a member of the Maryland Trauma Center Network and nationally on the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma on the Career Development and Annual Scientific Assembly Committees. Dr. Tesoriero joined the faculty in the UCSF Department of Surgery at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in 2020.

    Dr. Tesoriero is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery with subspecialty certification in Surgical Critical Care. He is clinically active with extensive experience in the management of the traumatically injured, the care of diverse emergency general surgery conditions, and the management of complex critically ill patients. His main academic focus and passion has been education and he has previously developed an extensive didactic and clinical curriculum for the largest Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship in the United States.

     

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

    Board Certifications

    American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
    American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

    Clinical Expertise

    Acute Care Surgery

    General Surgery

    Surgical Critical Care

    Trauma Surgery

    Research Narrative

    Dr. Tesoriero's clinical research interests cross all aspects of Acute Care Surgery. His main areas of investigation and interest have been the management of pelvic fracture associated hemorrhage, surgical and critical care management of severe acute pancreatitis, organ support in the critical care patient, and blunt cerebrovascular injury.

    Research Interests

    Pelvic Fracture Associated Hemorrhage

    Neurotrauma

    Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury

    Hemorrhagic Shock

    Traumatic Vascular Injury

    Extracorporeal Organ Support

     

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 36
    1. To close or not to close? Wound management in emergent colorectal surgery, an EAST multicenter prospective cohort study.
      Feather CB, Rehrig S, Allen R, Barth N, Kugler EM, Cullinane DC, Falank CR, Bhattacharya B, Maung AA, Seng S, Ratnasekera A, Bass GA, Butler D, Pascual JL, Srikureja D, Winicki N, Lynde J, Nowak B, Azar F, Thompson LA, Nahmias J, Manasa M, Tesoriero R, Kumar SB, Collom M, Kincaid M, Sperwer K, Santos AP, Klune JR, Turcotte J| | PubMed
    2. The Devil's in the Depot Details: Case of Iatrogenic Opioid Intoxication After Buprenorphine Injection Requiring Surgical Excision.
      Vais S, Starr N, Castro M, Brand N, Murphy A, Tesoriero R, Kryzhanovskaya I| | PubMed
    3. Sigh Ventilation in Patients With Trauma: The SiVent Randomized Clinical Trial.
      Albert RK, Jurkovich GJ, Connett J, Helgeson ES, Keniston A, Voelker H, Lindberg S, Proper JL, Bochicchio G, Stein DM, Cain C, Tesoriero R, Brown CVR, Davis J, Napolitano L, Carver T, Cipolle M, Cardenas L, Minei J, Nirula R, Doucet J, Miller PR, Johnson J, Inaba K, Kao L| | PubMed
    4. A core outcome set for appendicitis: A consensus approach utilizing modified Delphi methodology.
      Butts CA, Byerly S, Nahmias J, Gelbard R, Ziesmann M, Bruns B, Davidson GH, Di Saverio S, Esposito TJ, Fischkoff K, Joseph B, Kaafarani H, Mentula P, Podda M, Sakran JV, Salminen P, Sammalkorpi H, Sawyer RG, Skeete D, Tesoriero R, Yeh DD| | PubMed
    5. Critical traumatic brain injury is associated with worse coagulopathy.
      Cucher D, Harmon L, Myer B, Ngyuen A, Rankin T, Cook A, Hu C, Tesoriero R, Scalea T, Stein D| | PubMed
    6. The DISTANCE study: Determining the impact of social distancing on trauma epidemiology during the COVID-19 epidemic-An interrupted time-series analysis.
      Matthay ZA, Kornblith AE, Matthay EC, Sedaghati M, Peterson S, Boeck M, Bongiovanni T, Campbell A, Chalwell L, Colwell C, Farrell MS, Kim WC, Knudson MM, Mackersie R, Li L, Nunez-Garcia B, Langness S, Plevin RE, Sammann A, Tesoriero R, Stein DM, Kornblith LZ| | PubMed
    7. Therapeutic anticoagulation in patients with traumatic brain injuries and pulmonary emboli.
      Chipman AM, Radowsky J, Vesselinov R, Chow D, Schwartzbauer G, Tesoriero R, Stein D| | PubMed
    8. We Asked the Experts: Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation: A Modern Adaptation of a Historical Technique.
      Kim WC, Tesoriero RB, Stein DM| | PubMed
    9. Outcomes of Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation When Stratified by Age: How Old Is Too Old?
      Deatrick KB, Mazzeffi MA, Galvagno SM, Tesoriero RB, Kaczoroswki DJ, Herr DL, Dolly K, Rabinowitz RP, Scalea TM, Menaker J| | PubMed
    10. Evaluation and management of blunt cerebrovascular injury: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
      Kim DY, Biffl W, Bokhari F, Brakenridge S, Chao E, Claridge JA, Fraser D, Jawa R, Kasotakis G, Kerwin A, Khan U, Kurek S, Plurad D, Robinson BRH, Stassen N, Tesoriero R, Yorkgitis B, Como JJ| | PubMed
    11. Statewide Analysis of Peptic Ulcer Disease: As Hospitalizations Decrease, Procedural Volume Remains Steady.
      Howley IW, Bruns BR, Tesoriero RB, Vesselinov R, Kufera JA, Feliciano DV, Diaz JJ| | PubMed
    12. Percentage of Mortal Encounters Transferred in Emergency General Surgery.
      Lauerman MH, Herrera AV, Albrecht JS, Chen HH, Bruns BR, Tesoriero RB, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ| | PubMed
    13. Service-Based Advanced Practice Providers: The Surgeon's Perspective.
      Eaton B, O'Meara L, Herrera AV, Tesoriero R, Diaz J, Bruns B| | PubMed
    14. Interhospital Transfers with Wide Variability in Emergency General Surgery.
      Lauerman MH, Herrera AV, Albrecht JS, Chen HH, Bruns BR, Tesoriero RB, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ| | PubMed
    15. Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Respiratory Failure: How Long Is Too Long?
      Menaker J, Rabinowitz RP, Tabatabai A, Tesoriero RB, Dolly K, Cornachione C, Stene E, Buchner J, Kufera J, Kon ZN, Deatrick KB, Herr DL, O'Connor JV, Scalea TM| | PubMed
    16. Influence of luminal stenosis in aneurysmal and non-aneurysmal blunt cerebrovascular injury.
      Lauerman MH, Irizarry K, Sliker C, Bruns BR, Tesoriero R, Scalea TM, Stein DM| | PubMed
    17. The impact of advanced practice providers on the surgical resident experience: Agree to disagree?
      Eaton B, Hessler L, O'Meara L, Herrera A, Tesoriero R, Diaz J, Bruns B| | PubMed
    18. Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VV ECMO) for Acute Respiratory Failure Following Injury: Outcomes in a High-Volume Adult Trauma Center with a Dedicated Unit for VV ECMO.
      Menaker J, Tesoriero RB, Tabatabai A, Rabinowitz RP, Cornachione C, Lonergan T, Dolly K, Rector R, O'Connor JV, Stein DM, Scalea TM| | PubMed
    19. Definitive Wound Closure Techniques in Fournier's Gangrene.
      Lauerman M, Kolesnik O, Park H, Buchanan LS, Chiu W, Tesoriero RB, Stein D, Scalea T, Henry S| | PubMed
    20. Liver lacerations as a complication of CPR during pregnancy.
      Cox TR, Crimmins SD, Shannon AM, Atkins KL, Tesoriero R, Malinow AM| | PubMed
    21. Angiographic embolization for hemorrhage following pelvic fracture: Is it "time" for a paradigm shift?
      Tesoriero RB, Bruns BR, Narayan M, Dubose J, Guliani SS, Brenner ML, Boswell S, Stein DM, Scalea TM| | PubMed
    22. Long-term follow-up of blunt cerebrovascular injuries: Does time heal all wounds?
      Laser A, Bruns BR, Kufera JA, Kim AI, Feeney T, Tesoriero RB, Lauerman MH, Sliker CW, Scalea TM, Stein DM| | PubMed
    23. Acute care surgery and emergency general surgery: Addition by subtraction.
      Bruns BR, Tesoriero RB, Narayan M, O'Meara L, Lauerman MH, Eaton B, Herrera AV, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ| | PubMed
    24. A Statewide Analysis of the Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia in Maryland from 2009 to 2013.
      Crawford RS, Harris DG, Klyushnenkova EN, Tesoriero RB, Rabin J, Chen H, Diaz JJ| | PubMed
    25. Nontrauma open abdomens: A prospective observational study.
      Bruns BR, Ahmad SA, O'Meara L, Tesoriero R, Lauerman M, Klyushnenkova E, Kozar R, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ| | PubMed
    26. Acute Care Surgery: Defining the Economic Burden of Emergency General Surgery.
      Narayan M, Tesoriero R, Bruns BR, Klyushnenkova EN, Chen H, Diaz JJ| | PubMed
    27. Emergency General Surgery: Defining Burden of Disease in the State of Maryland.
      Bruns BR, Tesoriero R, Narayan M, Klyushnenkova EN, Chen H, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ| | PubMed
    28. Initial screening test for blunt cerebrovascular injury: Validity assessment of whole-body computed tomography.
      Laser A, Kufera JA, Bruns BR, Sliker CW, Tesoriero RB, Scalea TM, Stein DM| | PubMed
    29. Lethal now or lethal later: The natural history of Grade 4 blunt cerebrovascular injury.
      Lauerman MH, Feeney T, Sliker CW, Saksobhavivat N, Bruns BR, Laser A, Tesoriero R, Brenner M, Scalea TM, Stein DM| | PubMed
    30. Infectious complications and mortality in an American acute care surgical service.
      Bruns BR, Lissauer M, Tesoriero R, Narayan M, Buchanan L, Galvagno SM, Diaz J| | PubMed
    31. Evaluation and management of blunt traumatic aortic injury: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
      Fox N, Schwartz D, Salazar JH, Haut ER, Dahm P, Black JH, Brakenridge SC, Como JJ, Hendershot K, King DR, Maung AA, Moorman ML, Nagy K, Petrey LB, Tesoriero R, Scalea TM, Fabian TC| | PubMed
    32. Acute care surgery: defining mortality in emergency general surgery in the state of Maryland.
      Narayan M, Tesoriero R, Bruns BR, Klyushnenkova EN, Chen H, Diaz JJ| | PubMed
    33. Evaluation and management of blunt traumatic aortic injury: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
      Fox N, Schwartz D, Salazar JH, Haut ER, Dahm P, Black JH, Brakenridge SC, Como JJ, Hendershot K, King DR, Maung AA, Moorman ML, Nagy K, Petrey LB, Tesoriero R, Scalea TM, Fabian TC| | PubMed
    34. Inhibiting CARD11 translation during BCR activation by targeting the eIF4A RNA helicase.
      Steinhardt JJ, Peroutka RJ, Mazan-Mamczarz K, Chen Q, Houng S, Robles C, Barth RN, DuBose J, Bruns B, Tesoriero R, Stein D, Fang R, Hanna N, Pasley J, Rodriguez C, Kligman MD, Bradley M, Rabin J, Shackelford S, Dai B, Landon AL, Scalea T, Livak F, Gartenhaus RB| | PubMed
    35. Blunt cerebrovascular injury screening guidelines: what are we willing to miss?
      Bruns BR, Tesoriero R, Kufera J, Sliker C, Laser A, Scalea TM, Stein DM| | PubMed
    36. Traumatic atrial septal defect and papillary muscle rupture requiring mitral valve replacement after blunt injury.
      Menaker J, Tesoriero RB, Hyder M, Sikorski R, Scalea TM| | PubMed