Physician

General Surgery

Fresca C. Swaniker practices General Surgery. He over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow". Fresca Swaniker is a published MD. He has 23 papers published. The most current publication "Relationship of esophageal anastomotic tension to the development of gastroesophageal reflux." Fresca Swaniker accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Salvage of an unstable brain dead donor with prompt extracorporeal support.
• Extracorporeal life support for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults.
• Initial clinical results of the bioartificial kidney containing human cells in ICU patients with acute renal failure.
• Renal cell therapy is associated with dynamic and individualized responses in patients with acute renal failure.
• A review of 100 patients transported on extracorporeal life support.
• Extracorporal life support for pulmonary hemorrhage in children: a case series.
• Results of a phase I trial evaluating a liver support device utilizing albumin dialysis.
• Preliminary results of a phase I trial evaluating an extracorporeal hepatic support device utilizing albumin dialysis.
• The use of extracorporeal life support in adult patients with primary cardiac failure as a bridge to implantable left ventricular assist device.
• Assessment of an extracorporeal life support to LVAD bridge to heart transplant strategy.
• Percutaneous cannulation for pediatric venovenous extracorporeal life support.
• Extracorporeal life support outcome for 128 pediatric patients with respiratory failure.
• Extracorporeal life support to left ventricular assist device bridge to heart transplant: A strategy to optimize survival and resource utilization.
• Extracorporeal resuscitation of cardiac arrest.
• The utility of technetium 99m pertechnetate scintigraphy in the evaluation of patients with Meckel's diverticulum.
• Venovenous extracorporeal life support via percutaneous cannulation in 94 patients.
• Relationship of esophageal anastomotic tension to the development of gastroesophageal reflux.
• Delayed effects of epidermal growth factor after extensive small bowel resection.
• Superior and inferior vena caval occlusion in infants receiving total parenteral nutrition.
• Effect of intraamniotic dexamethasone administration on intestinal absorption in a rabbit gastroschisis model.
• Adaptation of rabbit small intestinal brush-border membrane enzymes after extensive bowel resection.
• The effect of epidermal growth factor on mucosal function after ileal resection.

Schools

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• University Of Ghana Medical School

• Loma Linda University Medical Center

• St Agnes Hospital

• University Of California Los Angeles

• University Michigan

Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
• Blue Care Network PCP Focus Network
• Group Employees PPO
• CareSource
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Cofinity PPO
• Commercial Insurance Company
• CoreSource
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Golden Rule
• Choice Care PPO
• McLaren Health Plan
• MedHealthInsurance
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• NGS CoreSource
• Paramount
• PHP-Physicians Health Plan
• Priority Health
• Travelers
• Tricare
• Choice Plus POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare
• Worker's Compensation WC

Awards

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• Fellow

Education

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• Loma Linda University

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1982754719
NPPES Provider LastName		SWANIKER
NPPES Provider FirstName		FRESCA
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		490481650
NPPES Provider State		MI
Specialty Description		General Surgery
Total Claim Count		72.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		20.0
Percent Opioid Claims		27.78

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1982754719
Last Name Of The Provider	SWANIKER
First Name Of The Provider	FRESCA
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