Oreste M F Romeo, MD

Oreste M F Romeo, MD
Oreste M F Romeo, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery


Biosketch

Oreste Romeo, MD, is a board-certified trauma surgeon with Bronson Trauma Surgical Services in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Dr. Romeo was inspired by his father, a head and neck surgeon, to choose a career in surgery. He greatly respected his father's caring and compassionate approach to patient care along with his passion and superior technical skill. Dr. Romeo discovered his passion for trauma in medical school. He finds great reward in assisting a trauma victim through their entire sequence of care.

Dr. Romeo earned his medical degree from University of Messina, School of Medicine and Surgery in Messina, Italy. He completed an internship with University of California-San Diego/Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, California, then went on to complete a general surgery residency with Michigan State University Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is also where he completed a fellowship in surgical critical care.

Dr. Romeo is interested in medical education of the patient, and has participated in the following:

  • Board Certification

    • American Board of Surgery (Surgical Critical Care)
    • American Board of Surgery (Surgery)
  • Education and Training

    • Fellowship 2006, Surgical Critical Care, Spectrum Health, Michigan State University
    • Residency 2005, General Surgery, Spectrum Health, Michigan State University
    • Internship 1998, General Surgery, Kern Medical Center, University of California-San Diego
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship 1997, General Surgery, University of California-San Diego
    • Visiting Fellow 1993, Cardiothorasic Surgery, Yale University
    • MD 1992, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Messina
  • Language Fluency

    • French, fluent
    • Italian, fluent
    • Spanish, fluent
  • Research

    • Surgery, General
  • Publications

    • Romeo O., Davidson T.A., Davidson S.B. Principles of Perioperative Management in Acute Care Surgery Textbook of Emergency General Surgery: Traumatic and Non-traumatic Surgical Emergencies. 2023:147-158.

    • Sermonesi G., Tian B.W.C.A., Vallicelli C., Abu‑Zidan F.M., Damaskos D., Kelly M.D., Leppäniemi A., Galante J.M., Tan E., Kirkpatrick A.W., Khokha V., Romeo O.M., Chirica M., Pikoulis M., Litvin A., Shelat V.G., Sakakushev B., Wani I., Sall I., Fugazzola P., Cicuttin E., Toro A., Amico F., Mas F.D., De Simone B., Sugrue M., Bonavina L., Campanelli G., Carcoforo P., Cobianchi L., Coccolini F., Chiarugi M., Di Carlo I., Di Saverio S., Podda M., Pisano M., Sartelli M., Testini M., Fette A., Rizoli S., Picetti E., Weber D., Latifi R., Kluger Y., Balogh Z.J., Biffl W., Jeekel H., Civil I., Hecker A., Ansaloni L., Bravi F., Agnoletti V., Beka S.G., Moore E.E., Catena F. Cesena guidelines: WSES consensus statement on laparoscopic-first approach to general surgery emergencies and abdominal trauma World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2023;18

    • de’Angelis N., Schena C.A., Marchegiani F., Reitano E., De Simone B., Wong G.Y.M., Martínez-Pérez A., Abu-Zidan F.M., Agnoletti V., Aisoni F., Ammendola M., Ansaloni L., Bala M., Biffl W., Ceccarelli G., Ceresoli M., Chiara O., Chiarugi M., Cimbanassi S., Coccolini F., Coimbra R., Di Saverio S., Diana M., Dioguardi Burgio M., Fraga G., Gavriilidis P., Gurrado A., Inchingolo R., Ingels A., Ivatury R., Kashuk J.L., Khan J., Kirkpatrick A.W., Kim F.J., Kluger Y., Lakkis Z., Leppäniemi A., Maier R.V., Memeo R., Moore E.E., Ordoñez C.A., Peitzman A.B., Pellino G., Picetti E., Pikoulis M., Pisano M., Podda M., Romeo O., Rosa F., Tan E., Ten Broek R.P., Testini M., Tian Wei Cheng B.A., Weber D., Sacco E., Sartelli M., Tonsi A., Dal Moro F., Catena F. 2023 WSES guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of iatrogenic urinary tract injuries (IUTIs) during emergency digestive surgery World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2023;18

    • Coccolini F., Corradi F., Sartelli M., Coimbra R., Kryvoruchko I.A., Leppaniemi A., Doklestic K., Bignami E., Biancofiore G., Bala M., Marco C., Damaskos D., Biffl W.L., Fugazzola P., Santonastaso D., Agnoletti V., Sbarbaro C., Nacoti M., Hardcastle T.C., Mariani D., De Simone B., Tolonen M., Ball C., Podda M., Di Carlo I., Di Saverio S., Navsaria P., Bonavina L., Abu-Zidan F., Soreide K., Fraga G.P., Carvalho V.H., Batista S.F., Hecker A., Cucchetti A., Ercolani G., Tartaglia D., Galante J.M., Wani I., Kurihara H., Tan E., Litvin A., Melotti R.M., Sganga G., Zoro T., Isirdi A., De’Angelis N., Weber D.G., Hodonou A.M., tenBroek R., Parini D., Khan J., Sbrana G., Coniglio C., Giarratano A., Gratarola A., Zaghi C., Romeo O., Kelly M., Forfori F., Chiarugi M., Moore E.E., Catena F., Malbrain M.L.N.G. Postoperative pain management in non-traumatic emergency general surgery: WSES-GAIS-SIAARTI-AAST guidelines World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2022;17

    • Coccolini F., Improta M., Sartelli M., Rasa K., Sawyer R., Coimbra R., Chiarugi M., Litvin A., Hardcastle T., Forfori F., Vincent J.L., Hecker A., Ten Broek R., Bonavina L., Chirica M., Boggi U., Pikoulis E., Di Saverio S., Montravers P., Augustin G., Tartaglia D., Cicuttin E., Cremonini C., Viaggi B., De Simone B., Malbrain M., Shelat V.G., Fugazzola P., Ansaloni L., Isik A., Rubio I., Kamal I., Corradi F., Tarasconi A., Gitto S., Podda M., Pikoulis A., Leppaniemi A., Ceresoli M., Romeo O., Moore E.E., Demetrashvili Z., Biffl W.L., Wani I., Tolonen M., Duane T., Dhingra S., DeAngelis N., Tan E., Abu-Zidan F., Ordonez C., Cui Y., Labricciosa F., Perrone G., Di Marzo F., Peitzman A., Sakakushev B., Sugrue M., Boermeester M., Nunez R.M., Gomes C.A., Bala M., Kluger Y., Catena F. Acute abdomen in the immunocompromised patient: WSES, SIS-E, WSIS, AAST, and GAIS guidelines World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2021;16

    • de’Angelis N., Catena F., Memeo R., Coccolini F., Martínez-Pérez A., Romeo O.M., De Simone B., Di Saverio S., Brustia R., Rhaiem R., Piardi T., Conticchio M., Marchegiani F., Beghdadi N., Abu-Zidan F.M., Alikhanov R., Allard M.A., Allievi N., Amaddeo G., Ansaloni L., Andersson R., Andolfi E., Azfar M., Bala M., Benkabbou A., Ben-Ishay O., Bianchi G., Biffl W.L., Brunetti F., Carra M.C., Casanova D., Celentano V., Ceresoli M., Chiara O., Cimbanassi S., Bini R., Coimbra R., Luigi de’Angelis G., Decembrino F., De Palma A., de Reuver P.R., Domingo C., Cotsoglou C., Ferrero A., Fraga G.P., Gaiani F., Gheza F., Gurrado A., Harrison E., Henriquez A., Hofmeyr S., Iadarola R., Kashuk J.L., Kianmanesh R., Kirkpatrick A.W., Kluger Y., Landi F., Langella S., Lapointe R., Le Roy B., Luciani A., Machado F., Maggi U., Maier R.V., Mefire A.C., Hiramatsu K., Ordoñez C., Patrizi F., Planells M., Peitzman A.B., Pekolj J., Perdigao F., Pereira B.M., Pessaux P., Pisano M., Puyana J.C., Rizoli S., Portigliotti L., Romito R., Sakakushev B., Sanei B., Scatton O., Serradilla-Martin M., Schneck A.S., Sissoko M.L., Sobhani I., ten Broek R.P., Testini M., Valinas R., Veloudis G., Vitali G.C., Weber D., Zorcolo L., Giuliante F., Gavriilidis P., Fuks D., Sommacale D. 2020 WSES guidelines for the detection and management of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2021;16(1)

    • Coccolini F., Coimbra R., Ordonez C., Kluger Y., Vega F., Moore E.E., Biffl W., Peitzman A., Horer T., Abu-Zidan F.M., Sartelli M., Fraga G.P., Cicuttin E., Ansaloni L., Parra M.W., Millán M., Deangelis N., Inaba K., Velmahos G., Maier R., Khokha V., Sakakushev B., Augustin G., Di Saverio S., Pikoulis E., Chirica M., Reva V., Leppaniemi A., Manchev V., Chiarugi M., Damaskos D., Weber D., Parry N., Demetrashvili Z., Civil I., Napolitano L., Corbella D., Catena F., Bahouth H., Tolonen M., Fugazzola P., Serna J.J., Rodriguez F., Garciá A.F., Gonzalez A., Pino L.F., Guzmán-Rodríguez M., Pereira B.M., Kirkpatrick A., Mefire A.C., Tarasconi A., Chiara O., Gomes C.A., Galante J., Bala M., Perfetti P., MacHado F., Romeo O., Salvetti F., Ghiadoni L., Forfori F., Malacarne P., Pini S., Pucciarelli M., Ceresoli M., Arvieux C., Khokha D., Spain D.A., Isik A. Liver trauma: WSES 2020 guidelines World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2020;15(1)

    • Di Saverio S., Podda M., De Simone B., Ceresoli M., Augustin G., Gori A., Boermeester M., Sartelli M., Coccolini F., Tarasconi A., De' Angelis N., Weber D.G., Tolonen M., Birindelli A., Biffl W., Moore E.E., Kelly M., Soreide K., Kashuk J., Ten Broek R., Gomes C.A., Sugrue M., Davies R.J., Damaskos D., Leppäniemi A., Kirkpatrick A., Peitzman A.B., Fraga G.P., Maier R.V., Coimbra R., Chiarugi M., Sganga G., Pisanu A., De' Angelis G.L., Tan E., Van Goor H., Pata F., Di Carlo I., Chiara O., Litvin A., Campanile F.C., Sakakushev B., Tomadze G., Demetrashvili Z., Latifi R., Abu-Zidan F., Romeo O., Segovia-Lohse H., Baiocchi G., Costa D., Rizoli S., Balogh Z.J., Bendinelli C., Scalea T., Ivatury R., Velmahos G., Andersson R., Kluger Y., Ansaloni L., Catena F. Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2020;15(1)

    • Farrell L., Romeo O., Johnson R. Timely Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Trauma: A Team Approach to Process Improvement Journal of Trauma Nursing. 2020;27(3):185-189.

    • Coccolini F., Kobayashi L., Kluger Y., Moore E.E., Ansaloni L., Biffl W., Leppaniemi A., Augustin G., Reva V., Wani I., Kirkpatrick A., Abu-Zidan F., Cicuttin E., Fraga G.P., Ordonez C., Pikoulis E., Sibilla M.G., Maier R., Matsumura Y., Masiakos P.T., Khokha V., Mefire A.C., Ivatury R., Favi F., Manchev V., Sartelli M., Machado F., Matsumoto J., Chiarugi M., Arvieux C., Catena F., Coimbra R., Ben-Ishay O., Tolonen M., Bertelli R., Horer T., Ferrada P., Di Carlo I., Pereira B.M., Parini D., Montori G., De Simone B., Chiara O., Hecker A., Deangelis N., Gomes C.A., Galante J., Bala M., Mylonas K.S., Pikoulis A., Perfetti P., Chirica M., Bado J., Inaba K., Parry N., Romeo O., Stommel M., Rajashekar M., Tan E., Salvetti F., Sakakushev B. Duodeno-pancreatic and extrahepatic biliary tree trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2019;14

    • Coccolini F., Moore E.E., Kluger Y., Biffl W., Leppaniemi A., Matsumura Y., Kim F., Peitzman A.B., Fraga G.P., Sartelli M., Ansaloni L., Augustin G., Kirkpatrick A., Abu-Zidan F., Wani I., Weber D., Pikoulis E., Larrea M., Arvieux C., Manchev V., Reva V., Coimbra R., Khokha V., Mefire A.C., Ordonez C., Chiarugi M., Machado F., Sakakushev B., Matsumoto J., Maier R., Di Carlo I., Catena F., Fugazzola P., Stommel M., Rajashekar M., Tan E., Tolonen M., Ceresoli M., Gomez C.A., Allievi N., Chirica M., Salvetti F., Bertelli R., Ben-Ishay O., Bahouth H., Baiocchi G., Tarasconi A., Cimbanassi S., Chiara O., Ten-Broek R., Montori G., Picariello E., Solaini L., Hecker A., Tomasoni M., Perfetti P., Parry N., Deangelis N., Pereira B.M., Bado J., Romeo O., Pikoulis A., Bala M., Napolitano L., Galante J., Rizoli S., Ferrada P., Horer T., Brenner M., Ivatury R. Kidney and uro-trauma: WSES-AAST guidelines World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2019;14

    • Eriksson E.A., Willekes C.L., McAllen K.J., Romeo O.M., Hooker R.L., Hoogeboom J.E., Barletta J.F. Adrenal insufficiency in cardiothoracic patients: An evaluation of the corticotrophin stimulation test and other diagnostic methods Journal of Critical Care. 2012;27:528.e1-528.e6.

    • Quatra F., Lowenberg D.W., Buncke H.J., Romeo O.M., Brooks D., Buntic R.F., Baxter-Lowe L.A. Induction of tolerance to composite tissue allograft in a rat model Microsurgery. 2006;26:573-578.

    • Buncke G.M., Buntic R.F., Romeo O. Pediatric mutilating hand injuries Hand Clinics. 2003;19:121-131.

    • Bouvet M., Gamagami R.A., Gilpin E.A., Romeo O., Sasson A., Easter D.W., Moossa A.R. Factors influencing survival after resection for periampullary neoplasms American Journal of Surgery. 2000;180(1):13-17.

    • Miles P.D.G., Higo K., Romeo O., Lee M., Rafaat K., Olefsky J.M. Troglitazone prevents hyperglycemia-induced but not glucosamine-induced insulin resistance Diabetes. 1998;47(3):395-400.

    • Miles P.D.G., Li S., Hart M., Romeo O., Cheng J., Cohen A., Raafat K., Moossa A.R., Olefsky J.M. Mechanisms of insulin resistance in experimental hyperinsulinemic dogs Journal of Clinical Investigation. 1998;101(1):202-211.

    • Miles P.D.G., Romeo O., Higo K., Cohen A., Rafaat K., Olefsky J.M. TNF-α-induced insulin resistance in vivo and its prevention by troglitazone Diabetes. 1997;46(11):1678-1683.

  • Presentations

    • "Cool Ain't Cool" - Intravenous Fluids and Their Impact on Body Temperature. Harrelson A, Romeo O, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021