Traves D. Crabtree, M.D.

Cardiothoracic Surgery
Assistant Professor, Surgery

Board Certification:
Surgery--Certified
Thoracic Surgery--Certified

Areas of Clinical Interest:
General thoracic surgery
Minimally invasive lung cancer surgery
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
Esophageal cancer
Mediastianal surgery
Pleural disease surgery

Medical Education:
Medical Degree: Southern Illinois University, 1995

Residency: General Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2002.

Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 2004.

Patients Seen At:
Center for Advanced Medicine
Jacqueline Maritz Lung Center
4921 Parkview Place, Suite B, Floor 8
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 454-7280

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Professional Office Building One
1040 North Mason Road, 201
St. Louis, MO 63141
((314) 996-3179

Hospital Affiliations:
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Anderson Hospital, Maryville, IL
Christian Hospital Northeast

Selected or Recent Publications:
Schena S, Crabtree TD, Zoole JB, Patterson GA. Intralobar pulmonary sequestration associated with an aneurysmal aberrant aortic branch. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2007;134(2):535-536.

Melby SJ, Zierer A, Bailey MS, Cox JL, Lawton JS, Munfakh N, Crabtree TD, Moazami N, Huddleston CB, Moon MR, Damiano RJ Jr. A new era in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: the impact of ablation technology and lesion set on procedural efficacy. Annals of Surgery. 2006;244(4):583-592.

Moon MR, Pasque MK, Munfakh NA, Melby SJ, Lawton JS, Moazami N, Codd JE, Crabtree TD, Barner HB, Damiano RJ Jr. Prosthesis-patient mismatch after aortic valve replacement: impact of age and body size on late survival. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2006;81(2):481-488; discussion 489.

Crabtree TD, Codd JE, Fraser VJ, Bailey MS, Olsen MA, Damiano RJ. Multivariate analysis of risk factors for deep and superficial sternal infection after coronary artery bypass grafting at a tertiary care medical center. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2004;16(1):53-61.

Pelletier SJ, Isaacs RB, Raymond DP, Crabtree TD, Spencer CE, Gleason TG, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Ethnic disparities in outcome from posttransplant infections. Shock. 2004;22(3):197-203.

Raymond DP, Pelletier SJ, Crabtree TD, Evans HL, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Impact of antibiotic resistant Gram negative bacilli infections on outcome in hospitalized patients. Critical Care Medicine. 2003;31(4):1035-1041.

Jin L, Raymond DP, Crabtree TD, Pelletier SJ, Rudy CK, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Pre-exposure of murine macrophages to CpG ODN results in NF-(kappa)B p50 homodimer-associated hypo-responsiveness. Surgery. 2002; 132(2):245-251.

Crabtree TD, Pelletier SJ, Raymond DP, Antevil JT, Gleason TG, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Effect of changes in surgical practice on the rate and detection of nosocomial infections: a prospective analysis. Shock. 2002;17:258-262.

Pelletier SJ, Raymond DP, Crabtree TD, Gleason TG, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Outcome analysis of intra-abdominal infection with resistant gram-positive organisms. Surgical
Infections. 2002;3:11-19.

Evans HL, Raymond DP, Pelletier SJ, Crabtree TD, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Tertiary peritonitis (recurrent diffuse or localized disease) is not an independent predictor of mortality in surgical patients with intra-abdominal infection. Surgical Infections. 2001;2:255-265.

Raymond DP, Pelletier SJ, Crabtree TD, Schulman AM, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Surgical infection and the aging population. American Surgeon. 2001;67:827-832.

Evans HL, Raymond DP, Pelletier SJ, Crabtree TD, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Diagnosis of intra-abdominal infection in the critically ill patient. Current Opinion in Critical Care.
2001;7:117-21.

Raymond DP, Pelletier SJ, Crabtree TD, Gleason TG, Hamm LL, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Impact of a rotating empiric antibiotic schedule on infectious mortality in an intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine. 2001;29:1101-1108.

Sawyer RG, Raymond DP, Pelletier SJ, Crabtree TD, Gleason TG, Pruett TL. Implications of 2,457 consecutive surgical infections entering the year 2000. Annals of Surgery. 2001;233:867-874.

Crabtree TD, Pelletier SJ, Antevil JL, Gleason TG, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG. Cohort study of fever and leukocytosis as diagnostic and prognostic indicators in infected surgical
patients. World Journal of Surgery. 2001;25:739-744.

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Selected or Recent Chapters:
Crabtree TD, Moon MR. Complications of Coronary Revascularization. In: Doherty GM, Mulholland M (eds). Complications in Surgery. Ann Arbor: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins;2004.

Pruett TL, Crabtree TD, Pelletier SJ. Surgical Antiseptics. In: Block SS. Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation. 5th Edition. Media, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2002.

Cephas G, Crabtree TD. Surgical Nutrition. In: Crabtree TD, Foley E, Sawyer RG (eds). Board Review Series: General Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins;2000.

Crabtree TD. Liver. In: Crabtree TD, Foley E, Sawyer RG (eds). Board Review Series: General Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins;2000.

Crabtree TD. Surgical Infections. In: Crabtree TD, Foley E, Sawyer RG (eds). Board Review Series: General Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins;2000.

Crabtree TD. Hernias and Lesions of the Abdominal Wall. In: Crabtree TD, Foley E, Sawyer RG (eds). Board Review Series: General Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins;2000.

Books:
Crabtree TD, Foley E, Sawyer RG. Board Review Series: General Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2000.

Crabtree TD, Foley E, Sawyer RG. Board Review Series: Surgical Specialties. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2000.


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