Connie DeLa'O, MD

Assistant Professor, Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Surgery

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

• MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine Urbana-Champaign, IL

Education
Bachelor of Science University of Tennessee 1993-1996
Master of Science Oregon Health Science University 1996-1998
Doctorate of Medicine University of Illinois 2001-2007

Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Training
General Surgery Internship Eisenhower Army Medical Center 2007-2008
General Surgery Internship Iowa Methodist Medical Center 2010-2011
General Surgery Residency Temple/Conemaugh Medical Center 2011-2015
Acute Care Surgery Fellowship East Carolina University 2015-2017

Licensure 
West Virginia Medical License
North Carolina Medical License
Kansas Medical License (inactive)

Publications

Abstracts Presented

1. DeLa’O CM, Liu L, Quyyum A, Dumire RD, Miller SL, Rodriguez A.  Community Hospital Experience of Refractory C. difficile Colitis: More is Not Always Better.: Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Scientific Meeting, 2014
2. DeLa’O CM, Kashuk J, Dumire RD, Zipf J, Rodriguez A. From TQIP To The Geriatric Trauma Institute: Developing an Innovative Care Model for the Coming Storm. AAST Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery, 2014
3. DeLa’O CM, Su W. Unexpected Ileo-Ileal Intrauterine intussusception Causing Ileal Obstruction. Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Scientific Meeting, 2015
4. Hwang J, DeLa’O C, Dumire RD. Traumatic subclavian artery injury with delayed presentation. Southwest Surgical Congress, 2015
5. DeLa’O C, Boer J, Simunich T, Dumire R. MRI After CT in Sequential Combination Does Not Alter The Operative Treatment Plans of Spinal Injuries in Geriatric Blunt Trauma Patients, Pan American Trauma Society Congress, 2015 
6. DeLa’O C, Refingo T, Mendoza C, Quiodettis M. PERT (Program of Elective Reconstruction in Trauma)-A Pilot Program for Intestinal Reconstruction, Pan American Trauma Society Congress, 2016
7. Castillo J, DeLa’O C, Goettler C. Traumatic Bilateral Anterior Cerebral Artery Entrapment with subsequent cerebral infarct: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Scientific Meeting, 2016

Original Published Peer-Reviewed Articles 

1. DeLa’O CM, Newton CJ, Stehr W. Duodenal Atresia with Major Duodenal Papilla within Duodenal Atretic Segment: A Case Report. The Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2014 May
2. DeLa’O CM, Quyyum A, Dumire RD, Miller SL, Rodriguez A, Simunich T. Community Hospital Experience of Refractory Clostridium Difficile Colitis: Treatment and Efficacy of Diverting Loop Ileostomy and Colonic Lavage. The American Surgeon. 2014 Aug
3. DeLa'O CM, Kashuk J, Rodriguez A, Zipf J, Dumire RD. The Geriatric Trauma Institute: Reducing the Increasing Burden of Senior Trauma Care. Am J Surg. 2014 Dec
4. DeLa'O CM, Rodriguez A, Boer J, Simunich T, Dumire R. From Trauma Quality Improvement Project to the Geriatric Trauma Institute: Developing an Innovative Care Model for the Coming Storm. Pan American Journal of Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery. 2014
5. Reynolds CR,  Celio AC, Bridges LC, Mosquera C, O’Connell B,  DeLa’O CM, Bard MR, Toschlog EA. REBOA for the IVC? Resuscitative balloon occlusion of the inferior vena cava (REBOVC) to abate massive hemorrhage in retro-hepatic vena cava injuries. J Trauma & Acute Care Surgery. 2017 July 8

Book Chapters
Duchesne J and DeLa’O C. Pre-hospital Geriatric Trauma. In: Barraco RD, Ivatury RR, Rodriguez A (Eds), Geriatric Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. Manuscript submitted.

Invited Publications (Non peer-reviewed)

1. DeLa’O C, Toschlog E. Diaphragm Injuries. AAST curriculum module. Oct 2016 http://www.aast.org/coursedetail/599025ea-fb1b-4f5e-af46-7a3183079842 Invited Lectures and Presentations: International
2. DeLa’O C and Quiodettis M. Rapid Assessment in the Trauma Bay-Clinical Cases. Hospital Santo Tomas Surgical Lectures, 2016

Invited Lectures and Presentations: Regional

1. DeLa’O CM, Trauma Case Presentations, WV State Trauma Audit Review, 2017
2. DeLa’O CM, Thromboelastography- Understanding and Application, Carolinas-Virginia SCCM  Symposium, 2017
3. DeLa’O CM, Burn Evaluation and Treatment, NC Eastern Regional Advisory Committee on Trauma, 2016

Invited Lectures and Presentations: Local and Institutional

1. DeLa’O CM, Global Surgery and the Latin American Acute Care Surgery Experience, ECU Surgical Grand Rounds, 2016
2. DeLa’O CM, Trauma Emergencies, Lenoir Community College Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program, 2016

Medical Specialties

• Surgery
• Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Special Training

• Residency, General Surgery
  Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center/Temple University Johnstown, PA
• Fellowship, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Surgical Critical
  East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC