James A. Vosswinkel, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery
  • Chief, Trauma and Critical Care
  • Medical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)

Board Certification

Training

Medical School
  • SUNY-Syracuse (1995)
Residency Training
  • General Surgery, SUNY-Stony Brook
Fellowship Training
  • Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Yale University

Affiliated Specialty Center

Clinical Interests/Expertise

  • Management of diseases of the gastrointestinal and endocrine systems
  • Treatment of soft tissue disease; repair of hernias, including incisional/ventral, inguinal, umbilical, and other types
  • Appendectomy
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Conventional and minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery
  • Surgical management of injured patients—all aspects of traumatology
  • Pre- and post-operative critical care of adult surgical patients
James A. Vosswinkel, MD

Contact Information

Division of General Surgery
Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Center T18-040
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8191
Tel: 631-444-8330
Fax: 631-444-6176

Practice Location

Surgical Care Center
37 Research Way
East Setauket, NY 11733-3465
Tel: 631-444-4545
Fax: 631-444-6176


Smithtown Office
222 Middle Country Road, Suite 209
Smithtown, NY 11787
Tel: 631-444-4545
Fax: 631-638-2830


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  • Honors
  • Publications
  • Bilfinger TV, Vosswinkel JA, Cadet P, Rialas CM, Magazine HI, Stefano GB. Direct assessment and diminished production of morphine stimulated NO by diabetic endothelium from saphenous vein. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2002;23:97–102.
  • Bilfinger TV, Vosswinkel JA, Rialas CM, Krukenkamp IB, Stefano GB. Functional assessment of disease-free saphenous vein grafts at redo coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1183–7.
  • Caso G, Ford GC, Nair KS, Vosswinkel JA, Garlick PJ, McNurlan MA. Increased concentration of tracee affects estimates of muscle protein synthesis. Am J Physiol 2001;280:E937–46.
  • Caso G, Garlick PJ, Ballou LM, Vosswinkel JA, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. The increase in human muscle protein synthesis induced by food intake is similar when assessed with the constant infusion and flooding techniques. J Nutr 2006;36:1504-10.
  • Caso G, Vosswinkel JA, Garlick PJ, Barry MK, Bilfinger TV, McNurlan MA. Altered protein metabolism following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Clin Sci (Lond) 2008;114:339-46.
  • Caso G, Vosswinkel JA, Garlick PJ, Mileva I, Gelato MC, McNurlan MA. Response of human muscle protein to feeding: a comparison of methods [abstract]. FASEB J 2006;20:A8.
  • Dilmanian FA, Kalef-Ezra J, Petersen MJ, Bozios G, Vosswinkel J, Giron F, Ren B, Yakupov R, Antonakopoulos G. Could X-ray microbeams inhibit angioplasty-induced restenosis in the rat carotid artery? Cardiovasc Radiat Med 2003;4:139-45.
  • Vosswinkel JA, Bilfinger TV. Cardiac nail gun injuries: lessons learned. J Trauma 1999;47:588–90.
  • Vosswinkel JA, Brathwaite CE, Smith TR, Ferber JM, Casella G, Garlick PJ. Hyperventilation increases muscle protein synthesis in critically ill trauma patients. J Surg Res 2000;91:61–4.
  • Vosswinkel JA, Colantonio AL. Torsion of the gallbladder: laparoscopic identification and treatment. Surg Endosc 1999;13:1154–6.
  • Vosswinkel JA, Ferber JM. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: an unusual childhood occurrence. Surg Rounds 1999;22:568–74.
  • Vosswinkel JA, McCormack JE, Brathwaite CE, Geller ER. Critical analysis of injuries sustained in the TWA Flight 800 midair disaster. J Trauma 1999;47:617–21.