Overview
Dr. Frank is a board-certified and fellowship-trained general surgeon subspecializing in trauma and surgical critical care. His clinical interests include blunt trauma, multisystem trauma, critical care, shock and complex abdominal wall reconstruction. His research interests include trauma education/outreach and pain management. Dr. Frank attended Thomas Jefferson University, where he received his medical degree, and completed his residency at Christiana Care Health System. He completed his fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Frank is certified by the American Board of Surgery in surgical critical care.
Dr. Frank is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ogilvie Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Delirium, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Gastrostomy, and Colostomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1800 Mulberry Street, Scranton, PA 18510
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Frank isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
- DeliriumDr. Frank isAdvanced. Learn about Delirium.
- Subarachnoid HemorrhageDr. Frank isAdvanced. Learn about Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
- Subdural HematomaDr. Frank isAdvanced. Learn about Subdural Hematoma.
- Experienced
- CellulitisDr. Frank isExperienced. Learn about Cellulitis.
- CholecystitisDr. Frank isExperienced. Learn about Cholecystitis.
- CholedocholithiasisDr. Frank isExperienced. Learn about Choledocholithiasis.
- ColostomyDr. Frank isExperienced. Learn about Colostomy.
- ConcussionDr. Frank isExperienced. Learn about Concussion.
- EndoscopyDr. Frank isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.