Trauma Surgeon Joins General Hospital Medical Staff

2/14/2017

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Feb. 15, 2017) – Maria  C. Escano, M.D., has joined Commonwealth Physician Network and will practice trauma surgery at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

She is a graduate of Florida International University, Miami, and earned a medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine. She worked at Columbia University Bassett Healthcare/New York Presbyterian Hospital Department of Internal Medicine and Neurology and completed a surgical residency at St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore. Dr. Escano completed a fellowship at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland and holds an MBA from the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School.

She previously worked as a trauma medical director at Lake Charles (La.) Memorial Hospital where she developed the trauma program registry. She is certified in advanced trauma life support, advanced cardiac life support, basic life support and the fundamentals in laparoscopic surgery. Her advanced certifications include: instructor of advanced trauma operative management; instructor of advanced surgical skills for exposure in trauma, and instructor of fundamentals of critical care services.

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