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Paul E. Bankey, M.D., Ph.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-3022

Office: (585) 275-5100

Fax: (585) 276-1992

Patient Care Setting

Surgery

Biography

Professional Background

Dr. Bankey earned his B.S. Chemical Engineering degree at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and his medical degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Bankey also earned his Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. His postgraduate training included an internship and residency in General Surgery at the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis. He completed a subsequent fellowship in Critical Care Medicine also in Minneapolis in the Department of Surgery.

Dr. Bankey was a Kellogg Fellow in Surgical Nutrition Research and the Recipient of the John H. Davis Research Scholarship Award from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Dr. Bankey completed an Executive Program in Health Care Leadership from the Simon School of Business Administration.

The author of numerous journal articles, books, and book chapters, Dr. Bankey has served as Principal Investigator on a NIGMS Training Grant and is the Program Director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Rochester. He serves on the Executive Council of the Surgical Infection Society as Secretary and the Scholarship Committee of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. He is an examination consultant to the American Board of Surgery and a scientific editor of the journals, SHOCK, and the Journal of Surgical Research.

Credentials

Specialties

    Education

    1979
    BS | Purdue University
    Chemical Engineering with Distinction

    1983
    MD | University of Minnesota Medical School
    Medicine

    1993
    PhD | University of Minnesota
    Nutritional Biochemistry; Minor - Cell Biology

    Post-doctoral Training & Residency

    07/01/1991 - 06/30/1992
    Fellowship in Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine at Fairview University of MN Hospital and Clinic

    07/01/1984 - 06/30/1991
    Residency in Surgery (General Surgery) at Fairview University of MN Hospital and Clinic

    06/23/1983 - 07/01/1984
    Internship in Surgery (General Surgery) at Fairview University of MN Hospital and Clinic

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    Awards

    2012 - 2013
    Chief Residents' Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award
    Sponsor: University of Rochester Surgery Department
    Location: URMC

    2003
    Faculty Supervisor, Robin Minelly, Resident Trauma Paper Winner
    Sponsor: American College of Surgeons, COT
    Location: Upstate NY Chapter

    1999
    Educational Achievement Star Award, Best New Course: Medical School Course
    Sponsor: University of Massachusetts Medical School

    1995
    Young Surgeons Representative Fellowship
    Sponsor: North Texas Chapter, American College of Surgeons

    1994 - 1995
    John H. Davis Faculty Research Scholarship
    Sponsor: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
    Location: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cent er at Dallas

    1991
    Best Poster Presentation
    Sponsor: Surgical Infection Society, National Meeting

    1989
    Shock Society Research Travel Award
    Sponsor: Shock Society

    1988
    Surgery Abstract Award
    Sponsor: Society of Critical Care Medicine, Annual Meeting

    1987 - 1989
    Kellogg Fellowship in Nutrition: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Effects on Macrophage Biology
    Sponsor: Department of Food Science & Nutrition and Surgery, Research Lab
    Location: University of Minnesota

    1983
    Alpha Omega Alpha - Medical Honorary
    Sponsor: University of Minnesota

    1978
    Tau Beta Pi- National Engineering Honorary
    Sponsor: Purdue University

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    Publications

    Journal Articles

    11/2017
    Wandling MW, Ko CY, Bankey PE, Cribari C, Cryer HG, Diaz JJ, Duane TM, Hameed SM, Hutter MM, Metzler MH, Regner JL, Reilly PM, Reines HD, Sperry JL, Staudenmayer KL, Utter GH, Crandall ML, Bilimoria KY, Nathens AB. "Expanding the scope of quality measurement in surgery to include nonoperative care: Results from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program emergency general surgery pilot." The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.. 2017 Nov; 83(5):837-845.

    5/2015
    Kahn SA, Iannuzzi JC, Stassen NA, Bankey PE, Gestring M. "Measuring satisfaction: factors that drive hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems survey responses in a trauma and acute care surgery population." The American surgeon.. 2015 May; 81(5):537-43.

    4/2015
    Jeschke MG, Pinto R, Kraft R, Nathens AB, Finnerty CC, Gamelli RL, Gibran NS, Klein MB, Arnoldo BD, Tompkins RG, Herndon DN, . "Morbidity and survival probability in burn patients in modern burn care." Critical care medicine.. 2015 Apr; 43(4):808-15.

    Books & Chapters

    2019
    Chapter Title: Redux and Reconstruction
    Book Title: Principles of Surgery
    Author List: Reviewer for Trauma Chapter. Seymour I. Schwartz
    Published By: McGraw-Hill 2019

    2008
    Chapter Title: Acute Renal Failure
    Book Title: General Surgery: Principal and International Practice
    Author List: P. Bankey
    Edited By: K. Bland
    Published By: Springer 2008

    2003
    Chapter Title: Vascular Trauma
    Book Title: Essential Practice of Surgery
    Author List: P. Bankey
    Edited By: Norton,. J, Bollinger, R, Chang, A, Lowry, S, Mulvihill, S, Pass, H, R. Thompson
    Published By: Springer-Verlag 2003

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