About Dr. Omar K. Danner
Dr. Omar K. Danner, MD, is a board-certified surgeon with specialized training in trauma surgery, surgical critical care, and minimally invasive surgery. He is a member of the Surgery faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine and has provided trauma and critical care services at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. His clinical work centers on patients who require surgical evaluation, intensive monitoring, and coordinated hospital-based care.
Dr. Danner joined the surgical faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital in 2009. Alongside patient care, he has been involved in surgical education, clinical research, injury prevention, and community mentoring programs. Patients seeking related specialists can browse the Doctiplus surgery directory.
Focus Areas
- Trauma surgery
- Surgical critical care
- General surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Acute surgical conditions
- Care of critically ill surgical patients
- Sepsis recognition and critical illness
- Postoperative critical care
- Complex surgical evaluation
- Multidisciplinary hospital care
MedlinePlus provides an overview of critical care and the types of medical support patients may require during serious illness. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences explains sepsis, including how the body’s response to infection can become medically serious. Patients can also review general information about surgery through MedlinePlus.
Surgical Critical Care and Patient Care Approach
Surgical critical care combines surgery with the intensive medical management of patients who have serious injuries, complications after operations, or severe illnesses requiring close monitoring. Treatment frequently involves cooperation among surgeons, critical care physicians, nurses, respiratory specialists, and other members of the hospital team.
Dr. Danner’s background includes both trauma surgery and critical care. This gives him experience evaluating urgent surgical problems while considering the patient’s overall condition, organ function, recovery needs, and other medical concerns.
His academic interests have also included early identification of sepsis, injury prevention, healthcare disparities in trauma care, and improving access to medical education. Morehouse School of Medicine continues to list him among its Department of Surgery faculty.
Education and Credentials
Dr. Danner earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1995. He completed a General Surgery residency at the University of Alabama Hospital from 1995 to 2001.
He then completed a Surgical Critical Care fellowship at Johns Hopkins University from 2001 to 2002 and later received additional fellowship training in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Professional records list certification in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care through the American Board of Surgery. He is also recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Clinic Information
Dr. Danner is associated with the Morehouse School of Medicine Department of Surgery and Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. His NPI record lists 80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, with (404) 616-1415 as the associated telephone number. His individual NPI is 1770610115.
Patients should confirm current clinical availability, referral requirements, hospital services, and appointment arrangements directly with the appropriate surgical department.
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