Isaac Howley, MD, MPH, FACS

Isaac Howley, MD, MPH, FACS 

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Location: Grady - 80 Jesse Hill Drive Atlanta Georgia 30303
Phone: (404)789-3900
E-mail: surgerydept@msm.edu

Education

MEDICAL SCHOOL:
 Brown-Dartmouth Combined Program in Medicine, Hanover, NH and Providence, RI
Degree: Medical Doctorate

GRADUATE:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Degree: Master of Public Health

UNDERGRADUATE:
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Degree: Bachelor of Science, Biology

Specialties

  • Trauma Surgery/Surgical Critical Care

Board Certification

  • Surgery - American Board of Surgery, #062862, expires 12/31/2028
  • Surgical Critical Care - American Board of Surgery, #004298, reverification date 1/20/2023
  • Public Health and General Preventive Medicine - American Board of Preventive Medicine, #053859, expiration date 1/1/2026

Publications

  • Lenart EK, Byerly SE, Gross MG, Ali YM, Evans CR, Easterday TS, Howley IW, Kerwin AJ, Fischer PE, Filiberto DM. Clinical implications of over- and under-traiage using need for trauma intervention and Cribari indices. Am Surg 2024. Online ahead of print. PMID 38613475.
  • Gwin JC, Rangnekar N, Murray GP, Byerly S, Fleming AM, Easterday TS, Kerwin AJ, Howley IW. O blood type is not associated with worse coagulopathy or outcome in exsanguinating trauma. Am J Surg 2024. Online ahead of print. PMID 38553336.
  • Easterday T, Byerly S, Magnotti L, Fischer P, Shah K, Croce M, Kerwin A, Howley I. Performance improvement program review of institutional massive transfusion protocol adherence: an opportunity for improvement. Am Surg 2024 May; 90(5): 1082-1088. PMID 38297889.
  • Lehrman B, Byerly S, Mitchell EL, Kerwin AJ, Howley IW, AAST PROOVIT Study Group. Trust but verify? Utility of intraoperative angiography after revascularization for vascular trauma. Am Surg 2024 May; 90(5): 1059-65. PMID 38126322.
  • Hochu G, Soule S, Lenart E, Howley IW, Filiberto D, Byerly S. Synchronous tracheostomy and gastrostomy placement results in shorter length of stay in traumatic brain injury patients. Am J Surg 2024 Jan; 227:153-6. PMID 37852846.
  • Noorbakhsh S, Keirsey M, Hess A, Bellu K, Laxton S, Byerly S, Filiberto DM, Kerwin AJ, Stein DM, Howley IW. Key findings on computed tomography of the head that predict death or the need for neurosurgical intervention from traumatic brain injury. Am Surg 2024 Apr; 90(4): 616-23. PMID 37791615.
  • Lenart E, Filiberto D, Fischer P, Howley I, Byerly S. Isolated facial fractures transferred for higher level of care. Am J Surg 2023 Jan; 225(1): 28-32. PMID 36175193.
  • Matthews L, Kelly E, Fleming A, Byerly S, Fischer P, Molyneaux I, Kerwin A, Howley I. An analysis of injured patients treated at level 1 trauma centers versus other centers: a scoping review. J Surg Res 2022 Dec; 284:70-93. PMID 36549038.
  • Fleming AM, Shah KS, Byerly SE, Magnotti LJ, Fischer PE, Seger CP, Kerwin AJ, Croce MA, Howley IW. Cryoprecipitate use during massive transfusion: a propensity score analysis. Injury 2022 Jun; 53(6): 1972-8. PMID 35241286.
  • Howley IW, Bennett JD, Stein DM. Rapid detection of significant traumatic brain injury requiring emergency intervention. Am Surg 2021;87(9):1504-1510. PMID 33345574.
  • Howley IW, Stein DM, Scalea TM. Outcomes and complications for portal vein or superior mesenteric vein injury: no improvement in the era of damage control resuscitation. Injury 2019 Dec; 50(12): 2228-33. PMID 31635905.
  • Howley IW, Bruns BR, Tesoriero RB, Vesselinov R, Kufera JA, Feliciano DV, Diaz JJ. Statewide analysis of peptic ulcer disease: as hospitalizations decrease, procedural volume remains steady. Am Surg 2019 Sep; 85(9): 1028-32. PMID 31638519.
  • Howley IW, Haut ER, Jacobs L, Morrison JJ, Scalea TM. Is thromboelastography (TEG)-based resuscitation better than empirical 1:1 transfusion? Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2018; 3:e000140. PMID 29766129.
  • Howley IW, Gupta S, Tetali S, Josyula LK, Wadhwaniya S, Gururaj G, Rao M, Hyder AA. Epidemiology of road traffic injury patients presenting to a tertiary hospital in Hyderabad, India. Surgery 2017 Dec; 162(6S): S77-84. PMID 28487043.

Honors and Awards

  • 2022-2024 Castle Connolly Top Doctors
  • 2020 R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Hero Award
  • 2018 Aurelio Rodriguez, MD Award for commitment to education, ability to lead, and willingness to contribute to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
  • 2018 Excellence in Critical Care Knowledge Award, awarded to the surgical critical care fellow with the highest score on the MCCKAP in-service examination
  • 2018 Honorable mention, Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society “Excellence in Research” Award
  • 2017 Anthony L. Imbembo Resident Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins University Department of Surgery