Education
Medical school
Dr. Stansfield attended Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine and graduated in
1975 (47 years ago). Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine is ranked #62 number in the "Best Medical Schools" by U.S. News.
About Me
Dr. Stansfield works at Burke County Hospital Authority, which has 12 other health providers.
- Emergency Medicine
- Thoracic Surgery
- 47+ years
- Male
- 1831422914
Hospital Affiliations
Dr. Stansfield is affiliated with the following hospitals.
As an emergency medicine and thoracic surgery, Dr. Stansfield may see patients with the following conditions. Please check with Dr. Stansfield what conditions he treats. Dr. Stansfield may treat additional conditions not listed.
- Achalasia
- Acute pain
- Altitude sickness
- Angina
- Aortic dissection
- Aortic stenosis
- Brain aneurysm
- Brain hemorrhage
- Broken bone
- Bruises
Specialties
Dr. Stansfield is an emergency medicine and thoracic surgery. His primary specialty is emergency medicine.
Emergency Medicine
An emergency physician (often called an “ER doctor” in the United States) is a physician who works at an emergency department to care for ill patients. The emergency physician is a specialist in advanced cardiac life support (advanced life support in Europe), resuscitation, trauma care such as fractures and soft tissue injuries, and management of other life-threatening situations.
Thoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal structures.