I am a trauma and acute care surgeon at Memorial Healthcare System. I treat patients suffering from acute traumatic injury such as motor vehicle crashes, falls, firearm injuries, and stab wounds.

I also treat patients with emergency general surgical conditions such as cholecystitis, appendicitis, and soft tissue infections. In the intensive care unit, I care for patients who are suffering from multiorgan system failure and require advanced life support such as mechanical ventilation and continuous renal replacement.

I chose a career in medicine because I believe the true way to find joy in life is through benevolent action. Helping patients recover from illness and injury through surgical procedures is the most direct way I feel I can induce healing as a physician.

Building trust with my patients and their loved ones is very important to me. I find it’s essential to the healing process that the patient trusts the plan of care and those delivering it. I also offer emotional support that supplements the surgical and medical care I provide.

In addition to caring for patients, I am a peer reviewer for the Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and World Journal of Surgery. I also have more than forty peer-reviewed publications and participate regularly at regional and national surgical conferences.

Hospital Affiliations

• Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
• Memorial Regional Hospital

Gender

• Male

Education

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 2013

Residency

JFK Medical Center, 2018, Surgery

Fellowships

Ryder Trauma Center, 2019

Certifications

American Board of Surgery-Surgery
American Board of Surgery-Surgical Critical Care

Publications

Research

Professional Organizations

• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma 
• Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
• Association for Academic Surgery
• American College of Surgeons

Presentations

• Parreco, J., Donath, E., Bathaii, M. M., & Finch, M. (2016, June). Comparing
  Outcomes After Endovascular Versus Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
  Using The Nationwide Readmission Database. Presented at the C3 Conference,
  Orlando, FL
• Parreco, J., Eby, M., Kurian, A., Faber, C., & Kozol, R. (2017, January). Meta-analysis of Thromboelastography for Postoperative Hemorrhage After Cardiac Surgery. Presented at the Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV. 
  
• Eby, M., Parreco, J., Martinez, R., & Kozol, R. (2017, January). Outcomes and Costs for Thoracoscopic Alone Versus Robotic Assisted Thoracoscopic Procedures. Presented at the Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV. 
• Parreco, J., Payson, A., Scurci, S., Tashiro, J., & Sola, J. (2017, January). Teenage Trauma Patients are at Increased Risk of 30-day Readmission For Mental Disorders. Presented at the Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV. 
• Patel, C., Parreco, J., Cortolillo, N., Castillo, A., & Orloff, S. (2017, March). Risk Factors and Costs Associated with Hemodialysis After Liver Transplant. Presented at the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL. 
• Patel, C., Parreco, J., Kaza, S., & Castillo, A. (2017, March). Nationwide outcomes and costs of laparoscopic and robotic vs open hepatectomies. Presented at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Houston, TX. 
• Castillo, A., Parreco, J., Naugler, W. E., Kolbeck, K. J., Farsad, K., Orloff, S. L., … Enestvedt, C. K. (2017, April). A propensity matched survival analysis comparing treatment strategies for stage B and C hepatocellular carcinoma. Presented at the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL.
• Rattan, R., Parreco, J., Zakrison, T. L., Yeh, D. D., Lieberman, H. M., & Namias, N. (2017, May). Same-Hospital Re-Admission Rate Is Not Reliable for Measuring PostOperative Infection-Related Re-Admission. Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Surgical Infection Society, St. Louis, MO. 
• Rattan, R., Parreco, J., & Namias, N. (2017, September). Nonelective Readmission After Emergency General Surgery. Presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Baltimore, MD. 
• Zarak, A., Parreco, J., Tuggle, K., & Duncan, T. (2017, October). Predictors for 30- Day Readmissions After Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Presented at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting at ObesityWeek, Washington, DC. 
  

Awards

• General Surgery Resident of the Year, University of Miami, Palm Beach, 2018 
• 2nd Place Resident Paper Competition, Florida Committee on Trauma, 2018 
• Gold Medal Forum Presentation, Southeastern Surgical Congress, 2018 
• Scholarly Activity Commendation, University of Miami, Palm Beach, 2017 
• Florida Vascular Foundation Scholarship, Florida Vascular Society, 2015 
• George Paff Teaching Award, University of Miami, Palm Beach, 2014 
• Research Day Best Poster Presentation in General Surgery, JFK Medical Center, 2014 ABSITE 80th Percentile Club, University of Miami, Palm Beach, 2014