Bio
Dr. Smith received her MD degree from the University of California San Francisco, and her MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of California San Francisco, and her fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Smith serves as a trauma surgeon, emergency/elective general surgeon, and surgical critical care intensivist at Grady Memorial Hospital. Her special interests include violence prevention, injury prevention, clinical outcomes, and the use of ultrasound in critical care.
Areas of Interest
- Injury & Violence Prevention
- Clinical Trials
Courses Taught
- BSHES 565 - Violence As a Pbl.Hlth.Problem
Affiliations
Honors and Awards
Kwan Global Health Project Fund Award, UCSF, 2012
Surgery Resident Research Award, UCSF, 2013
Resident Research Award, Society of Black Academic Surgeons, 2013
Administrative Chief Resident, UCSF, 2014-2015
Pilot Grant Recipient, University of Pennsylvania Injury Science Center, 2016
Associate Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Center for Public Health Initiatives, 2016
Administrative Trauma Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2017
Current Organizational Memberships
Society of Black Academic Surgeons
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Eastern Association of Surgery for Trauma