As part of the largest provider of trauma services in New England, the BMC Trauma and Acute Care Surgery team is available 24/7 for patients in need of immediate surgical care due to injury or illness. Surgeons, advanced practice providers, critical care nurses, and other skilled staff work together to deliver exceptional care to our patients across the care continuum, from the Emergency Department to the outpatient clinic. Department members also care for patients in the state-of-the-art surgical intensive care unit.
Location and Contact
Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (available 24/7 for surgery)
Related Departments and Programs
Community Violence Response Team
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
An inpatient unit where a multidisciplinary team provides the highest level of care for patients who need advanced surgical or trauma expertise
Emergency Medicine
A department providing emergency care in the ER with 24/7 treatment for trauma and urgent medical conditions.
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
BMC's surgical critical care fellowship is an ACGME-accredited one-year clinical fellowship that provides rotations in the surgical, medical, and neurointensive ICUs, as well as elective rotations in radiology, ultrasound, trauma and acute care surgery, and anesthesia. Our mission is to provide exceptional patient care for critically ill and injured patients while increasing the general level of knowledge in this discipline through formal education and independent research.
Research Overview
Our department is engaged in a wide variety of research projects. Areas of interest include gene regulation after injury, effects of mechanical force on wound healing, the effect of mechanical ventilation on traumatic brain injury, the repair of complex abdominal wounds after trauma and acute care surgery, and the impact that social determinants of health have on trauma and trauma-related care.