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Dr. Samual R. Todd

Samual R. Todd, MD

Chief of Acute Care Surgery

Dr. Samual R. Todd received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin in 1992. He then matriculated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with a Doctorate of Medicine in 1996. He remained at Texas Tech University where he completed his General Surgery residency in 2001. He followed that with a Fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care from Oregon Health & Science University in 2003. In 2003, he joined The University of Texas Medical School at Houston as an Assistant Professor. His primary clinical responsibilities included trauma surgery, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery (Acute Care Surgery). In 2006, he joined The Methodist Hospital (Houston, Texas) as an Acute Care Surgeon where he was Medical Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Associate Program Director of the Residency in General Surgery. In 2011, he was recruited to New York University School of Medicine (New York, New York) as an Acute Care Surgeon where he served as Chief of Trauma and Emergency Surgery for Bellevue Hospital Center. Dr. Todd was recruited to Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) in 2014, where he served as Professor of Surgery and Chief of Acute Care Surgery. He was also Chief of General Surgery, Chief of the Ginni and Richard Mithoff Trauma Center, and Medical Director of the Trauma Surgical Intensive Care Unit. In 2019, Dr. Todd was recruited to Grady as Senior Vice President and Chief, Acute Care Surgery.

Specialties

  • Surgical Critical Care

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery

Fellowships

  • Texas Tech Regional Academic Health Center

Affiliations

  • Grady

Education & Training

  • Medical School: Texas Tech University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Texas Tech University School of Medicine

Honors & Awards

Houstonia - Top Doctors, 2017

Guide to America's Top Surgeons, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017

Barbara Lee Bass Award, 2009

UT Houston Surgery Chief Resident Surgical Teaching Award, 2006

UT Houston Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, 2004, 2005

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Publications

Schellenberg M, Brown CVR, Trust MD, Sharpe JP, Musonza T, Holcomb J, Bui E, Bruns B, Hopper HA, Truitt MS, Burlew CC, Inaba K, Sava J, Vanhorn J, Eastridge B, Cross AM, Vasak R, Vercuysse G, Curtis EE, Haan J, Coimbra R, Bohan P, Gale S, Bendix PG; AAST