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.
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Samual R. Todd, MD
Chief of 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