Bio
Thomas Scalea, MD, FACS, is the Physician-in-Chief at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. He attended the University of Virginia and subsequently received his M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Scalea completed his residency at the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York and Critical Care Fellowship at New York Medical College.
Following his fellowship in 1984, Dr. Scalea began his career at the Kings County Hospital/Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He became Chief of Trauma and Critical Care and rose to the rank of Professor of Surgery in 1991. While directing the trauma center at Downstate, he also founded the Department of Emergency Medicine. In 1997, Dr. Scalea became the Physician-in-Chief at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center, the nation’s only freestanding trauma hospital. Several years later (2002), he became the first medical school endowed Professor of Trauma, when he was appointed the Honorable Senator Francis X. Kelly Professor in Trauma Surgery award. In 2012, Dr. Scalea was named System Chief for Critical Care Services at the University of Maryland Medical System.
While serving as the Director of the Trauma Center, he has maintained a continued strong commitment to teaching all medical personnel, including medical students, residents, fellows, attending physicians, nursing staff, and U.S. Air Force personnel. At Shock Trauma, he has directed clinical, educational, administrative, and research overhauls, including an increase in clinical volume of 40% over 15 years. He has also implemented Stop the Bleed, a national initiative focused on training the public in lifesaving skills of hemorrhage control.
Read more about Dr. Thomas Scalea: https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/scalea-thomas/