Jared Gallaher, MD, MPH

About

Jared Gallaher, MD, MPH, FACS is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of General and Acute Care Surgery at UNC in Chapel Hill, NC. He also has an adjunct appointment in the UNC Gilings School of Global Public Health. Dr. Gallaher graduated from Wake Forest School of Medicine in 2011 and completed his MPH at UNC Gilings School of Global Public Health in 2016. After finishing his General Surgery Residency at UNC in 2018, he completed his Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Oregon Health Sciences University in 2019 and then returned to UNC to join the faculty in the Department of Surgery. His research focuses on global health in Malawi, especially in the fields of trauma, general surgery, and burn and he serves as the co-director of the Malawi Surgical Initiative at UNC. 

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Medical Student Teaching by Faculty Award
2023 ,

Resident “Rookie of the Year” Faculty Award
2020, Department of Surgery

Outstanding Resident Teaching by Faculty Award
2020 ,

“Excellence in Research” Award: Honorable Mention
2019, Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society

Clinical Second Place Winner
2018, National Committee on Trauma Paper Competition

Representative Courses

PUBH 701: Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine

Key Publications

The role of ECMO in COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: Defining risk factors for mortality. . Gallaher J, Raff L, Schneider A, Reid T, Miller MB, Boddie O, Charles A.  (2023). Am J Surg., 225(6), 1096-1101.

Tri-modal Distribution of Trauma Deaths in a Resource-Limited Setting: Perception Versus Reality. Gallaher J, An SJ, Kayange L, Davis D, Charles A. (2023). World J Surg, 47(7), 1650-1656.

Acute Cholecystitis: A Review. Gallaher JR, Charles A. (2022). JAMA, 327(10), 965-975.

Reallocation of Hospital Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic and Effect on Trauma Outcomes in a Resource-Limited Setting. Gallaher JR, Yohann A, Kajombo C, Schneider A, Purcell L, Charles A. (2022). World J Surg.

Consequences of centralised blood bank policies in sub-Saharan Africa. Gallaher JR, Mulima G, Kopp D, Shores CG, Charles AG. (2017). The Lancet Global Health., 5(2).

Education