Trista Reid, MD, MPH, FACS

About

Trista Reid, MD MPH FACS is a Trauma Critical Care surgeon at UNC, Associate Program Director of the UNC general surgery residency program, an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the UNC Gillings School of Public Health. She is a graduate of the Public Health Leadership Health Care and Prevention Masters Program at UNC. Dr. Reid’s research and mentorship interests are in health services/outcomes research and Quality Improvement research, involving both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. More specifically, she is involved in research in global surgery, health disparities, quality improvement, and outcomes research in ICU and trauma care, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and surgical palliative care.

Honors and Awards

Carolina Care Award
2020

Patient Relations “Star of the Week” Award
2019

UNC Dept of Surgery Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
2018-2021

UNC Dept of Surgery Outstanding Medical Student Teaching Award
2018, 2019, 2021

Association of Women Surgeons Mentor Spotlight
2018

Craver Professor School of Medicine Teaching Award
2018

Rookie of the Year Faculty Award
2017

Key Publications

Gastrostomy tube outcomes among surgical and non-surgical services: A retrospective review. Herb J, Rodriguez-Ormaza N, Cunningham C, Bartl N, Jadi J, Charles AG, Reid TD (1970). Am Surgeon.

Evaluation of Complications and Growth Outcomes in Pediatric Cerebral Palsy Patients with Gastrostomy Tubes. Jadi J, Hyder S, Rodriguez-Ormaza N, Twer E, Phillips M, Akinkuotu A, Reid TD (1970). Am Surgeon.

Family perceptions of palliative care and communication in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Pare K, Grudziak J, Lavin K, Sten MB, Huegerich A, Umble K, Twer E, Reid TD (1970). J of Patient Exp.

Low initial pre-hospital end-tidal carbon dioxide predicts inferior clinical outcomes in trauma patients. Bryant MK, Portelli Tremont JN, Patel Z, Cook N, Udekwu P, Reid TD, Maine RG, Moore SM (2021). Injury, 52(9), 2502-2507.

Are surgeons enough? The relationship between increasing surgical demand and access to surgery in a resource-limited environment. Gallaher J, Kayange L, Purcell LN, Reid TD, Charles AG (2021). J Surg Res, 11(267), 569-576.

Education