Sarah D. Majercik, MD, MBA
1036 N Terrace Hills Drive Salt Lake City, UT Phone: (314) 288-8957 E-mail: [email protected]
Experience
Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 10.11-Present
Co-Director, Trauma Research, Vice Chair of Surgery—Research, Associate Professor of Research
▪ Built and led Trauma Research program at Intermountain Medical Center with minimal pre-existing infrastructure. Successfully changed culture from pure clinical excellence to incorporate/embrace clinical investigation.
▪ Research Guidance Council leader, governing body for Intermountain Healthcare Corporation
▪ Led and mentored Surgery research efforts across surgical specialties
▪ Secured multiple grants to support research projects, serving as Principle Investigator or Senior Investigator
▪ Presented at numerous national and regional trauma and surgery conferences, building Trauma service’s academic reputation
▪ Authored 40+ peer-reviewed publications.
▪ Led successful American College of Surgeons’ Level One Trauma Center Verification Research component in 2012, 2015, and 2018 (verification occurs on a three-year cycle).
▪ Mentored residents and advanced practice clinicians in clinical research process, fostering academic curiosity, leading to multiple national conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications.
Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 10.11-Present
Trauma and Critical Care Surgeon, Department of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
▪ Provided clinical trauma and surgical critical care to injured patients at a Level I (most critical level) trauma center
▪ Developed and maintained evidence-based protocols for clinical trauma care.
▪ Led performance improvement and peer critical case reviews for trauma center
▪ Supervised, mentored, educated and collaborated with trauma services advanced practice clinicians and residents in a unique, matrixed surgical model.
Becton Dickinson Medical Surgical Systems, Sandy, UT 05.09 - 11.10
Associate Medical Director
▪ Established peer to peer relationships with key opinion leaders in medical fields relevant to business and led voice of customer research
▪ Provided clinical expertise and assisted with financial modeling for global merger and acquisition deals and new product development
▪ Authored white papers to support regulatory submissions and health hazard analysis for submission to governing bodies
▪ Performed health hazard analysis
▪ Directly supervised team of six nurse medical specialists
Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert School of Medicine, Providence, RI 07.02 – 12.08
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care
▪ Provided clinical trauma and surgical critical care to injured patients at Level I trauma center
▪ Supervised medical students and junior residents in clinical clerkships and rotations in general surgery, trauma surgery, and the surgical intensive care unit.
▪ Authored peer-reviewed publications
▪ Developed and implemented acute care surgery service for emergency general surgery patients
Education and Postgraduate Training
Washington University in St. Louis, Olin School of Business, Master of Business Administration, 2005-2007
Brown University, Alpert School of Medicine, General Surgery Residency, 1997-2002
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 1993-1997
Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts, History of Science, 1989-1993
Professional Memberships and Societies
▪ Fellow, American College of Surgeons
▪ American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
▪ Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
▪ Southwestern Surgical Congress
▪ Chest Wall Injury Society
Institutional Committees
▪ Chair, Trauma Research Committee
▪ Member, Research Guidance Council
‐ Member, academic tracks, promotion, and tenure sub-committee
▪ Chair, Mentoring and Training Committee
▪ Member, Blood Development and Utilization team
▪ Member, Pulmonary Research Group
▪ Member, system-wide operating room council
Licensure and Certification
Board Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Surgery, expires 7/2024
Active Medical Licenses: Utah
Expired Medical Licenses: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Ohio
Awards and Honors
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Peter C. Canizaro Award 2014
Best presentation/manuscript by a new member
Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Olin School of Business 2007
Harold and Joyce Wood Fellowship, Olin School of Business 2005
Haffenreffer Award, Brown University, excellence in surgical sciences 2002
Selected Publications
▪ Snow GL, Bledsoe JR, Butler A, Wilson EL, Rea S, Majercik S, Anderson JL, Horne BD. Comparative evaluation of the clinical laboratory-based Intermountain risk score with the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity indices for mortality prediction. PLoS One. 2020 May 21;15(5):e0233495. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233495. eCollection 2020.
▪ Hirshberg EL, Majercik S . Targeting Driving Pressure for the Management of ARDS…Isn't It Just Very Low Tidal Volume Ventilation? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 May;17(5):557-558. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202002-108ED.
▪ Coleman JR, Kay AB, Moore EE, Moore HB, Gonzalez E, Majercik S, Cohen MJ, White T, Pieracci F. It’s sooner than you think: blunt solid organ injury patients are already hypercoagulable upon hospital admission—results of a bi-institutional, prospective study. Am J Surg 2019. 218 (6): 1065-73.
▪ Kay AB, Morris DS, Collingridge DS, Majercik S. Platelet dysfunction on thromboelastogram is associated with severity of blunt traumatic brain injury. Am J Surg. 2019 Dec;218(6):1134-1137. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.09.024.
▪ Bickford A, White TW, Smith K, Johnston J, Bledsoe J, Majercik S. Weight-Based Enoxaparin dosing for adequate venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in the obese trauma patient. Am J Surg 2018 Apr 23: S0039-6060(18)30094-1. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.03.001
▪ Pieracci FM, Coleman J, Ali-Osman F, Mangram A, Majercik S, White TW, Jeremitsky E, Doben AR. A multi-center evaluation of the optimal timing of surgical stabilization of rib fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2017; October 25, doi 10.1097/TA.0000000000001729.
▪ Majercik S, Vijayakumar S, Olsen G, Wilson E, Gardner S, Granger SR, Van Boerum DH, White TW. Surgical stabilization of severe rib fractures decreases incidence of retained hemothorax and empyema. Am J Surg. 2015 Dec;210(6):1112-6; discussion 1116-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.08.008.
▪ Majercik S, Wilson E, Gardner S, Granger S, VanBoerum DH, White TW. In-hospital outcomes and costs of surgical stabilization versus nonoperative management of severe rib fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Oct;79(4):533-8; discussion 538-9.
▪ Majercik S, White TW, Van Boerum DH, Granger S, Bledsoe J, Conner K, Wilson E, Weaver LK. Cleared for takeoff: The effects of hypobaric conditions on traumatic pneumothoraces. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2014; 77: 729-33.
▪ Majercik S, Knight S, Horne BD. The Intermountain risk score predicts mortality in trauma patients. J Crit Care 2014; 29: 882.
▪ Majercik S, Cannon Q, Granger S, Van Boerum DH, White TW. Long term patient outcomes after surgical stabilization of rib fractures. Am J Surg 2014; 208: 88-92.
Complete academic Curriculum Vitae available upon request