Jay Joseph Doucet, MD FRCSC FACS

Dr. Doucet is a Trauma, General and Critical Care surgeon and joined the UC San Diego Trauma Division in March 2007. He completed training as a general surgeon in 1997. He has 22 years military medical service with the RCAF, including six years on exchange with the US Navy, six overseas tours including three tours in Afghanistan as combat surgeon with NATO & US forces. He completed his trauma fellowship at UC San Diego in 2003 and has been a faculty trauma surgeon at LA County+USC Medical Center and Vancouver General Hospital/University of British Columbia. Dr. Doucet is Professor and Chief of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery. He is also the Medical Director for Emergency Management for UC San Diego Health. He is also credentialed in ultrasound by ARDMS. He is a Commercial pilot and flight instructor. Dr Doucet practices Acute Care Surgery, including blunt, penetrating and vascular trauma, and emergency general surgery. He also practices surgical critical care. Dr Doucet also performs elective general surgery, including robotic procedures. He is board-certified in Surgery, Surgical Critical Care and NeuroCritical Care.

Critical Care

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• cholecystectomy
• gallstone disease
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• pancreatitis

Diagnostic Imaging/procedures

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• robotic surgery
• video assisted thoracic surgery

Venous Disorders/Procedures

Trauma/Injury Procedures

• abdominal injuries
• abdominal wall reconstruction
• blunt trauma
• cricothyroidotomy
• intestine injuries
• liver injury
• neck injuries
• stomach injuries
• tracheotomy
• vascular injuries
• wound debridement

Vascular Disorders/Procedures

Venous Disorders/Procedures

University of California San Diego Medical Center

San Diego, CA

Attending

03/2007—Present

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

La Jolla, CA

Associate Professor

03/2007—07/2013

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

La Jolla, CA

Professor

07/2013—Present