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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS Fellow Since 2017

Christopher Dodgion, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - Surgical Critical Care

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

Contact Information

Biography

Dr. Chris Dodgion MD, MSPH, MBA FACS is an Associate Professor of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is part of the Young Fellows Association (YFA) Board of Governors and serves as the current Vice Chair. He the current Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) representative to the G4 Alliance. He is the co-lead of the trauma subcommittee in the American College of Surgeons Operation Giving Back/COSECSA collaboration with Hawassa University in Ethiopia and serves as the Treasurer of the Association of Academic Global Surgery (AAGS). Through global collaboration he seeks to strengthen trauma systems, expand quality improvement initiatives in low resource settings and address the global surgical inequity through education innovation.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Critical Care

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure
  • adhesion removal
  • appendectomy
  • esophagus perforation
  • feeding tubes
  • peritonitis
  • splenectomy

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • component separation
  • femoral hernia
  • Hernia Procedures
  • inguinal hernia
  • laparoscopic hernia repair
  • umbilical hernia
  • ventral hernia

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • component separation
  • decubitus ulcer
  • epidermal cyst
  • Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures
  • skin and soft tissue infections
  • skin biopsy
  • skin grafting
  • wound infections

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

  • anal abscess
  • anal fissure
  • anal fistula
  • hemorrhoid problems

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • anal abscess
  • colectomy
  • colon surgery
  • colostomy
  • diverticular disease
  • gastrointestinal bleeding
  • hemorrhoidectomy
  • ileostomy
  • intestinal failure management
  • intussusception
  • Meckel's diverticulum

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • laparoscopic surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Procedures
  • video assisted thoracic surgery

Thoracic

  • empyema
  • hemothorax
  • pleural effusion
  • pneumothorax
  • respiratory failure

Trauma/Injury Procedures

  • abdominal injuries
  • abdominal wall reconstruction
  • amputation
  • bladder injury
  • blunt trauma
  • bronchoscopy
  • burns
  • cardiac injury
  • chest injuries
  • cricothyroidotomy
  • intestine injuries
  • kidney injury
  • liver injury
  • liver resection
  • lung resections
  • neck injuries
  • skin grafting
  • stomach injuries
  • tracheotomy
  • Trauma/Injury Procedures
  • vascular injuries
  • wound debridement

Hospital Appointments

Froedert

Milwaukee, WI

Attending

08/2015—Present

Community Memorial Hospital

Menomonee Falls, WI

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

08/2015—Present

Academic Appointments

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Associate Professor

08/2015—Present