Patricia R. Ayoung-Chee, MD, MPH, FACS

Patricia R. Ayoung-Chee, MD, MPH, FACS 

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Location: Grady - 80 Jesse Hill Drive Atlanta Georgia 30303
Phone: (404)789-3900
E-mail: surgerydept@msm.edu

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Residency: General Surgery

Harborview Injury Prevention Research Center
Fellowship: Research

Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care

MEDICAL SCHOOL:
New York University School of Medicine, New York NY
Degree: M.D.

GRADUATE:
University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA
Degree: MPH Health Services

UNDERGRADUATE:
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Degree: BA Economics, BA Neuroscience

Research Interests

  • Functional Outcomes after traumatic injury, especially in older adult patients.
  • Resource utilization in acute care surgery, as pertains to the use of clinical pathways and eliminating unnecessary testing.

Specialties

Surgical Critical Care

Publications

  • Santos AT, Jagiella-Lodise O, Kim P, Freedberg ME, Smith RN, Nguyen J, Davis MA, Ayoung-Chee P et al. Blunt Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernias: An Indicator for Emergent Laparotomy? Am. Surg. 2023 May 4, Online ahed of print. PMID: 37141202.
  • Writing Group for the CODA Collaborative, A Video-Based Consent Tool: Development and Effect of Risk-Benefit Framing on Intention to Randomize. J Surg Res. 2003 Mar; 283:357-367.
  • Meyer CH, Grant A, Sola R, Gills K, Mora A, Tracy BM, Muralidharan VJ, Koganti D, Todd SR, Butler C, Nguyen J, Hurst S, Udobi K, Sciarretta J, Williams K, Davis M, Dente C, Benjamin E, Ayoung-Chee P et al. Corrigendum to 鈥淧resentation, clinical course and complications in trauma patients with concomitant COVID-19 infection.鈥� Am J Surg. 2022 Nov 13:S0002-9610(22)00794-8
  • Thompson CM, Voldal EC, Davidson GH, Sanchez SE, Ayoung-Chee P et al. Perception of Treatment Success and Impact on Function with Antibiotics or Appendectomy for Appendicitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial with an Observational Cohort. Ann Surg. 2022 Jul 11. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005458.
  • Writing Group for the CODA Collaborative, Talan DA, Moran GJ, Krishnadasan A, Monsell SE, Faine BA, Uribe L, Kaji AH, DeUgarte DA, Self WH, Shapiro NI, Cuschieri J, Glaser J, Park PK, Price TP, Siparsky N, Sanchez SE, Machado-Aranda DA, Victory J, Ayoung-Chee P et al. Analysis of Outcomes With Outpatient Management of Nonoperatively Treated Patients with Appendicitis. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2220039. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.20039.
  • Writing Group for the CODA Collaborative, Davidson GH, Monsell SE, Evans H, Voldal EC, Fannon E, Lawrence SO, Krishnadasan A, Talan DA, Bizzell B, Heagerty PJ, Comstock BA, Lavallee DC, Villegas C, Winchell R, Thompson CM, Self WH, Kao LS, Dodwad SJ, Sabbatini AK, Droullard D, Machado-Aranda D, Gibbons MM, Kaji AH, DeUgarte DA, Ferrigno L. Salzberg M, Mandell KA, Siparsky N, Price TP, Raman A, Corsa J, Wisler J, Ayoung-Chee P et al. Self-selection vs Randomized Assignment of Treatment for Appendicitis. JAMA Surg. 2022 Jul 1;157(7):598-608. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.1554
  • Castater C, Raney E, Nguyen J, Reed, KK, Thompson AN, Greene WR, Sola R Jr, Grant AA, Sciarretta JD, Todd SR, Williams KN, Hurst S, Butler C, Udobi K, Ayoung-Chee P et al. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment to PRevenet Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Gunshot Wounds. Am Surg. 2022 Sep;88(9):2215-2217.
  • Meyer CH, Grant A, Sola R, Gills K, Mora AN, Tracy BM, Muralidharan VJ, Koganti D, Todd SR, Butler C, Nguyen J, Husrt S, Udobi K, Sciarretta J, Williams K, Davis M, Dente C, Benjamin E, Ayoung-Chee P, Smith RN. Presentation, clinical course and complications in trauma patients with concomitant COVID-19 infection. Am J Surg. 2022 Jul;224(1 Pt B):607-611. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.03.040.
  • Castater C, Raney E, Nguyen J, Reed KK, Thompson AN, Greene WR, Sola R, Grant AA, Sciarretta JD, Todd SR, Williams KN, Hurst S, Burler C, Udobi K, Ayoung-Chee P, Benjamin ER, Dente C, Koganti D, Smith RN. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment to Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Gunshot Wounds. Am Surg. 2022 May 3:31348221091955. doi: 10.1177/00031348221091955.
  • Scott JW, Ayoung-Chee P, Lester ELW, Bruns BR, Davis KA, Gore A, Knowlton LM, Liu C, Martin RS, Oh EJ, Ross SW, Wandling M, Minei JP, Staudenmayer K. Data resources for evaluating the economic and financial consequences of surgical care in the United States. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Jul 1;93(1):e17-e29. doi: 10.1089/TA0000000000003631.

Honors and Awards

Alpha Epsilon Delta, Second Decade Society Summer Internship Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, Glover C. Arnold Surgical Award