Stacy Dougherty-Welch, MD FACS

Stacy Dougherty-Welch, MD FACS 

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Acute Care Surgeon

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

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center/Montefiore North Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Residency: General Surgery

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care Fellow

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC
Residency: General Surgery Resident 

MEDICAL SCHOOL:
St. George’s University School of Medicine
Degree: M.D.

UNDERGRADUATE:
University of Notre Dame
Degree: BS Biology

Specialties

Surgical Critical Care

Board Certification

  • General Surgery
  • Surgical Critical Care

Publications

  • Mowery NT, Dougherty SD, Hildreth AN, Holmes JH, Chang MC, Martin RS, Hoth JJ, Meredith JW. Emergency Department length of stay is an independent predictor of hospital mortality in trauma activation patients, J Trauma, 2011, Jan;70(6):1317-25
  • Morse BC, Jhunjhunwala R, Dente CJ, Keeling WB, Prest PJ, Dougherty SD, Gelbard RB, Long WB, Nicholas J. Injury to the Conduction System: Management of Life-Threatening Arrhythmias After Penetrating Cardiac Trauma, American Journal of Surgery February 2016.
  • Mina MH, Jhunjhunwala R, Gelbard RB, Dougherty SD, Carr JS, Dente CJ, Nicholas JM Wyrzykowski AD, Salamone JP, Vercuysse GA, Feliciano DV, Morse BC, Factors Affecting Mortality After Penetrating Cardiac Injuries: 10 Year Experience at an Urban Level 1 Trauma Center, American Journal of Surgery, 2016, 2013 (6), 1109-1115
  • Jhunjhunwala R, Mina MJ, Roger EI, Dente CJ, Heninger M, Carr JS, Dougherty SD, Gelbard RB, Nicholas JM, Wyrzykowski AD, Feliciano DV, Morse BC, Reassessing the Cardiac Box, A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Relationship Between Thoracic Gunshot Wounds and Cardiac Injury, J Trauma, 2017, Sep; 83(3):349-355
  • Morse, BC, Jhunjhunwala R, Dente CJ, Dougherty SD, Nicholas JM, Gelbard RB, Sweeney JF, Wyrzykowski AD, Value Analysis in Acute Care Surgery: Evaluation of Individual Surgeon Performance for Emergent Cholecystectomy, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2017, 225(4)S2, e98
  • Cormican MT, Thompson PW, Bernstein SM, Dougherty SD, Dente CJ, Morse BC, Giant Pseudocysts of the Spleen: A Rare Sequela of Traumatic Splenic Injury, The American Surgeon, 2017, 83(1): e26-27
  • Fabian J, McCranie D, Kington D, Dougherty-Welch S: Blunt Traumatic Esophageal Injury: Decreased Mortality with Urgent Repair, The American Surgeon, 2022 Apr 23:31348221091947. Online ahead of print. PMID 35466715

Honors and Awards

October 2021 WellStar Atlanta Medical Center Most Valuable Physician