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Rondi Gelbard, MD
Trauma SurgerySurgical Critical Care
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Age Groups Seen
- Adults
- Geriatrics
Languages
- English
About Rondi Gelbard
Biography
Dr. Gelbard received her medical degree from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, after which she completed a general surgery residency at NY Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center. Her postgraduate training also included a clinical fellowship in surgical critical care at the University of Miami/Ryder Trauma Center and a clinical fellowship in trauma at the LAC + USC Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Dr. Gelbard came to UAB from Emory University School of Medicine, where she spent six year as a Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon in the Emory Division of Surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital. She was the Grady Surgical ICU Medical Director and Associate Program Director for the Emory Surgical Critical Care Fellowship for 2017-2019.
Dr. Gelbard came to UAB from Emory University School of Medicine, where she spent six year as a Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon in the Emory Division of Surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital. She was the Grady Surgical ICU Medical Director and Associate Program Director for the Emory Surgical Critical Care Fellowship for 2017-2019.
Title
Associate Professor of Surgery
Faculty Appointment
Professor
Research Interests
Dr. Gelbard's ongoing research projects include single center studies focused on outcomes of traumatic brain injury to large multi-center trials on the management of complex trauma patients. She is currently a principal investigator on a Department of Defense-funded prospective observational study correlating outcomes data with biomarker information to develop validated predictive models and clinical decision support tools for the management of severe abdominal trauma
Memberships
The American College of Surgeons
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST)
The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
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Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: LAC & USC Medical Center, 2013
- Residency: NYP/Columbia University Medical Center, 2012
- Fellowship: University of Miami Miller School Of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2010
- Medical School: UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (now Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences), 2006
Board Certifications
- Surgery (General Surgery): American Board of Surgery, 2013
- Surgical Critical Care: American Board of Surgery, 2013