Randi Smith
Overview
Dr. Smith received her MD degree from the University of California San Francisco, and her MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of California San Francisco, and her fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Smith serves as a trauma surgeon, emergency/elective general surgeon, and surgical critical care intensivist at Grady Memorial Hospital. Her special interests include violence prevention, injury prevention, clinical outcomes, and the use of ultrasound in critical care.
In 2017, Dr. Smith joined the Violence Prevention Task Force, based out of the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE), and became a core member of the Program to Interrupt Violence through Outreach and Treatment (PIVOT) at Grady.
Academic Appointment
- Vice Chair, Inclusive Excellence, Access, and Impact, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
- Primary Appointment: Associate Professor, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care at Grady Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
- Secondary Appointment: Associate Professor, Emory Rollins School of Public Health
Education
Degrees
- MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- MD from University of California, San Francisco
Research
Publications
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Providing Equitable Surgical Care to Patients in Law Enforcement Custody: A Review.
JAMA Surg
05/14/2025 Authors: Kaufman EJ; Passman JE; Alur R; Smith R; Osborne A; Scarlet S; Sue K; Wright R; Maine R; Smith N -
Filling the tank: A multicenter investigation of trauma survival after ultramassive transfusion.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
05/13/2025 Authors: Grady ZJ; Nguyen J; Meyer CH; Moran TP; Rowh M; Zhang A; Harfouche MN; Greiffenstein P; Trinh S; Inaba K -
Posttraumatic stress disorder mitigation in trauma patients: An evidence-based systematic review from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
05/13/2025 Authors: Kartiko S; Atahar J; Rattan R; Zebley JA; Tatebe LC; Perea L; Ruggiero KJ; Levett P; Wassertzug D; Koenig S -
Understanding social and environmental risks of firearm injury using geospatial patterns.
Injury Page(s): 112418
05/09/2025 Authors: Noorbakhsh S; Dunne W; Babatola O; Himmler A; Hart L; Cave N; Jackson K; Nwanaji-Enwerem J; Castro ADL; Krishnan P -
Access to Care for Patients With Disabilities.
Am Surg Volume: 91 Page(s): 712 - 718
05/01/2025 Authors: Castater C; Roth E; Ward C; Burrows J; Young T; Nisseau-Bey Z; Dieynabou D; Fabien J; Smith RN -
Access to Care: The Role of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs.
Am Surg Volume: 91 Page(s): 707 - 711
05/01/2025 Authors: Arientyl V; Castater C; Hart L; Smith RN -
Prevalence of Health Harming Legal Needs of Patients Seeking Care in the Emergency Department.
J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open Volume: 6 Page(s): 100062
04/01/2025 Authors: Ngai H; Wang D; Moran TP; Gottlieb S; Priest C; Smith RN; Hsieh D; Samuels-Kalow M; Zeidan A -
A Scoping Review of Trauma-Informed Language in the Care of Injured Patients.
J Surg Res Volume: 308 Page(s): 264 - 269
04/01/2025 Authors: Hart LD; Kallepali P; Castater CA; Ochoa M; White M; Strong J; Bliton JN; Smith RN -
A Framework for Suicide Risk Screening After Overdose: The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Trauma Survey Framework.
JAMA Psychiatry Volume: 82 Page(s): 105 - 106
02/01/2025 Authors: Dernbach MR; Smith RN; Carpenter JE -
Age-related mortality risk in cycling trauma: analysis of the National Trauma Databank 2017-2023.
Inj Epidemiol Volume: 12 Page(s): 7
01/24/2025 Authors: Rowh MAW; Giller TA; Bliton JN; Smith RN; Moran TP