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, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, 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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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 -
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 -
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 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 -
Does PIC score pick correctly? Evaluation of a modified-PIC based admission a single institution retrospective cohort study.
Injury Volume: 56 Page(s): 111860
01/01/2025 Authors: Meyer CH; Freedberg M; Tanghal J; Castater C; Nguyen CT; Smith RN; Sciarretta JD; Nguyen J -
The Difficulty Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in the Perioperative Setting.
Anesth Analg Volume: 139 Page(s): 874 - 880
10/01/2024 Authors: Milam AJ; Bonner T; Burton BN; Williams B; Youssef MR; Smith RN; Cannesson M; Troianos C; Pittet J-F -
Pancreaticoduodenectomy in high-grade pancreatic and duodenal trauma.
Injury Volume: 55 Page(s): 111721
09/01/2024 Authors: Noorbakhsh S; Wagner V; Arientyl V; Orlin S; Koganti D; Fransman RB; Bishop ES; Castater CA; Nguyen J; De Leon Castro A -
Contemporary Management of Blunt Splenic Trauma in Adults: An Analysis of the Trauma Quality Improvement Program Registry.
J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 21 Page(s): 1453 - 1463
09/01/2024 Authors: Ryce AL; Hanna T; Smith R; Duszak R; Ahmed O; Xing M; Kokabi N -
"Boiling Water but There's No Pop-Off Valve": Health Care Provider Perceptions of the Effects of COVID-19 on Intimate Partner Violence.
Violence Against Women Volume: 30 Page(s): 2442 - 2460
08/01/2024 Authors: Hendrix E; Narasimhan S; Ripkey CE; Zeidan A; Smith RN; Evans DP