Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Burn
Medical Director of Nutrition Services
395 W. 12th Ave.
Suite 634
Columbus, Ohio 43210
614-293-9348
David.evans@osumc.edu
Clinical Interests
- Trauma
- Emergency general surgery
- Surgical critical care
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Endoscopy
Research Interests
- Infection in surgical patients
- Surgical nutrition
- Trauma outcomes
Education
MD: Duke University School of Medicine, 2006
BS: Duke University, 2002
Residency: General surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2006 - 2012
Fellowship: Surgical critical care, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2009 - 2010
Certifications
- Board Certified in Surgery
- Board Certified in Surgical Critical Care
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Board Certified, National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists
- Advanced trauma life support instructor
- Advanced cardiac life support instructor
Licensures
- State Medical Board of Ohio, December 2009 - present
Organizations
- American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
- American College of Surgeons, Ohio Chapter
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
- Association for Academic Surgery
Prizes and awards
- Clinical Science, Resident Research Forum, American College of Surgeons Ohio Chapter, first place, 2010
- Raymond H. Alexander, MD, Competition Participant, 2010
- Intern of the Year Award, The Ohio State University, 2006
- Best Abstract, Vasculata, 2005
- Lifeline Student Research Fellowship, AVA/Society for Vascular Surgery, 2005
- Third Year Medical Student Award, Eastern Vascular Society, 2005
- Medical Scholars Award, American Diabetes Association, 2004
- Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, American Heart Association, 2004
Gene Expression Profiling to Model Peripheral Arterial Disease. Evans, D.C. Advisor: Lawson, J.H. Agency: Lifeline Foundation / Society for Vascular Surgery. 2005-2006
Genomics of Vascular Disease. Evans, D.C. Advisor: Lawson, J.H. Agency: American Heart Association. Period: 2004
“Pre-Injury Warfarin Use in Older Trauma Patients: Risks and Appropriateness of Indications,” American College of Surgeons Surgical Forum, Chicago, IL. October 1, 2012.
“Do We Really Need Preliminary Interns in Academic Surgery?” American College of Surgeons Surgical Forum, Chicago, IL. October 2, 2012.
“Hemostatic Resuscitation and Massive Transfusion Protocols,” General Surgery Grand Rounds, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. December 1, 2011.
“Obesity in Older Trauma Patients: Correlations of BMI with Outcomes, Injury Patterns and Complications,” Second Annual Central Ohio Trauma System Trauma Research Symposium, Columbus, OH. May 18, 2011.
“Obesity in Trauma Patients: Correlations of BMI with Injury Patterns and Complications,” Southeastern Surgical Congress, Chattanooga, TN. February 12, 2011.
“Comorbidity-Polypharmacy Scoring May Improve Outcome Prediction In Older Trauma Patients,” American College of Surgeons Surgical Forum, Washington, DC. October 4, 2010.
“Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Results of a SICU Quality Improvement Initiative,” Central Ohio Trauma System Trauma Research Symposium, Ohio ACS Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH. May 7, 2010.
“Pre-Injury Polypharmacy as a Predictor of Outcomes in Trauma Patients,” Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Resident Research Forum, Columbus, OH. May 7, 2010.
“Antibiotic Stewardship Does Not Improve Mortality for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia,” Raymond H. Alexander, MD, Resident Paper Competition of the EAST Foundation. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Phoenix, AZ. January 20, 2010.
“Utility of Repeat Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Critically Ill Patients,” Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Orlando, FL. January 16, 2009.
“Changes in SICU Practice Improve Antibiotic Utilization for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.” 14th Annual Department of Surgery Research Conference, The Ohio State University. May 22, 2009.
“Utility of Repeat Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Critically Ill Patients.” 13th Annual Department of Surgery Research Conference, The Ohio State University. May 23, 2008.
“Gene Expression Profiling to Describe and Model Peripheral Arterial Disease,” American College of Surgeons Surgical Forum, San Francisco, CA. October 18, 2005.
“Expression Profiling in Peripheral Artery Disease,” Cardiovascular Genomics Forum, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University. October 6, 2005.
“Genomic Analysis of the Atherosclerotic Peripheral Artery,” AOA Day, Duke University School of Medicine. August 6, 2005.
“Genomic Analysis of the Atherosclerotic Peripheral Artery,” Thirteenth Annual Academic Evening, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center. May 10, 2005.
“Genomic Analysis of the Aging Atherosclerotic Peripheral Artery,” Blood Vessel Club of the North American Vascular Biology Organization, Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA. April 2, 2005.
- Archives of Surgery
- Journal of Blood Disorders and Transfusion
- The Ohio State University Ethics Committee, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Physician creator of Surgery Resource Guide at The Ohio State University Health Science Library, 2012
- Professionalism Council, Professionalism in Clinical Areas Subcommittee, 2007 - 2009
- Product Evaluation Committee, 2007 - 2008
- Institutional Review Board for Clinical Investigations, 2004 - 2006