Sarah Lombardo

Sarah Lombardo, MD, MSc

Languages spoken: English

  • Sarah Lombardo, MD was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She has recently joined the Division of General Surgery, Section of Acute Care Surgery as Assistant Professor of Surgery.

    Dr. Lombardo completed her undergraduate studies in Molecular Biology at UCLA where she played soccer for 4 years and rowed for 2 years. She earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She then attended Duke University for her masters in Global Health. Dr. Lombardo completed her residency training in general surgery at the University of Utah, before relocating to Nashville, Tennessee for a two-year fellowship in trauma and critical care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Lombardo is excited to return home to Salt Lake City and the University of Utah. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, coming up with any excuse to be outdoors, and adding to her ever-growing collection of hobbies.

    Dr. Lombardo’s clinical interests include:

    • Emergency general surgery

    • Trauma

    • Surgical critical care

    Dr. Lombardo’s research interests include:

    • Traumatic brain injury

    • Trauma outcomes

    • Trauma systems

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery)
    American Board of Surgery (Sub: Surgical Critical Care)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography)

  • Sarah Lombardo, MD was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She has recently joined the Division of General Surgery, Section of Acute Care Surgery as Assistant Professor of Surgery.

    Dr. Lombardo completed her undergraduate studies in Molecular Biology at UCLA where she played soccer for 4 years and rowed for 2 years. She earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She then attended Duke University for her masters in Global Health. Dr. Lombardo completed her residency training in general surgery at the University of Utah, before relocating to Nashville, Tennessee for a two-year fellowship in trauma and critical care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Lombardo is excited to return home to Salt Lake City and the University of Utah. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, coming up with any excuse to be outdoors, and adding to her ever-growing collection of hobbies.

    Dr. Lombardo’s clinical interests include:

    • Emergency general surgery

    • Trauma

    • Surgical critical care

    Dr. Lombardo’s research interests include:

    • Traumatic brain injury

    • Trauma outcomes

    • Trauma systems

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery -Primary
    Academic Divisions General Surgery
    Board Certification
    American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery)
    American Board of Surgery (Sub: Surgical Critical Care)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography)

    Education history

    Fellowship Acute Care Surgery - Vanderbilt University Medical Center Fellow
    Surgical Critical Care - Vanderbilt University Medical Center Fellow
    Residency General Surgery - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Global Health - Duke University M.Sc.
    Professional Medical Medicine - Jefferson Medical College M.D.
    Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology - University of California, Los Angeles B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Wilson LD, Maiga AW, Lombardo S, Nordness MF, Haddad DN, Rakhit S, Smith LF, Rivera EL, Cook MR, Thompson JL, Raman R, Patel MB (2022). Dynamic predictors of in-hospital and 3-year mortality after traumatic brain injury: A retrospective cohort study. Am J Surg, 225(4), 781-786. (Read full article)
    2. Wilson LD, Maiga AW, Lombardo S, Nordness MF, Haddad DN, Rakhit S, Smith LF, Rivera EL, Cook MR, Thompson JL, Raman R, Patel MB (2023). Prevalence and Risk Factors for Intensive Care Unit Delirium After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Neurocrit Care. (Read full article)
    3. Lombardo S, Smith MC, Semler MW, Wang L, Dear ML, Lindsell C, Freundlich RE, Guillamondegui OD, Self WH, Rice TW (2022). Balanced crystalloid vs saline in adults with traumatic brain injury: secondary analysis of a clinical trial. J Neurotrauma, 39, 1159-1167. (Read full article)
    4. Lombardo S, Rosenberg JS, Kim J, Erdene S, Sergelen O, Nellermoe J, Finlayson SR, Price RR (2018). Cost and outcomes of open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Mongolia. J Surg Res, 229, 186-191. (Read full article)
    5. Lombardo S, Unurbileg B, Gerelmaa J, Bayarbaatar L, Sarnai E, Price R (2018). Trauma Care in Mongolia: INTACT Evaluation and Recommendations for Improvement. World J Surg, 42(8), 2285-2292. (Read full article)
    6. Lombardo S, Millar D, Jurkovich GJ, Coimbra R, Nirula R (2018). Factor VIIa administration in traumatic brain injury: an AAST-MITC propensity score analysis. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open, 3(1), e000134. (Read full article)
    7. Ley EJ, Leonard SD, Barmparas G, Dhillon NK, Inaba K, Salim A, OBosky KR, Tatum D, Azmi H, Ball CG, Engels PT, Dunn JA, Carrick MM, Meizoso JP, Lombardo S, Cotton BA, Schroeppel TJ, Rizoli S, Chang DSJ, de Len LA, Rezende-Neto J, Jacome T, Xiao J, Mallory G, Rao K, Widdel L, Godin S, Coates A, Benedict LA, Nirula R, Kaul S, Li T, Beta Blockers TBI Study Group Collaborators (2017). Beta blockers in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury: Results from a multicenter, prospective, observational American Association for the Surgery of Trauma study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 84(2), 234-244. (Read full article)
    8. Lombardo S, Scalea T, Sperry J, Coimbra R, Vercruysse G, Enniss T, Jurkovich GJ, Nirula R (2017). Neuro, trauma, or med/surg intensive care unit: Does it matter where multiple injuries patients with traumatic brain injury are admitted? Secondary analysis of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multi-Institutional Trials Committee decompressive craniectomy study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 82(3), 489-496. (Read full article)
    9. Chen J, Pickett T, Langell A, Trane A, Charlesworth B, Loken K, Lombardo S, Langell JT (2016). Industry-academic partnerships: an approach to accelerate innovation. J Surg Res, 205(1), 228-33. (Read full article)
    10. Lombardo S, Baum K, Filho JD, Nirula R (2014). Should adhesive small bowel obstruction be managed laparoscopically? A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program propensity score analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 76(3), 696-703. (Read full article)
    11. Lombardo S, Perera B, Beaudry L, Grad J, Maselko J, Ostbye T (2014). Use of and attitudes toward tobacco and alcohol among adults in southern Sri Lanka. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health, 44(5), 880-99. (Read full article)
    12. Hamoudi A, Jeuland M, Lombardo S, Patil S, Pattanayak SK, Rai S (2012). The effect of water quality testing on household behavior: evidence from an experiment in rural India. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 87(1), 18-22. (Read full article)
    13. Lombardo SR, Vijitha de Silva P, Lipscomb HJ, Ostbye T (2012). Musculoskeletal symptoms among female garment factory workers in Sri Lanka. Int J Occup Environ Health, 18(3), 210-9. (Read full article)
    14. Kuryan BG, Kim J, Tran NN, Lombardo SR, Venkatesh S, Workman JL, Carey M (2012). Histone density is maintained during transcription mediated by the chromatin remodeler RSC and histone chaperone NAP1 in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109(6), 1931-6. (Read full article)
    15. Lombardo SR, Mackey E, Tang L, Smith BR, Blumstein DT (2008). Multimodal communication and spatial binding in pied currawongs (Strepera graculina). Anim Cogn, 11(4), 675-82. (Read full article)
    16. Black JC, Choi JE, Lombardo SR, Carey M (2006). A mechanism for coordinating chromatin modification and preinitiation complex assembly. Mol Cell, 23(6), 809-18. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Krause C, Kwon E, Luo-Owen X, McArthur K, Cochran-Yu M, Swentek L, Burruss S, Turay D, Grigorian A, Nahmias J, Butt A, Gutierrez A, LaRiccia A, Kincaid M, Fiorentino MN, Glass N, Toscano S, Ley E, Lombardo SR, Guillamondegui OD, Bardes JM, DeLaO C, Wydo SM, Leneweaver K, Duletzke NT, Nunez J, Moradian S, Posluszny J, Naar L, Kaafarani H, Kemmer H, Lieser MJ, Dorricott A, Chang G, Nemeth Z, Mukherjee K (2021). Dexmedetomidine and paralytic exposure after damage control laparotomy: risk factors for delirium? Results from the EAST SLEEP-TIME multicenter trial. [Review]. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg, 48(3), 2097-2105. (Read full article)
    2. Kwon E, Krause C, Luo-Owen X, McArthur K, Cochran-Yu M, Swentek L, Burruss S, Turay D, Krasnoff C, Grigorian A, Nahmias J, Butt A, Gutierrez A, LaRiccia A, Kincaid M, Fiorentino M, Glass N, Toscano S, Ley EJ, Lombardo S, Guillamondegui O, Bardes JM, DeLaO C, Wydo S, Leneweaver K, Duletzke N, Nunez J, Moradian S, Posluszny J, Naar L, Kaafarani H, Kemmer H, Lieser M, Hanson I, Chang G, Bilaniuk JW, Nemeth Z, Mukherjee K (2021). Time is domain: factors affecting primary fascial closure after trauma and non-trauma damage control laparotomy (data from the EAST SLEEP-TIME multicenter registry). [Review]. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg, 48(3), 2107-2116. (Read full article)

    Case Report

    1. Bleicher J, Lombardo S, Carbine S, Kapitonov D, Pletneva MA, Mulvihill SJ (2019). Adrenocorticotropin Hormone Secreting Carcinoma of the Pancreas: A Case Report. J Pancreat Cancer, 5(1), 22-25. (Read full article)

    Other

    1. McArthur K, Krause C, Kwon E, Luo-Owen X, Cochran-Yu M, Swentek L, Burruss S, Turay D, Krasnoff C, Grigorian A, Nahmias J, Butt A, Gutierrez A, LaRiccia A, Kincaid M, Fiorentino MN, Glass N, Toscano S, Ley E, Lombardo SR, Guillamondegui OD, Bardes JM, DeLaO C, Wydo SM, Leneweaver K, Duletzke NT, Nunez J, Moradian S, Posluszny J, Naar L, Kaafarani H, Kemmer H, Lieser MJ, Dorricott A, Chang G, Nemeth Z, Mukherjee K (2021). Trauma and nontrauma damage-control laparotomy: The difference is delirium (data from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma SLEEP-TIME multicenter trial). J Trauma Acute Care Surg (91(1), pp. 100-107). United States. (Read full article)

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