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 and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Surgery
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
| 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) |
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
Academic Locations
School of Medicine
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Surgery
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
| 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 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Acute Care Surgery Fellow, 2020 |
| Fellowship | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Surgical Critical Care Fellow, 2019 |
| Residency | University of Utah School of Medicine General Surgery Resident, 2018 |
| Graduate Training | Duke University Global Health M.Sc., 2012 |
| Professional Medical | Jefferson Medical College Medicine M.D., 2012 |
| Undergraduate | University of California, Los Angeles Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology B.S., 2006 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.