Joanna Grudziak

Joanna Grudziak, MD, MPH, FACS

Languages spoken: English, Polish, Spanish

  • Joanna Grudziak, MD, MPH earned her medical degree from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She completed both a General Surgery Residency and a Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. During a two year research fellowship in residency, she also earned a Master’s Degree in Public Health with a concentration in Health Leadership, and served as a trauma and burn research fellow at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lillongwe, Malawi.

    Dr. Grudziak’s clinical interests include:

    • Emergency general surgical conditions

    • The care of the critically injured trauma patient

    Dr. Grudziak’s research interests include:

    • Shared decision making in emergency surgical procedures

    • Integration of palliative care in the surgical intensive care unit

    • Standardization of surgical procedure teaching using simulation-based instruction

    • Integration of virtual platforms to improve access to surgical care in low and middle

    income countries

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Surgery
    American Board of Surgery (Sub: Surgical Critical Care)

  • Joanna Grudziak, MD, MPH earned her medical degree from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She completed both a General Surgery Residency and a Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. During a two year research fellowship in residency, she also earned a Master’s Degree in Public Health with a concentration in Health Leadership, and served as a trauma and burn research fellow at the Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lillongwe, Malawi.

    Dr. Grudziak’s clinical interests include:

    • Emergency general surgical conditions

    • The care of the critically injured trauma patient

    Dr. Grudziak’s research interests include:

    • Shared decision making in emergency surgical procedures

    • Integration of palliative care in the surgical intensive care unit

    • Standardization of surgical procedure teaching using simulation-based instruction

    • Integration of virtual platforms to improve access to surgical care in low and middle

    income countries

    Board Certification and Academic Information

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

    Education history

    Graduate Training Public Health Leadership Program - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill M.P.H.
    Medicine - Emory University School of Medicine M.D.
    Graduate Training English Literature - University of Pennsylvania M.A.
    English Literature - University of Pennsylvania B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Par K, Grudziak J, Lavin K, Sten MB, Huegerich A, Umble K, Twer E, Reid T (2021). Family Perceptions of Palliative Care and Communication in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. J Patient Exp, 8, 23743735211033095. (Read full article)
    2. Bleicher J, Place A, Schoenhals S, Luppens CL, Grudziak J, Lambert LA, McCrum ML (2021). Drivers of Moral Distress in Surgical Intensive Care Providers: A Mixed Methods Study. J Surg Res, 266, 292-299. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Grudziak J, Snock C, Zalinga T, Banda W, Gallaher J, Purcell L, Cairns B, Charles A (2018). Pre-burn malnutrition increases operative mortality in burn patients who undergo early excision and grafting in a sub-Saharan African burn unit: Methodological issues. [Letter to the editor]. Burns, 44(6), 1615-1616. (Read full article)

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