Jade M. Nunez, MD

Languages spoken: English
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  • As an Acute Care Surgeon, Dr. Nunez’s practice is centered on the surgical care of critically-ill and injured patients. He completed his general surgery residency and fellowships in surgical critical care and acute care surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. An Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah, he serves as Associate Trauma Medical Director and is responsible for performance improvement initiatives. He is also core faculty at the Center for Global Surgery, focusing on building educational programs and surgical capacity in Mongolia.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery - Primary
    Academic Divisions General Surgery

    Patient Rating

    4.4/5

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    November 25, 2022

    Overall, I felt like a statistic. Complications after surgery were not addressed in a timely manner. It took the emergency room in my hometown four hours away to get a timely appointment to look at complications from surgery.

    September 24, 2022

    Dr. Nunez was AMAZING. He truly saved my life!

    July 23, 2022

    All goodVary positive

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  • As an Acute Care Surgeon, Dr. Nunez’s practice is centered on the surgical care of critically-ill and injured patients. He completed his general surgery residency and fellowships in surgical critical care and acute care surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. An Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah, he serves as Associate Trauma Medical Director and is responsible for performance improvement initiatives. He is also core faculty at the Center for Global Surgery, focusing on building educational programs and surgical capacity in Mongolia.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery -Primary
    Academic Divisions General Surgery

    Education history

    Diploma Public Health - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine M.S.P.H.
    Acute Care Surgery - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Fellow
    Residency General Surgery - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Resident
    Surgical Critical Care - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Fellow
    Residency General Surgery - Ochsner Clinic Foundation Resident
    Medicine - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center M.D.
    Undergraduate Biological Sciences and Minor in Psychology - Louisiana State University B.S.