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41
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Specialties
- Critical Care
- Hernia Surgery (open, laparoscopic and robotic)
- Surgical Critical Care
- Trauma Surgery
- Surgery, General
- Hernia Surgery (open and laparoscopic)
- Robotic Surgery
- Acute Care Surgery
Patient Rating
Patients overwhelmingly praise Dr. Enniss for clear, detailed explanations, taking time to answer questions, and showing compassion and professionalism. Many comments note his competence, thorough counseling about treatment options, and that he listens carefully, which helped reduce anxiety for visits. A small number of reviewers, however, reported feeling rushed, dismissed, or having poor bedside manner, with one saying a long trip felt wasted when their concerns were not addressed.
Generated via Patient Reviews
4.3
/5
( out of
41 reviews
)
The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Surgery
-Professor (Clinical) |
|---|---|
| Academic Divisions |
General Surgery
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Education history
| Undergraduate | Major: Mathematics; Minors: Chemistry, Biology - University of Utah | B.A. |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Medical | Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine | M.D. |
| Internship | General Surgery - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center | Intern |
| Residency | General Surgery - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center | Resident |
| Chief Resident | General Surgery - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center | Chief Resident |
| Fellowship | Acute Care Surgery/Critical Care - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center | Fellow |
| University of Utah | MBA |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Brown C, Coleman K, Bardes J, Schroll R, Alabaster K, Schroeppel TJ, Stillman ZE, Teicher EJ, Lita E, Ferrada P, Han J, Fullerton RD, McNickle AG, Fraser DR, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, Todd S R, Turay D, Pop A, Godat LN, Costantini TW, Khor D, Inaba K, Wilson A, Myers JG, Haan JM, Lightwine KL, Berdel HO, Bottiggi AJ, Dorlac W, Zier L, Chang G, Lindner M, Martinez B, Tatum D, Fischer PE, Lieser M, Mabe RC, Lottenberg L, Velopulos CG, Urban S, Duke M, Brown A, Peckham M, Gongola A, Enniss TM, Teixeira P, Kim DY, Singer G, Ekeh P, Hardman C, Askari R, Okafor B, Duchesne J, Smith (2025). Tourniquet in Place as Full Trauma Team Activation Criterion Maintains an Acceptable Overtriage Rate. The Journal of surgical research, 311, 64-69.
- Gautam D, Botros D, Aubrey J, Bounajem MT, Lombardo S, Cortez J, McCrum M, Enniss T, Puckett M, Bowers CA, Menacho ST, Grandhi (2025). Inappropriate antithrombotic use in geriatric patients with complicated traumatic brain injury. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 98(5), 776-784.
- Tenhoeve SA, Cole KL, Jhandi S, Findlay MC, Larkin E, Brown J, Orton CJ, Andra K, Cortez J, Grandhi R, Lombardo S, Nunez J, Enniss T, Koch R, Menacho S (2025). Applying an updated brain injury guideline classification to interhospital transfer of patients with traumatic brain injury: Who benefits most?. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 249, 108704.
- Schuster KM, Schroeppel TJ, O'Connor R, Enniss TM, Cripps M, Cullinane DC, Kaafarani HM, Crandall M, Puri R, Tominaga G (2023). Imaging acute cholecystitis, one test is enough. American journal of surgery, 226(1), 99-103.
- Joseph B, Saljuqi AT, Amos JD, Teichman A, Whitmill ML, Anand T, Hosseinpour H, Burruss SK, Dunn JA, Najafi K, Godat LN, Enniss TM, Shoultz TH, Egodage T, Bongiovanni T, Hazelton JP, Colling KP, Costantini TW, Stein DM, Schroeppel TJ, Nahmias J, AAST Frailty MIT Study Grou (2023). Prospective validation and application of the Trauma-Specific Frailty Index: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional observational trial. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 94(1), 36-44.
- Schroll R, Smith A, Alabaster K, Schroeppel TJ, Stillman ZE, Teicher EJ, Lita E, Ferrada P, Han J, Fullerton RD, McNickle AG, Fraser DR, Truitt MS, Grossman Verner HM, Todd SR, Turay D, Pop A, Godat LN, Costantini TW, Khor D, Inaba K, Bardes J, Wilson A, Myers JG, Haan JM, Lightwine KL, Berdel HO, Bottiggi AJ, Dorlac W, Zier L, Chang G, Lindner M, Martinez B, Tatum D, Fischer PE, Lieser M, Mabe RC, Lottenberg L, Velopoulos CG, Urban S, Duke M, Brown A, Peckham M, Gongola A, Enniss TM, Teixeira P, Kim DY, Singer G, Ekeh P, Hardman C, Askari R, Okafor B, Duchesne (2022). AAST multicenter prospective analysis of prehospital tourniquet use for extremity trauma. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 92(6), 997-1004.
- Schuster KM, O'Connor R, Cripps M, Kuhlenschmidt K, Taveras L, Kaafarani HM, El Hechi M, Puri R, Schroeppel TJ, Enniss TM, Cullinane DC, Cullinane LM, Agarwal S Jr, Kaups K, Crandall M, Tominaga (2022). Revision of the AAST grading scale for acute cholecystitis with comparison to physiologic measures of severity. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 92(4), 664-674.
- Schuster KM, O'Connor R, Cripps M, Kuhlenschmidt K, Taveras L, Kaafarani HM, El Hechi M, Puri R, Mull J, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Cullinane DC, Cullinane LM, Enniss TM, Sensenig R, Zilberman B, Crandall (2021). Multicenter validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for acute cholecystitis. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 90(1), 87-96.
- Metcalf RA, Goodfellow J, Cail K, Blaylock R, Kawamoto K, Enniss T, Galaviz C, Lim M, Reddy S, Sharma V, Wanner (2021). Electronic clinical decision support: Evidence that default settings influence end-user behavior. Transfusion, 61(3), 669-670.
- Carlock TC, Barrett JR, Kalvelage JP, Young JB, Nunez JM, Colonna AL, Enniss TM, Nirula R, McCrum M (2020). Telephone Follow-Up for Emergency General Surgery Procedures: Safety and Implication for Health Resource Use. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 230(2), 228-236.
- Colonna AL, Bellows BK, Enniss TM, Young JB, McCrum M, Nunez JM, Nirula R, Nelson R (2020). Reducing the pain: A cost-effectiveness analysis of transversus abdominis plane block using liposomal bupivacaine for outpatient laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. Surgery open science, 2(2), 75-80.
- Senekjian L, Birkas Y, Buhavac M, Dayal S, Mukherjee K, Nygaard R, Pierce S, Buaza G, Sperry J, Eriksson E, Leon SM, Kopelman T, Spadafore P, Kopatsis A, Moore F, Taylor A, Colonna A, Enniss T, McCrum M, Nunez J, Young J, Nirula (2020). Stop flailing: The impact of bicortically displaced rib fractures on pulmonary outcomes in patients with chest trauma - an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional study. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 89(4), 658-664.
- Kundu B, Awad AW, Park MS, Grandhi R, Enniss T, Hawryluk GW (2020). Characterization of Focal Brain Tissue Water Measurements in Human Traumatic Brain Injury. World neurosurgery, 135, e271-e285.
- Colonna AL, Griffiths TM, Robison DC, Enniss TM, Young JB, McCrum ML, Nunez JM, Nirula R, Hardman RL. (2019). Cholecystostomy: Are we using it correctly? Am J Surg, 217(6), 1010-1015.
- Metcalf RA, White SK, Potter S, Barney R, Hunter C, White M, Enniss T, Galaviz C, Reddy S, Wanner N, Schmidt RL, Blaylock (2019). The association of inpatient blood utilization and diagnosis-related group weight: implications for risk-adjusted benchmarking. Transfusion, 59(7), 2316-2323.
- Enniss TM, Basiouny K, Brewer B, Bugaev N, Cheng J, Danner OK, Duncan T, Foster S, Hawryluk G, Jung HS, Lui F, Rattan R, Violano P, Crandall (2018). Primary prevention of contact sports-related concussions in amateur athletes: a systematic review from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 3(1),
- Byrge N, Heilbrun M, Winkler N, Sommers D, Evans H, Cattin LM, Scalea T, Stein DM, Neideen T, Walsh P, Sims CA, Brahmbhatt TS, Galante JM, Phan HH, Malhotra A, Stovall RT, Jurkovich GJ, Coimbra R, Berndtson AE, O'Callaghan TA, Gaspard SF, Schreiber MA, Cook MR, Demetriades D, Rivera O, Velmahos GC, Zhao T, Park PK, Machado-Aranda D, Ahmad S, Lewis J, Hoff WS, Suleiman G, Sperry J, Zolin S, Carrick MM, Mallory GR, Nunez J, Colonna A, Enniss T, Nirula (2018). An AAST-MITC analysis of pancreatic trauma: Staple or sew? Resect or drain?. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 85(3), 435-443.
- Hernandez MC, Bruns BR, Haddad NN, Lauerman M, Morris DS, Arnold K, Phelan HA, Turay D, Murry J, Oh JS, Enniss T, Carrick MM, Scalea TM, Zielinski M (2018). RESHAPES: Increasing AAST EGS grade is associated with anastomosis type. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 84(6), 855-863.
- Ferrada P, Callcut RA, Skarupa DJ, Duane TM, Garcia A, Inaba K, Khor D, Anto V, Sperry J, Turay D, Nygaard RM, Schreiber MA, Enniss T, McNutt M, Phelan H, Smith K, Moore FO, Tabas I, Dubose J, AAST Multi-Institutional Trials Committee (2018). Circulation first - the time has come to question the sequencing of care in the ABCs of trauma; an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial. World journal of emergency surgery, 13, 8.
- Haddad NN, Bruns BR, Enniss TM, Turay D, Sakran JV, Fathalizadeh A, Arnold K, Murry JS, Carrick MM, Hernandez MC, Lauerman MH, Choudhry AJ, Morris DS, Diaz JJ, Phelan HA, Zielinski MD, NSAIDs SHAPES Workgroup (2017). Perioperative use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of anastomotic failure in emergency general surgery. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 83(4), 657-661.
- Mowery NT, Bruns BR, MacNew HG, Agarwal S, Enniss TM, Khan M, Guo WA, Cannon JW, Lissauer ME, Duane TM, Hildreth AN, Pappas PA, Gries LM, Kaiser M, Robinson BR (2017). Surgical management of pancreatic necrosis: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 83(2), 316-327.
- Lombardo S, Scalea T, Sperry J, Coimbra R, Vercruysse G, Enniss T, Jurkovich GJ, Nirula (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. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 82(3), 489-496.
- Bruns BR, Morris DS, Zielinski M, Mowery NT, Miller PR, Arnold K, Phelan HA, Murry J, Turay D, Fam J, Oh JS, Gunter OL, Enniss T, Love JD, Skarupa D, Benns M, Fathalizadeh A, Leung PS, Carrick MM, Jewett B, Sakran J, O'Meara L, Herrera AV, Chen H, Scalea TM, Diaz J (2017). Stapled versus hand-sewn: A prospective emergency surgery study. An American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional study. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 82(3), 435-443.
- Ferrada P, Velopulos CG, Sultan S, Haut ER, Johnson E, Praba-Egge A, Enniss T, Dorion H, Martin ND, Bosarge P, Rushing A, Duane T (2014). Timing and type of surgical treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 76(6), 1484-93.
- Byrge N, Barton RG, Enniss TM, Nirula R (2013). Laparoscopic versus open repair of perforated gastroduodenal ulcer: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis. Am J Surg, 206(6), 957-62; discussion 962-3.
- Al-Temimi MH, Griffee M, Enniss TM, Preston R, Vargo D, Overton S, Kimball E, Barton R, Nirula (2012). When is death inevitable after emergency laparotomy? Analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 215(4), 503-11.
- Becher RD, Colonna AL, Enniss TM, Weaver AA, Crane DK, Martin RS, Mowery NT, Miller PR, Stitzel JD, Hoth J (2012). An innovative approach to predict the development of adult respiratory distress syndrome in patients with blunt trauma. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 73(5), 1229-35.
- Hildreth AN, Enniss T, Martin RS, Miller PR, Mitten-Long D, Gasaway J, Ebert F, Butcher W, Browder K, Chang MC, Hoth JJ, Mowery NT, Meredith J (2010). Surgical intensive care unit mobility is increased after institution of a computerized mobility order set and intensive care unit mobility protocol: a prospective cohort analysis. The American surgeon, 76(8), 818-22.
- Colonna AL, Enniss TM, Meredith JW, Hildreth A (2010). Celiac artery avulsion and right atrial rupture after blunt multisystem trauma. The American surgeon, 76(7), E83-5.
Book Chapter
- Enniss TM, Meredith J (2012). Thoracotomy for Trauma.
Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast
- Enniss T (2019). Primary Prevention of Sports-Related Concussion in Pediatric and Adult Amateur Athletes.
- Enniss T (2013). Appendicitis - Chronic.
Dr. Enniss counseled me about surgical options for my small bowel obstruction, in the event the gastro-grafin solution failed to clear it in the future. He believes the ilium was injured by radiation treatment of my prostate in [DATE REMOVED], causing an adhesion to the pelvis. He stated these adhesions can set up much like concrete and when attempting to reach this location can be difficult, causing even more scaring. Given my age (83) and possible outcomes from surgery we explored all the available treatment, and options. Dr. Enniss spent over 30 minutes with me, listening carefully, letting me know he heard my preferences and concerns, snd answered every question until I had no more. He is a kind, thoughtful professional and I would recommend him to anyone exploring solutions to health problems that involve surgery. He let me know he was available for any surgery I chose, and I have full confidence in his ability to produce the best outcome possible.
When he came in, he did a good job of explaining things, but he almost felt like he was in a hurry to get out and so, but other than that, he did really good on stuff
Explained the needed procedure carefully and in detail. Answered all my questions, great 'bedside' manor.
Caring kind and helpful
A very caring and understanding doctor. He was direct and to the point. He told you what the boundaries are and gave information on how to reach the goals. Once you reached the goals what you could expect next.
Very helpful and understanding. Compassionate
I believe he cares is honest and to the point
Pleasant, knowledgeable, professional. He spent time answering all our questions.
Both doctors were awesome they asked me why I was there.
He was very good in explaining in a way i understood
Toby had a very good manner and was very engaged and informative
Toby had a very good manner and was very engaged and informative
Good.
I don't know the name of the doctor we saw but his bedside manner was NONE
Dr Enniss and his Resident MD were extremely courteous, efficient and listened to my concerns
Took the time to answer all my questions.
Doctors were very competent, compassionate and caringEverything was explained very well
The assistant had a vibe about him that made the appointment not seem so intimidating anymore.the doctor explained everything I needed to know about the procedure but I think his approach could be improved. I personally don't mind being bombarded with the possibilities of complications so that I'm aware but I think it could be overwhelming to receive that much information in a short amount of time for some people. he really did do a great job with his explanations though and I appreciated BOTH gentlemen!!
Dr. Ennis is the Best Dr. so skilled, knowledgeable, and helpful. He explains everything so well. I am so grateful that I am in his capable hands.
very attentive..very professional
total waste if a 573 mile, one way trip, should have called me on the phone to tell me he could not help. doctor was rude, acted like I was wasting his time he did not listen to any of my concerns and just blew me off. very bad doctor
Dr Ennis explained future treatment very well.
all good