Toby M. Enniss
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Toby M. Enniss, MD, FACS, MBA

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

  • Dr. Toby M. Enniss joined the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah in 2010. He is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery and the Trauma Medical Director of the University of Utah Level 1 Trauma Center.

    Dr. Enniss was born and raised in Sandy, Utah. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Utah with a degree in Mathematics and, subsequently, earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Utah School of Medicine. He completed his General Surgery Residency, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship at Wake Forest University-Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

    Dr. Enniss’ clinical expertise is in the areas of Trauma Surgery, Emergency General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. In addition to his work in Acute Care Surgery, he maintains an active practice in elective General Surgery.

    As Trauma Medical Director and Director of the Acute Care Surgery Service, Dr. Enniss has been instrumental in developing all facets of the Acute Care Surgery system at the University of Utah: clinical, educational, administrative and research.

    Dr. Enniss is active in Acute Care Surgery at national levels through his involvement in the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST). He involvement includes committee service, clinical guideline development and multi-institutional research studies through these national organizations.

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    4.3 /5
    ( out of 41 reviews )

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    June 18, 2023
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    I believe he cares is honest and to the point

    May 06, 2023
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Pleasant, knowledgeable, professional. He spent time answering all our questions.

    March 02, 2023
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    He was very good in explaining in a way i understood

    March 02, 2023
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Both doctors were awesome they asked me why I was there.

  • Dr. Toby M. Enniss joined the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah in 2010. He is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery and the Trauma Medical Director of the University of Utah Level 1 Trauma Center.

    Dr. Enniss was born and raised in Sandy, Utah. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Utah with a degree in Mathematics and, subsequently, earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Utah School of Medicine. He completed his General Surgery Residency, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship at Wake Forest University-Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

    Dr. Enniss’ clinical expertise is in the areas of Trauma Surgery, Emergency General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. In addition to his work in Acute Care Surgery, he maintains an active practice in elective General Surgery.

    As Trauma Medical Director and Director of the Acute Care Surgery Service, Dr. Enniss has been instrumental in developing all facets of the Acute Care Surgery system at the University of Utah: clinical, educational, administrative and research.

    Dr. Enniss is active in Acute Care Surgery at national levels through his involvement in the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST). He involvement includes committee service, clinical guideline development and multi-institutional research studies through these national organizations.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery -Associate Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions General Surgery

    Education history

    University of Utah MBA
    Fellowship Acute Care Surgery/Critical Care - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Fellow
    Chief Resident General Surgery - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Chief Resident
    Residency General Surgery - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Resident
    Internship General Surgery - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Major: Mathematics; Minors: Chemistry, Biology - University of Utah B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. 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 J (2022). AAST multicenter prospective analysis of prehospital tourniquet use for extremity trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 92(6), 997-1004. (Read full article)
    2. Schuster KM, OConnor 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 G (2021). Revision of the AAST grading scale for acute cholecystitis with comparison to physiologic measures of severity. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 92(4), 664-674. (Read full article)
    3. Metcalf RA, Goodfellow J, Cail K, Blaylock R, Kawamoto K, Enniss T, Galaviz C, Lim M, Reddy S, Sharma V, Wanner N (2021). Electronic clinical decision support: Evidence that default settings influence end-user behavior. Transfusion, 61(3), 669-670. (Read full article)
    4. Schuster KM, OConnor 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 M (2020). Multicenter validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for acute cholecystitis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 90(1), 87-96. (Read full article)
    5. 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 R (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. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 89(4), 658-664. (Read full article)
    6. Kundu B, Awad AW, Park MS, Grandhi R, Enniss T, Hawryluk GWJ (2019). Characterization of Focal Brain Tissue Water Measurements in Human Traumatic Brain Injury. World Neurosurg, 135, e271-e285. (Read full article)
    7. Carlock TC, Barrett JR, Kalvelage JP, Young JB, Nunez JM, Colonna AL, Enniss TM, Nirula R, McCrum ML (2019). Telephone Follow-Up for Emergency General Surgery Procedures: Safety and Implication for Health Resource Use. J Am Coll Surg, 230(2), 228-236. (Read full article)
    8. Colonna AL, Bellows BK, Enniss TM, Young JB, McCrum M, Nunez JM, Nirula R, Nelson RE (2020). Reducing the pain: A cost-effectiveness analysis of transversus abdominis plane block using liposomal bupivacaine for outpatient laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. Surg Open Sci, 2(2), 75-80. (Read full article)
    9. Metcalf RA, White SK, Potter S, Barney R, Hunter C, White M, Enniss T, Galaviz C, Reddy S, Wanner N, Schmidt RL, Blaylock R (2019). The association of inpatient blood utilization and diagnosis-related group weight: implications for risk-adjusted benchmarking. Transfusion, 59(7), 2316-2323. (Read full article)
    10. Metcalf RA, White SK, Potter S, Barney R, Hunter C, White M, Enniss TM, Galaviz C, Reddy S, Wanner N, Schmidt RL, Blaylock R (2019). The association of inpatient blood utilization and diagnosis-related group weight: implications for risk-adjusted benchmarking. Transfusion, 59(7), 2316-2323.
    11. 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.
    12. 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, OCallaghan 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 R (2018). An AAST-MITC analysis of pancreatic trauma: Staple or sew? Resect or drain? J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 85(3), 435-443. (Read full article)
    13. 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 M (06/20/2018). Primary prevention of contact sports-related concussions in amateur athletes: a systematic review from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open, 3(1).
    14. 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 MD (2018). RESHAPES: Increasing AAST EGS grade is associated with anastomosis type. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 84(6), 855-863. (Read full article)
    15. 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 J Emerg Surg, 13, 8. (Read full article)
    16. 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. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 83(4), 657-661. (Read full article)
    17. 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 BRH (2017). Surgical management of pancreatic necrosis: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 83(2), 316-327. (Read full article)
    18. 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, OMeara L, Herrera AV, Chen H, Scalea TM, Diaz JJ (2016). Stapled versus hand-sewn: A prospective emergency surgery study. An American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 82(3), 435-443. (Read full article)
    19. 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)
    20. Ferrada P, Velopulos CG, Sultan S, Haut ER, Johnson E, Praba-Egge A, Enniss T, Dorion H, Martin ND, Bosarge P, Rushing A, Duane TM (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. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 76(6), 1484-93. (Read full article)
    21. 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. (Read full article)
    22. Becher RD, Colonna AL, Enniss TM, Weaver AA, Crane DK, Martin RS, Mowery NT, Miller PR, Stitzel JD, Hoth JJ (2012). An innovative approach to predict the development of adult respiratory distress syndrome in patients with blunt trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 73(5), 1229-35. (Read full article)
    23. Al-Temimi MH, Griffee M, Enniss TM, Preston R, Vargo D, Overton S, Kimball E, Barton R, Nirula R (2012). When is death inevitable after emergency laparotomy? Analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. J Am Coll Surg, 215(4), 503-11. (Read full article)
    24. 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 JW (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. Am Surg, 76(8), 818-22. (Read full article)
    25. Colonna AL, Enniss TM, Meredith JW, Hildreth AN (2010). Celiac artery avulsion and right atrial rupture after blunt multisystem trauma. Am Surg, 76(7), E83-5. (Read full article)

    Book Chapter

    1. Enniss TM, Meredith JW (March 2012). Thoracotomy for Trauma. In Vincent JL, Hall JB (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine (1st Edition). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

    Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

    1. Enniss TM (2019). Primary Prevention of Sports-Related Concussion in Pediatric and Adult Amateur Athletes. [Video]. EAST YouTube Channel: Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
    2. Enniss TM (December 2013). Appendicitis - Chronic [Web]. SCORE's General Surgery Resident Curriculum Portal. Available: http://www.surgicalcore.org/modulecontent.aspx?id=167733.

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