Doctor's Bio
Dr. Randi N. Smith received her MD degree from the University of California San Francisco, and her MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of California San Francisco, and her fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Randi N. Smith serves as a trauma surgeon, emergency/elective general surgeon, and surgical critical care intensivist at Grady Memorial Hospital. Her special interests include violence prevention, injury prevention, clinical outcomes, and the use of ultrasound in critical care.
In 2017, Dr. Smith joined the Violence Prevention Task Force, based out of the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE), and became a core member of the Program to Interrupt Violence through Outreach and Treatment (PIVOT) at Grady.
Her special interests include violence prevention, injury prevention, clinical outcomes, and global surgery.
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
- Internship: University of California San Francisco
- Residency: University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine
Fellowships
University of Pennsylvania
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Venous thromboembolism burden in IVC injuries: Is there an optimal strategy in prevention?
Himmler A, Preston JD, Guindi A, Wagner V, De Leon Castro L, Fransman RB, Nguyen J, Smith RN, Benarroch-Gampel J, Ramos CR, Garcia-Toca M, Sciarretta JD
Injury. 2026;
PMID: 42055836 - Expanding stop the bleed to achieve health equity: Inclusion of deaf and hard-of-hearing populations in injury prevention and education.
Koganti D, Tolbert T, Jackson J, Grady Z, Zeidan A, Winata M, Smith RN
Injury. 2026;57(4):113172.
PMID: 41880889 - Strategies for addressing social drivers of health at US trauma centers.
Smith RN, Bonne S, Tatebe LC, Hargarten S, Kramer K, Kotagal M, Williams A, Berry S, Kirkendoll S, Campbell BT, Dicker RA
Trauma surgery & acute care open. 2026;11(1):e001905.
PMID: 41835485 - Incidence and Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism in Hemodynamically Unstable Pelvic Fractures.
Holstein RA, Meyer CH, Herrmann O, De Leon Castro A, Walker J, Todd SR, Smith RN, Nguyen J, Sciarretta JD
The Journal of surgical research. 2026;
PMID: 41650792 - Blaming the victim: Structural barriers to crime victim compensation.
Chaudhary M, Smith RN
American journal of surgery. 2026;
PMID: 41390978 - Characteristics of a three-pronged continuum of care model for hospital-based violence intervention.
Castater C, Hart L, Metchik A, Jackson K, Wright R, Cave N, Alexander C, Clemons J, Sarumi P, Smith RN
Trauma surgery & acute care open. 2025;10(4):e001869.
PMID: 41333681 - Coalition building for regional violence prevention advocacy: Unique perspectives from the Southeast.
Hannah A, Russo K, Ward C, Mbaka MI, Williams A, Hink A, Kutcher M, Hodge J, Clemons J, Castater C, Smith RN
Surgery. 2026;
PMID: 41172885 - Violence prevention advocacy in surgery: Strategies across the socioecological spectrum.
Smith RN, Ward C, Hink A, Hannah A, Mbaka MI, Williams A, Castater C
Surgery. 2026;
PMID: 41151489 - A Leg Up: Evaluating Ultramassive Transfusion after Extremity Vascular Injury.
Grady ZJ, Harfouche MN, Greiffenstein P, Inaba K, Filiberto DM, Meizoso JP, Smith JW, Jacovides CL, McNickle AG, Choron RL, Ross SW, Smith RN,
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2026;242(2):337-345.
PMID: 40899718 - Pushing the Tenets of REBOA: Leveraging Partial Endovascular Aortic Occlusion to Stabilize Blunt Cardiac Rupture.
Dunne WR, Grady ZJ, Smith RN, Nguyen J
The American surgeon. 2025;91(12):2185-2187.
PMID: 40721404
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