Doctor's Bio
Dr. Jason D. Sciarretta received his MD from Saba University School of Medicine in the Dutch Caribbean in 2005. His general surgery residency began at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, and was completed at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, KY. He did his surgical critical care and trauma surgery fellowships at Jackson Memorial Hospital System and Ryder Trauma Center in Miami.
Before coming to Grady, Dr. Jason D. Sciarretta served on the faculty of the University of South Carolina and practiced at the acute care surgery/trauma and surgical critical care service at Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, SC, which has a Level I trauma center. He was associate program director of the USC general surgery residency based at Grand Strand Medical from 2015-2019, and served as Grand Strand Medical’s chief of surgery from 2015-2016 and its chief of staff from 2018-2019.
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Saba University School of Medicine
- Internship: Mount Sinai Medical Center/ Miami Beach
- Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowships
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Utilization of Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Trauma Patients: A Multi-Institutional Study of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
Karamchandani MM, Nahmias J, Alvarez C, Callcut RA, Stadeli KM, Park C, Kost M, Bruce N, Biffl WL, Al-Dulaimi H, Wood FC, Gushing JD, Taghavi S, Ghio M, Kirsch JM, Staszak JK, Collier B, Jordan MB, Sciarretta JD, Chow K, Evans DC, Rady EW, Mukherjee K, Winchell RJ, Hsu CY, Brasel K, Henry R, Doles B, Smith B, Williams JB, Udekwu PO, Bhattacharya B, Jones T, Byrne J, Haut E, Jacobson LE, Williams JM, Brat G, Beaulieu-Jones BR, Harfouche MN, Rao AS, Bauman ZM, Goodman M, Craugh L, Winfield RD, Rakhit S, Maiga AW, Blay E, Fernández LG, Pero B, Brown CVR, Weresh H, Wilson CT, Miles TJ, Barmparas G, Margulies DR, Ra J, O'Keeffe T, Fickle J, Draper B, Barbosa R, Bugaev N
The American surgeon. 2026;
PMID: 41689481 - 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 - To pack or plug: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter evaluation of hemorrhage control interventions in pelvic fracture management.
Harfouche MN, Sult L, Sciarretta JD, Todd SR, O'Neil CF, Meizoso JP, McNickle A, Fraser D, Croman M, Dubose JJ,
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 2026;100(3):398-404.
PMID: 41533046 - Percutaneous pigtail catheter versus chest tube for the treatment of pediatric traumatic hemothorax: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study.
Goodman LF, Martino AM, Schomberg J, Sciarretta JD, Freedberg M, Santos A, Taghavi S, Tafazoli M, Shatz DV, Doyle KE, Koenig SM, Russel RT, Sanderfer VC, Ross SW, Willis L, Williams RF, Kotagal M, Hartman SJ, Wyrick D, Krinock D, Namias N, Shatz C, Spurrier R, O'Guinn ML, Eldredge RS, Notrica DN, McNickle AG, Farrell M, Hughes E, Frederick AB, Streck CJ, Guzman-Curtis R, Dimmer A, Armento I, Gallagher SP, Martin MJ, Lao OB, Palladino K, Duncan TK, Diaz G, Chao SD, Peterson ME, Darcy D, Byrne M, Mulita F, Mousafeiris V, Aranda A, Gerardo R, Cullinane DC, Turner CG, Alvarez C, Edwards SB, Coimbra R, Neff LP, Rauh JL, Keeley JA, Kim HKE, Fisher C, Patel P, Staab V, Lu C, Patwardhan U, Ignacio RC, Radulescu A, Mladenov G, Bonasso PC, Regeir DW, Lau PE, Troncoso-Munoz S, Beres A, Papillon S, Carlson A, Bhattacharya SD, Urevick A, Holcomb BM, Castle SL, Bhatti UF, Ley EJ, Ehrlich P, Shah N, Nahmias J
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 2025;99(6):850-858.
PMID: 40956282 - The Dirty Truth About Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta: A Descriptive Analysis of Infection Rates in a High-Risk Population.
Walker J, Meyer C, Wagner V, Arientyl V, Aworanti E, Fransman R, Castater C, Todd SR, Smith RN, Sciarretta JD, Nguyen J
Surgical infections. 2025;26(9):676-680.
PMID: 40638837 - Understaffed and overworked: The stark reality of acute care surgeon staffing in the United States, an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study.
Murphy PB, Coleman JJ, Wilson DJ, Maring M, Gellings J, Biesboer E, Kamine TH, Mukherjee K, Bonne S, Boltz MM, Winfield RD, Dumas RP, Kurle J, Guzman-Curtis R, Sciarretta JD, Maqbool B, Morse BC, Cripps MW, Gondek S, Barmparas G, Lilienstein J, Nahmias J, Faucher L, Bayouth CV, Egodage T, Marie Knowlton L, Berne JD, Fasanya C, Shaddix M, Jacobson LE, Farrell MS, Fernandez LG, Manning BM, Martin RS, Kirsch JM, Rakitin I, Englehart MS, Montgomery SC, Blondeau B, Emigh B, McKenzie K, Taghavi S, Tatebe LC, Cunningham KW, de Moya MA,
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 2025;99(4):560-570.
PMID: 40611385 - A blunt look at stroke risk in BCVI: Do multiple injuries increase the risk of stroke?
Wagner V, Preston JD, De Leon Castro A, Adams RW, Garcia-Toca M, Nguyen J, Benjamin ER, Todd SR, Sciarretta JD
American journal of surgery. 2025;
PMID: 40555567 - Primary repair versus resection for American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grades I and II colon injuries: Does the management approach really matter? An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial.
Fitzgerald CA, Barnes C, Bisgaard EK, McLafferty BJ, Harrell KN, Fleming MM, Meizoso JP, Walker J, Sciarretta JD, Succar BE, Cheng M, Lewis RH, Davis GR, Puli O, Egodage T, Mooney J, Nguyen S, Kirsch JM, Jose AM, Lumbard D, Finn A, Sheppard K, Shively KS, Butts C, Lasinski AM, Beattie NG, Noory MN, Chaudhary SA, Irish W, Leung P, Luketic K, Noorbakhsh M, Almahmoud K, Cash A, Bernard AC, Kumar A, DeSantis AJ, Kozar RA, Prasad A, Siletz AE, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Tackett N, Mentzer C, Sabu-Kurian A, Bankhead BK, Bhattacharya B, Maung AA, Chang G, Ramoutar U, Farrell MS, Hamdan M, Wong YM, Deci RT, Fernandez L, Pero B, Palacio CH, Rendon Garcia JJ, Myall JJ, Riggle AJ, Golestani S, Dilday J, Miller A, Taveras L, Grande P, Scott S, Dumas RP
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 2025;99(1):105-112.
PMID: 40474346 - Exploring penetrating carotid Injuries: Low grade, low yield?
Wagner V, Arientyl V, De Leon Castro A, Garcia-Toca M, Nguyen J, Benjamin ER, Todd SR, Sciarretta JD
American journal of surgery. 2025;
PMID: 40473509 - Pancreaticoduodenectomy in trauma patients with grade IV-V duodenal or pancreatic injuries: a post hoc analysis of an EAST multicenter trial.
Choron RL, Piplani C, Kuzinar J, Teichman AL, Bargoud C, Sciarretta JD, Smith RN, Hanos D, Afif IN, Beard JH, Dhillon NK, Zhang A, Ghneim M, Devasahayam R, Gunter O, Smith AA, Sun B, Cao CS, Reynolds JK, Hilt LA, Holena DN, Chang G, Jonikas M, Echeverria-Rosario K, Fung NS, Anderson A, Fitzgerald CA, Dumas RP, Levin JH, Trankiem CT, Yoon J, Blank J, Hazelton JP, McLaughlin CJ, Al-Aref R, Kirsch JM, Howard DS, Scantling DR, Dellonte K, Vella MA, Hopkins B, Shell C, Udekwu P, Wong EG, Joseph B, Lieberman H, Ramsey WA, Stewart CH, Alvarez C, Berne JD, Nahmias J, Puente I, Patton J, Rakitin I, Perea L, Pulido O, Ahmed H, Keating J, Kodadek LM, Wade J, Reynold H, Schreiber M, Benjamin A, Khan A, Mann LK, Mentzer C, Mousafeiris V, Mulita F, Reid-Gruner S, Sais E, Foote CW, Palacio CH, Argandykov D, Kaafarani H, Bover Manderski MT, Moko L, Narayan M, Seamon M
Trauma surgery & acute care open. 2024;9(1):e001438.
PMID: 39717488
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