Tracey Dechert | Profiles RNS

Tracey A. Dechert, MD

Associate Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Surgery

Trauma & Critical Care

MD, Temple University

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ORCID : 0000-0003-4712-883X

Tracey Dechert, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine, is a graduate of Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA and Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Dechert completed her residency in General Surgery at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA and her fellowship in the Department of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.

As an Attending Surgeon in the Section of Acute Care and Trauma Surgery at Boston Medical Center and Associate Professor of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Dechert’s research interests include trauma in women, injury prevention, social determinants of health in surgical patients, and surgical education. Additionally, Dr. Dechert is the Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and plays an active role in improving the outcomes of critically ill and injured patients. She has also created the Center for Socially Responsible Surgery (CSRS) which advocates to support the concept of social responsibility in surgery by encouraging surgeons to recognize the responsibility they have as healthcare leaders and push them to advocate for improving surgical care as well as confront the disparities that exist within surgical care. As Faculty Advisor for the Social Wellness Committee of the General Surgery Residency Program, she is actively involved in resident education and wellness. She also serves as the Faculty Advisor for the Surgical Society at Boston University School of Medicine where she continuously advises and mentors medical students who are interested in pursuing a career in surgery.

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Janeway M, Wilson S, Sanchez SE, Arora TK, Dechert T. Citizenship and Social Responsibility in Surgery: A Review. JAMA Surg. 2022 Apr 06.View Related Profiles.

Janeway, Megan
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 35385071

Poulson MR, Geary A, Annesi C, Dechert T, Kenzik K, Hall J. The Impact of Income and Social Mobility on Colorectal Cancer Outcomes and Treatment: A Cross-sectional Study. Ann Surg. 2022 03 01; 275(3):546-550.View Related Profiles.

Geary, Alaina
Poulson, Michael
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 34954755

Poulson M, Neufeld MY, Dechert T, Allee L, Kenzik KM. Historic redlining, structural racism, and firearm violence: A structural equation modeling approach. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2021 Nov; 3.View Related Profiles.

Allee, Lisa
Poulson, Michael
Neufeld, Miriam
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 34888540; PMCID: PMC8654098; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100052;

Dicker RA, Thomas A, Bulger EM, Stewart RM, Bonne S, Dechert TA, Smith R, Love-Craighead A, Dreier F, Kotagal M, Kozyckyj T, Michaels H. Strategies for Trauma Centers to Address the Root Causes of Violence: Recommendations from the Improving Social Determinants to Attenuate Violence (ISAVE) Workgroup of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 09; 233(3):471-478.e1. PMID: 34339811

Duncan TK, Stewart R, Joseph K, Kuhls DA, Dechert T, Taghavi S, Bonne S, Matsushima K. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Prevention Committee review: Family Justice Centers-a not-so-novel, but unknown gem. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2021; 6(1):e000725. PMID: 34179511; PMCID: PMC8186750; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000725;

Janeway MG, Sanchez SE, Rosen AK, Patts G, Allee LC, Lasser KE, Dechert TA. Disparities in Utilization of Ambulatory Cholecystectomy: Results From Three States. J Surg Res. 2021 10; 266:373-382.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Lasser, Karen
Allee, Lisa
Janeway, Megan
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 34087621

Poulson M, Cornell E, Madiedo A, Kenzik K, Allee L, Dechert T, Hall J. The Impact of Racial Residential Segregation on Colorectal Cancer Outcomes and Treatment. Ann Surg. 2021 06 01; 273(6):1023-1030.View Related Profiles.

Allee, Lisa
Poulson, Michael
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 33234793

Annesi CA, Poulson MR, Mak KS, Tapan U, Dechert TA, Litle VR, Suzuki K. The Impact of Residential Racial Segregation on Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment and Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 04; 113(4):1291-1298.View Related Profiles.

Suzuki, Kei
Mak, Kimberley
Poulson, Michael
Dechert, Tracey
Tapan, Umit

PMID: 34033745

Zambare WV, Dechert TA, Sanchez SE, Brahmbhatt TS. Changes in Medical Student Perceptions of Surgery Are Sustainable Through Focused Preclinical Surgical Exposure. J Surg Educ. 2021 Sep-Oct; 78(5):1583-1592.View Related Profiles.

Sanchez, Sabrina
Brahmbhatt, Tejal
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 33771474

Poulson MR, Beaulieu-Jones BR, Kenzik KM, Dechert TA, Ko NY, Sachs TE, Cassidy MR. Residential Racial Segregation and Disparities in Breast Cancer Presentation, Treatment, and Survival. Ann Surg. 2021 01 01; 273(1):3-9.View Related Profiles.

Beaulieu-Jones, Brendin
Cassidy, Michael
Poulson, Michael
Ko, Naomi
Sachs, Teviah
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 32889878

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Janeway MG, Sanchez SE, Chen Q, Nofal MR, Wang N, Rosen A, Dechert TA. Association of Race, Health Insurance Status, and Household Income With Location and Outcomes of Ambulatory Surgery Among Adult Patients in 2 US States. JAMA Surg. 2020 12 01; 155(12):1123-1131.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Janeway, Megan
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 32902630; PMCID: PMC7489412; DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.3318;

Poulson MR, Helrich SA, Kenzik KM, Dechert TA, Sachs TE, Katz MH. The impact of racial residential segregation on prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. BJU Int. 2021 06; 127(6):636-644.View Related Profiles.

Poulson, Michael
Sachs, Teviah
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 33166036

Poulson M, Dechert T. Invited response to: Motivations and impact of international rotations in low- and middle-income countries for orthopaedic surgery residents: Are we on the same page? Am J Surg. 2021 02; 221(2):244.View Related Profiles.

Poulson, Michael
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 33172593

Poulson M, Neufeld M, Geary A, Kenzik K, Sanchez SE, Dechert T, Kimball S. Intersectional Disparities Among Hispanic Groups in COVID-19 Outcomes. J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Feb; 23(1):4-10.View Related Profiles.

Geary, Alaina
Poulson, Michael
Neufeld, Miriam
Sanchez, Sabrina
Kimball, Sarah
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 33090300; PMCID: PMC7579850; DOI: 10.1007/s10903-020-01111-5;

Janeway MG, Zhao X, Rosenthaler M, Zuo Y, Balasubramaniyan K, Poulson M, Neufeld M, Siracuse JJ, Takahashi CE, Allee L, Dechert T, Burke PA, Li F, Kalesan B. Clinical diagnostic phenotypes in hospitalizations due to self-inflicted firearm injury. J Affect Disord. 2021 01 01; 278:172-180.View Related Profiles.

Kalesan, Bindu
Takahashi, Courtney
Siracuse, Jeffrey
Allee, Lisa
Janeway, Megan
Poulson, Michael
Neufeld, Miriam
Burke, Peter
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 32961413

Poulson M, Geary A, Annesi C, Allee L, Kenzik K, Sanchez S, Tseng J, Dechert T. National Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes between Black and White Americans. J Natl Med Assoc. 2021 Apr; 113(2):125-132.View Related Profiles.

Geary, Alaina
Tseng, Jennifer
Allee, Lisa
Poulson, Michael
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 32778445; PMCID: PMC7413663; DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2020.07.009;

Kalesan B, Zhao S, Poulson M, Neufeld M, Dechert T, Siracuse JJ, Zuo Y, Li F. Intersections of Firearm Suicide, Drug-Related Mortality, and Economic Dependency in Rural America. J Surg Res. 2020 12; 256:96-102.View Related Profiles.

Kalesan, Bindu
Siracuse, Jeffrey
Poulson, Michael
Neufeld, Miriam
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 32688080

Neufeld MY, Janeway MG, Lee SY, Miller MI, Smith EA, Kalesan B, Allee L, Dechert T, Sanchez SE. Utilization of mental health services in pediatric patients surviving penetrating trauma resulting from interpersonal violence. Am J Surg. 2021 01; 221(1):233-239.View Related Profiles.

Kalesan, Bindu
Allee, Lisa
Janeway, Megan
Neufeld, Miriam
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 32690211; PMCID: PMC7736092; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.06.031;

Dechert T. Translational research: turning research into advocacy. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2019; 4(1):e000416. PMID: 31922019; PMCID: PMC6937420; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000416;

Janeway MG, Lee SY, Caron E, Sausjord IK, Allee L, Sanchez SE, Dechert TA. Surgery service learning in preclinical years improves medical student attitudes toward surgery, clinical confidence, and social determinants of health screening. Am J Surg. 2020 02; 219(2):346-354.View Related Profiles.

Allee, Lisa
Janeway, Megan
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 31761297

Rosenblatt MS, Joseph KT, Dechert T, Duncan TK, Joseph DK, Stewart RM, Cooper ZR. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Prevention Committee topical update: Impact of community violence exposure, intimate partner violence, hospital-based violence intervention, building community coalitions and injury prevention program evaluation. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Aug; 87(2):456-462. PMID: 31349352

Feeney T, Sanchez SE, Tripodis Y, Brahmbhatt TS, Schulze R, Burke P, Dechert T, Drake FT. The Association of Primary Language With Emergency General Surgery Outcomes Using a Statewide Database. J Surg Res. 2019 12; 244:484-491.View Related Profiles.

Drake, Frederick
Schulze, Robert
Sanchez, Sabrina
Brahmbhatt, Tejal
Dechert, Tracey
Tripodis, Yorghos

PMID: 31330292; DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.06.082;

Sridhar P, Sanchez SE, DiPasco PJ, Novak L, Dechert T, Brahmbhatt TS. Educator and Trainee Perspectives on the Need for a "Real World" Curriculum in General Surgery. J Surg Res. 2019 01; 233:268-275.View Related Profiles.

Sanchez, Sabrina
Brahmbhatt, Tejal
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 30502259

Linden JA, Breaud AH, Mathews J, McCabe KK, Schneider JI, Liu JH, Halpern LE, Barron RJ, Clyne B, Smith JL, Kauffman DF, Dempsey MS, Dechert TA, Mitchell PM. The Intersection of Gender and Resuscitation Leadership Experience in Emergency Medicine Residents: A Qualitative Study. AEM Educ Train. 2018 Apr; 2(2):162-168.View Related Profiles.

Schneider, Jeffrey
Linden, Judith
McCabe, Kerry
Dempsey, Michael
Mitchell, Patricia
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 30051083; PMCID: PMC6001582; DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10096;

Allee L, Dechert T, Rao SR, Crandall M, Christmas A, Eastman A, Duncan T, Foster S. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma's Injury Control and Violence Prevention Committee's annual distracted driving outreach event: Evaluating attitude and behavior change in high school students. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 01; 84(1):31-36.View Related Profiles.

Allee, Lisa
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 28538628

Kasotakis G, Sarkar B, Kunitake H, Kissane-Lee N, Dechert T, McAneny D, Burke P, Doherty G, Lakha A. Response to "Is Trainee Participation Really Associated With Adverse Outcomes in Emergency General Surgery?" Ann Surg. 2017 08; 266(2):e36-e37.View Related Profiles.

Sarkar, Bedabrata
McAneny, David
Kasotakis, George
Burke, Peter
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 26445476; DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001472;

Robinson TD, Oliveira TM, Timmes TR, Mills JM, Starr N, Fleming M, Janeway M, Haddad D, Sidhwa F, Macht RD, Kauffman DF, Dechert TA. Socially Responsible Surgery: Building Recognition and Coalition. Front Surg. 2017; 4:11.View Related Profiles.

Mills, Jacqueline
Janeway, Megan
Macht, Ryan
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 28424776; PMCID: PMC5380666; DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2017.00011;

Kasotakis G, Lakha A, Sarkar B, Kunitake H, Kissane-Lee N, Dechert T, McAneny D, Burke P, Doherty G. Trainee Involvement in Emergency General Surgery: Is It the Team, or the Players? Ann Surg. 2017 04; 265(4):e45-e46.View Related Profiles.

Sarkar, Bedabrata
McAneny, David
Kasotakis, George
Burke, Peter
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 28266987; DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001282;

Van Orden KE, Talutis SD, Ng-Glazier JH, Richman AP, Pennington EC, Janeway MG, Kauffman DF, Dechert TA. Implementation of a Novel Structured Social and Wellness Committee in a Surgical Residency Program: A Case Study. Front Surg. 2017; 4:14.View Related Profiles.

Richman, Aaron
Twomey, Kathryn
Janeway, Megan
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 28349051; PMCID: PMC5347086; DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2017.00014;

Baghdanian AH, Baghdanian AA, Armetta A, Krastev M, Dechert T, Burke P, LeBedis CA, Anderson SW, Soto JA. Effect of an Institutional Triaging Algorithm on the Use of Multidetector CT for Patients with Blunt Abdominopelvic Trauma over an 8-year Period. Radiology. 2017 Jan; 282(1):84-91.View Related Profiles.

LeBedis, Christina
Soto, Jorge
Burke, Peter
Anderson, Stephan
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 27618453; DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016152021;

Kasotakis G, Lakha A, Sarkar B, Kunitake H, Kissane-Lee N, Dechert T, McAneny D, Burke P, Doherty G. Reply to Letter: Trainee Involvement and Outcomes in Emergency General Surgery: Smoke With No Fire? Ann Surg. 2016 Jan; 263(1):e12-3.View Related Profiles.

Sarkar, Bedabrata
McAneny, David
Kasotakis, George
Doherty, Gerard
Kunitake, Hiroko
Burke, Peter
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 25719807; DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001195;

Uribe-Leitz T, Barmak LA, Park A, Howland J, Lee V, Lodato E, Driscoll C, Dechert T, Burke PA. Evaluating three methods to encourage mentally competent older adults to assess their driving behavior. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Jul; 79(1):125-31.View Related Profiles.

Howland, Jonathan
Burke, Peter
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 26091325; DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000695;

Sarkar, Bedabrata
McAneny, David
Kasotakis, George
Burke, Peter
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 26079920; DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001282;

Kasotakis G, Lakha A, Sarkar B, Kunitake H, Kissane-Lee N, Dechert T, McAneny D, Burke P, Doherty G. Trainee participation is associated with adverse outcomes in emergency general surgery: an analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Ann Surg. 2014 Sep; 260(3):483-90; discussion 490-3.View Related Profiles.

Sarkar, Bedabrata
McAneny, David
Kasotakis, George
Doherty, Gerard
Kunitake, Hiroko
Burke, Peter
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 25115424; DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000889;

Azar F, Brownson E, Dechert T. Cocaine-associated hemoperitoneum following atraumatic splenic rupture: a case report and literature review. World J Emerg Surg. 2013; 8(1):33. PMID: 23985022; PMCID: PMC3765831; DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-8-33;

Goldberg SR, Anand RJ, Como JJ, Dechert T, Dente C, Luchette FA, Ivatury RR, Duane TM. Prophylactic antibiotic use in penetrating abdominal trauma: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Nov; 73(5 Suppl 4):S321-5. PMID: 23114488; DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182701902;

Mahoney E, Agarwal S, Li B, Dechert T, Abbensetts J, Glantz A, Sherburne A, Kurian D, Burke P. Evidence-based guidelines are equivalent to a liberal computed tomography scan protocol for initial patient evaluation but are associated with decreased computed tomography scan use, cost, and radiation exposure. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Sep; 73(3):573-8; discussion 578-9.View Related Profiles.

Sherburne, Alan
Glantz, Andrew
Li, Baojun
Abbensetts, John
Burke, Peter
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 22929486; PMCID: PMC5523008; DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318265cb95;

Dechert TA, Sarani B, McMaster M, Sonnad S, Sims C, Pascual JL, Schweickert WD. Medical emergency team response for the non-hospitalized patient. Resuscitation. 2013 Mar; 84(3):276-9. PMID: 22776516; PMCID: PMC3744334; DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.06.022;

Herbert HK, Dechert TA, Wolfe L, Aboutanos MB, Malhotra AK, Ivatury RR, Duane TM. Lactate in trauma: a poor predictor of mortality in the setting of alcohol ingestion. Am Surg. 2011 Dec; 77(12):1576-9. PMID: 22273211

Dechert TA, Duane TM, Frykberg BP, Aboutanos MB, Malhotra AK, Ivatury RR. Elderly patients with pelvic fracture: interventions and outcomes. Am Surg. 2009 Apr; 75(4):291-5. PMID: 19385287

Duane TM, Dechert T, Wolfe LG, Brown H, Aboutanos MB, Malhotra AK, Ivatury RR. Alcohol's role on the reliability of clinical examination to rule out pelvic fractures. Am Surg. 2009 Mar; 75(3):257-9. PMID: 19350864

Grandhi R, Duane TM, Dechert T, Malhotra AK, Aboutanos MB, Wolfe LG, Ivatury RR. Anticoagulation and the elderly head trauma patient. Am Surg. 2008 Sep; 74(9):802-5. PMID: 18807665

Duane TM, Dechert T, Wolfe LG, Brown H, Aboutanos MB, Malhotra AK, Ivatury RR. Clinical examination is superior to plain films to diagnose pelvic fractures compared to CT. Am Surg. 2008 Jun; 74(6):476-9; discussion 479-80. PMID: 18556988

Duane TM, Ivatury RR, Dechert T, Brown H, Wolfe LG, Malhotra AK, Aboutanos MB. Blood glucose levels at 24 hours after trauma fails to predict outcomes. J Trauma. 2008 May; 64(5):1184-7. PMID: 18469639; DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31816c5c95;

Duane TM, Dechert T, Brown H, Wolfe LG, Malhotra AK, Aboutanos MB, Ivatury RR. Is the lateral cervical spine plain film obsolete? J Surg Res. 2008 Jun 15; 147(2):267-9. PMID: 18498879; DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.02.062;

Duane TM, Dechert T, Wolfe LG, Aboutanos MB, Malhotra AK, Ivatury RR. Clinical examination and its reliability in identifying cervical spine fractures. J Trauma. 2007 Jun; 62(6):1405-8; discussion 1408-10. PMID: 17563656

Duane TM, Dechert T, Aboutanos MB, Malhotra AK, Ivatury RR. Obesity and outcomes after blunt trauma. J Trauma. 2006 Nov; 61(5):1218-21. PMID: 17099532

Duane TM, Dechert T, Dalesio N, Wolfe LG, Aboutanos MB, Malhotra AK, Ivatury RR. Is blood sugar the next lactate? Am Surg. 2006 Jul; 72(7):613-7; discussion 617-8. PMID: 16875083

Dechert TA, Ducale AE, Ward SI, Yager DR. Hyaluronan in human acute and chronic dermal wounds. Wound Repair Regen. 2006 May-Jun; 14(3):252-8. PMID: 16808803

Ducale AE, Ward SI, Dechert T, Yager DR. Regulation of hyaluronan synthase-2 expression in human intestinal mesenchymal cells: mechanisms of interleukin-1beta-mediated induction. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2005 Sep; 289(3):G462-70. PMID: 15677552

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 50 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020 and 2021

Bar chart showing 50 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020 and 2021

Year	Publications
2005	1
2006	3
2007	1
2008	4
2009	2
2011	1
2012	3
2013	1
2014	1
2015	2
2016	2
2017	4
2018	3
2019	4
2020	8
2021	8
2022	2

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WBUR 8/25/2020

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The Patch 2/12/2020

Socially Responsible Surgery: Creating a Home for Public Health and Advocacy in Surgery

HealthCity 10/9/2019

Promotion to Associate Professor for 18 Medical Campus Faculty

BU Today 6/14/2019

Social Responsibility in Surgery

America's Essential Hospitals 2/11/2019

#ThisIsMyLane: Boston Medical Community Condemns NRA's Remarks About Doctors and Gun Violence

NBC Boston 11/12/2018

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