Positions

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Section Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Addresses

Baylor Medicine at McNair Campus (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-7911

Education

Research Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Biostats in Practice

Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Surgical Critical Care

Residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

General Surgery

MS from Purdue University

Indianapolis, IN

BS from University of Indiana

Bloomington IN

Certifications

Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Surgical Critical Care

American Board of Surgery

Professional Statement

Ryan P. Dumas, M.D., is an associate professor of surgery in the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. He specializes in acute care surgery with a focus on trauma resuscitation and emergency general surgery. Dr. Dumas earned his medical degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in general surgery at UT Southwestern and received advanced training in trauma and surgical critical care through a fellowship at the John Paul Pryor Shock Trauma and Resuscitation Center at Penn at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Board certified in both surgery and surgical critical care; he joined the Baylor College of Medicine faculty in 2024.

Dr. Dumas conducts and publishes research on trauma surgery, with an emphasis on video technology to capture and review trauma resuscitations. He utilizes video review as a tool for quality improvement, education, and research. He has numerous peer-reviewed publications on video review and recently completed the first multi-center trial using trauma video review. He is the PI for a large multicenter collaborative with over 40 centers using trauma video review. Recently, he completed the first multi-center trial examining the use of intraosseous access in hypotensive trauma patients. He is an active member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) and sits on several committees. He is an Associate Member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and is currently the Chair of the Associate Membership of the AAST. He also sits on the American Board of Surgery.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Nolan B, Petrosoniak A, Hicks C, Cripps MW, Dumas RP "Defining adverse events during trauma resuscitation: a modified RAND Delphi study." Trauma Acute Care Surg Open.; Pubmed PMID: 34746435
• Park C, Grant J, Lin I, Dultz LA, Johnson D, Jeter S, Luk S, Abdelfattah KA, Cripps MW, Dumas RP "Monthly Trauma Training and Simulation are Associated with Improved Resident Skill and Leadership." J Trauma Nurs.; Pubmed PMID: 35007248
• Kuhlenschmidt KM, Choi E, Moonmoon, K, Blackwell J, Comish P, Balentine C, Grant J, Park C, Dultz, LA, Shoultz TH, Zeh H, Cripps MW, Dumas RP "Provider Perception of Time During Trauma Resuscitation: A Prospective Quantitative Trauma Video Review Analysis." J Surg Res.; Pubmed PMID: 35190328
• Baleti N, Riggs JR, Lebovi G, Petrosoniac A, Dumas RP, Nolan B "Introducing the Safety Threats and Adverse events in Trauma (STAT) Taxonomy: Standardized classification system for evaluating safety during trauma resuscitation." Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 35670817

Memberships

American College of Surgeons

Fellow

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

Association for Academic Surgery