Ara Jordan Feinstein MD MPH, FACS
Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Associate Professor, Surgery, UA College of Medicine-Phoenix
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1441 N 12th StFl 2Phoenix, AZ 85006
Phone+1 602-521-5968
Fax+1 602-521-5988
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Summary
- Ara J. Feinstein, MD, MPH, FACS is a trauma surgeon and Physician Executive at Banner Health in Phoenix, Arizona. He holds an M.D. from Yale University and a Masters of Public Health from the University of Miami. He did his general surgical training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix and oversees Specialty Care for Banner Medical Group. He is an active member of a Federal Disaster Response Team, a Boxing Commissioner for the State of Arizona, and serves as an advisor to several medical startups. He has written extensively on the subject of trauma and developed and sold a surgical device to Cook Medical.
Education & Training
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2007 - 2009
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2000 - 2007
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2000
Certifications & Licensure
AZ State Medical License 2009 - 2027
FL State Medical License 2004 - 2020
American Board of Surgery Surgery- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Associate Professor of Surgery University of Arizona COM - Phoenix, 2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Qualitative Evaluation of a Longitudinally Integrated Professionalism Curriculum in the Surgery Clerkship.Rachel Zhang, Guadalupe Federico-Martinez, Jeremi Smith, Ara Feinstein, Priya Rajdev
Journal of Surgical Education. 2026-05-01 - 1 citationsEffect of anticoagulation on isolated traumatic brain injury mortality using TQIP database: a propensity score analysis stratified by head injury severity.Narong Kulvatunyou, Zachary M Bauman, Alberto D Ramirez, Benjamin Cordy, William S Sherman
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2025-01-01 - Advancing care in high-grade liver injuries: the transformative impact of multidisciplinary collaboration.Ara J Feinstein, Natasha Keric
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2025-01-01
Press Mentions
The Parallel Evolution of Computer Chess and AI in Health Care: The Inevitable Journey to Embracing Cognitive InferioritySeptember 24th, 2025- Ara Feinstein Inducted into Academy of Master Surgeon EducatorsJanuary 16th, 2025
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