Bradley Thomas MD FACS

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Associate Professor Carolinas Medical Center

1025 Morehead Medical DrSte 300Charlotte, NC 28204
Phone+1 704-355-1813
Fax+1 704-446-1276

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Summary

Bradley Thomas, MD, is a general surgeon based in Charlotte, NC, with subspecialties in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. He completed his education and training at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga and Wake Forest University. Dr. Thomas has experience in minimally invasive surgery, trauma, surgical critical care, and thoracic trauma. He has served as a staff surgeon at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam before joining the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 2014. His research focuses on acute care surgeries, including robotic surgery, with multiple publications to his name. Dr. Thomas is an associate professor of surgery with Wake Forest Medical School.

Education & Training

University of Tennessee College of Medicine at ChattanoogaResidency, Surgery, 2005 - 2011
University of Tennessee College of Medicine at ChattanoogaFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2009 - 2010
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 2005
Wake Forest UniversityBS, Biology, with Honors, 1996 - 2000

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Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2014 - 2027
SC State Medical License 2015 - 2027
TN State Medical License 2010 - 2027
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Nominated Harold Alper Humanitarian Award 2011
Robert C. Coddington Award UT College of Medicine-Chattanooga, 2010
Timothy C. Pennell Scholarship 2005

Clinical Trials

Prospective Evaluation of 14F Thal Tube vs 28 French Chest Tube for Hemothorax and Use of Maximum Barrier Precautions Start of enrollment: 2017 May 08
COMPLETED
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Shared decision-making within acute care surgery and surgical residency: Identifying deficiencies to increase use.
V Christian Sanderfer, Kathryn Muir, Buddy Marterre, Hannah Wang, Samuel W Ross
Surgery. 2025-11-01
1 citations
A Randomized Non-Inferiority Clinical Trial of 14Fr Thal versus 28Fr Tube Thoracostomy for Traumatic Hemothorax.
Jason McCartt, Samuel Wade Ross, Kyle W Cunningham, Huaping Wang, Leslie Sealey
The American Surgeon. 2025-04-01
3 citations
Rise of the robots: implementing robotic surgery into the acute care surgery practice.
V Christian Sanderfer, Stephanie Jensen, Hisham I Qadri, Hongmei Yang, Emily C Benham
Surgical Endoscopy. 2025-01-01

Journal Articles

Split down the middle: A functional survivor of complete traumatic hemipelvectomy
Thomas BW, Dart BW, Maxwell RA, J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 4/1/2012
Errors in Administrative Reported VAP Rates; Are Never Events Really So?
Thomas BW, Maxwell RA, Dart BW, Hartmann EH, Bates DL, Mejia VA, Smith PW, Barker DE, The American Surgeon, 8/1/2011
Esophageal Injury from Cervical Spine Fracture in Blunt Trauma
Fahr ME, Thomas BW, Barker DE, The American Surgeon, 8/1/2010

Abstracts/Posters

Split down the middle: A functional survivor of complete traumatic hemipelvectomy
Thomas BW, Dart BW, Maxwell RA, Western Trauma Association Meeting, 3/1/2011
Errors in Administrative Reported VAP Rates; Are Never Events Really So?
Thomas BW, Maxwell RA, Dart BW, Hartmann EH, Bates DL, Mejia VA, Smith PW, Barker DE, Southeastern Surgical Congress Meeting, 2/14/2011
Scheduled Repeat Computed Tomography Scanning For Traumatic Brain Injury Remains Important In Assessing Head Injury Progression
Thomas BW, Mejia VA, Maxwell RA, Dart BW, Smith PW, Claar SC, Greer SH, Gallagher MR, Barker DE, Resident Research Day, Erlanger Hospital, 4/16/2010

Lectures

Errors in Administrative Reported VAP Rates; Are Never Events Really So?
2/14/2011
Pancreatic Phlegmon. Grand Rounds: Interesting Cases
12/22/2010
Vascular Liver Tumor. Grand Rounds: Interesting Cases
8/4/2010