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Daniel Holena, MD, General Surgery, Charleston, SC

Daniel Norman Holena MD MSCE

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care


Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina

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  • 96 Jonathan Lucas St., CSB 417DCharleston, SC 29425

  • Phone+1 843-792-1414

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Summary

  • Daniel N. Holena, MD, MSCE is the Charles F. Crews Endowed Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Acute Care Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he also serves as Trauma Systems Lead for the MUSC Health System. He is a fellowship-trained trauma, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgeon with more than 15 years of clinical and academic practice across major academic medical centers, including the University of Pennsylvania and the Medical College of Wisconsin.
    Dr. Holena earned his MD from Stony Brook University and completed general surgery residency at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, followed by fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned an MSCE in epidemiology from Penn's Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
    His research focuses on quality improvement in trauma and emergency general surgery, with particular interest in failure-to-rescue, trauma video review, and outcomes benchmarking across trauma systems. He has authored more than 190 peer-reviewed publications and has held NIH funding as principal investigator.

Education & Training

  • University of Pennsylvania Health System
    University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2007 - 2009
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Surgery, 2002 - 2007
  • Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
    Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

  • SC State Medical License
    SC State Medical License 2025 - 2027
  • WI State Medical License
    WI State Medical License 2021 - 2027
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2007 - 2022
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2004 - 2007
  • Surgery
    American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • Surgical Critical Care
    American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Measuring Emergency Care Survival: The Implications of Risk‐Adjusting for Race and Poverty  
    Daniel Holena, MD, Academic emergency medicine
  • A Safe Haven for the Injured? Urban Trauma Care at the Intersection of Healthcare, Law Enforcement, and Race  
    Daniel Holena, MD, ScienceDirect

Press Mentions

  • Life-Threatening Collapsed Lung: Survival Better with Prehospital Needle Insertion
    Life-Threatening Collapsed Lung: Survival Better with Prehospital Needle InsertionAugust 17th, 2022
  • Telemedicine Facilitates Better Family Participation in Surgical ICU Rounds
    Telemedicine Facilitates Better Family Participation in Surgical ICU RoundsSeptember 8th, 2016
  • ICU Rounds Bring Patients, Families, Providers Together
    ICU Rounds Bring Patients, Families, Providers TogetherAugust 26th, 2016

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