Frank Zheng Zhao MD FACS

Summary

• Dr. Frank Zhao is a Acute Care Surgeon specializing in trauma surgery and surgical critical care, based in La Jolla, CA. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University. He completed surgical critical care fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University in 2016, following a residency in surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Zhao served as the Trauma Research Director at Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla from 2019-2022. He has served as a Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon and Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Scripps Memorial Hospital since 2019. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Hawaii and an Acute Care Surgeon at The Queen's Medical Center. His expertise includes the surgical stabilization of rib fractures and intercostal cryoneurolysis. Dr. Zhao has several publications, including multicenter trials on pancreatic injuries, rib fracture management, and pelvic fractures with his studies cited multiple times in other scholarly articles.