Susan F. McLean MD MPH (She/Her)
Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Associate Professor, Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine
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4800 Alberta AveEl Paso, TX 79905
Phone+1 915-521-5309
Fax+1 915-545-9799
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Summary
- Dr. Susan McLean is a general surgeon based in El Paso, TX, with subspecialties in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. She completed her surgical residency at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University Health and a fellowship in surgical critical care at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. McLean is experienced in managing trauma and surgical critical care cases. Her publications include studies on mass casualty incidents, border wall injuries, antimicrobial-coated surgical grafts, and educational strategies in medical grading systems. She is recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Education & Training
UMass Chan Medical SchoolFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1995 - 1996
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University HealthResidency, Surgery, 1989 - 1994
Riverside Regional Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1988 - 1989
Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 1999 - 2027
MN State Medical License 1996 - 2021
American Board of Surgery Surgery- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Report on the El Paso Mass Casualty Incident Hospital Response: Enhancing Surge Capacity.Susan F McLean, Nancy Weber, Adam Adler, Alejandro Rios Tovar, Stephen Flaherty
The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025-08-29 - Injuries from border wall falls after 2018 are more severe: a retrospective cohort study.Gregory H Whitcher, Susan F McLean
Injury Epidemiology. 2024-11-04 - 5 citationsProspective, multicenter study of antimicrobial-coated, noncrosslinked, acellular porcine dermal matrix (XenMatrix™ AB Surgical Graft) for hernia repair in all centers...Obeid N Ilahi, George Velmahos, Jeffrey E Janis, Stephen J Kovach 3rd, Susan F McLean
Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 2023-05-01
Authored Content
- Report on the El Paso Mass Casualty Incident Hospital Response: Enhancing Surge CapacityAugust 2025
Press Mentions
Surgeons Labored to Save the Wounded in El Paso Mass ShootingAugust 9th, 2019
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