Jeffrey S Young, MD
Surgical Critical Care
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Bio & Overview
Jeffrey Young, MD, specializes in caring for critically ill or severely injured patients who need surgery. Outside of the operating room, Young has a particular interest in promoting injury prevention, including safe driving practices and fall prevention.
Young was an undergraduate at the University of Virginia and graduated as an Echols Scholar in 1984. He attended medical school at the Medical College of Virginia and trained in general surgery and trauma at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Originally from Long Island, New York, Young now lives in Keswick with his wife. The couple has five children.
Academic Information
- Department
- Surgery
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Acute Care & Trauma Surgery
- Research Interests
- Trauma resuscitation, medical decision making, clinical simulation, trauma systems
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Residency
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
- Fellowships
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
- Certification
- American Board of Surgery (Surgery (General Surgery))
- Appointment
- Director - UVA Trauma Center
Highlights
Trauma Center Director Jeff Young
I'm Jeff Young and I'm the director of the trauma center. I take care of mostly injured patients, severely injured patients. I enjoy having to have to think on my feet and react to unfamiliar and kind of chaotic circumstances. I also work with the fire departments and rescue squads here, and trauma allows me to see a mix of patients that are both very, very ill and patients that, as long as we just do the right things, they'll do fine. When seriously injured patients come in, they all go through the exact same process. We call it a trauma activation where we bring nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, down to the bedside. Surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, and consultants, and it may appear very chaotic to the patient lying on the stretcher, but actually, it's extremely scripted and we always try in that situation, if the patient can hear us, to talk to them and say, âyou're going to hear a lot of people, you're going to feel a lot of people touching you, but it's all just to find what's wrong with you and correct it quickly.â