DONALD N. REED, JR, MD, FACS

Spinal Access Surgery - General Surgery

Dr. Donald N. Reed, Jr. is a Senior Surgeon originally from Michigan,

where he attended the University of Michigan for both undergraduate studies and medical school.  He obtained training in general surgery in the Michigan State University system, then did his first post-graduate Fellowship in Trauma and Critical Care in Pittsburgh, PA.  It was during those two educational experiences that Dr. Reed received extensive training in vascular surgery. He subsequently became Board-Certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.  In addition he is Board-Certified in Laser Surgery and performed a second Fellowship in Endoscopy, ERCP and HPB Surgery at the University of Louisville 1998-1999, where he received additional training in cancer surgery.

Over the next 30 years Dr. Reed taught as a Professor for three Universities - Michigan State University, Indiana University and the University of Cincinnati. He served as Trauma Medical Director at two Trauma Centers in MI and IN for 16 of his first 32 years in practice.  He began doing anterior spinal access surgery in the mid-90's and currently concentrates in that area since joining Dr. Santarosa in practice in 2018.

Military Service:

Dr. Reed served as a trauma surgeon at the rank of Lt. Colonel with the United States Army Reserve from 2003-2011, and was on Active Duty during two tours of Iraq in 2004 and 2007.  His Military Commendations/Awards/Medals include: 

Global War on Terrorism; National Defense Service Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; Army Service Ribbon; Overseas Service Ribbon; AAST Medal for Surgical Services in Combat; Army Service Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; Army Commendation Medal.

Conditions Treated: 

Degenerative Disc Disease, Scoliosis, Spinal stenosis/Foraminal stenosis, Vertebral collapse/Osteomyelitis and (surgical) low back pain

Procedures performed in conjunction with Spinal surgeons:

ALIF/OLIF/Vertebrectomy/Corpectomy/artificial disc implants

Recent Publications & Book Chapters

O’Connor K, Meyer V, Chard A, Nagel J, Jones RJ, Bokhart GH, Kunkle WA, Zimmerman SA, Reed DN Jr.  The Triple-Negative Test for Alcohol Dependence: a reliability study.  Am Surg 2016;82(6):e120-122(3).

Kuhls DA, Campbell BT, Burke PA, Allee L, Letton RW, Sutton BH, Reed DN Jr., Albrecht RM, Stewart RM et al for the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.  Survey of American College of 

Surgeons Committee on Trauma members on firearm injury: Consensus and opportunities. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2017; 82(5): 877-886.

Zimmerman SA, Reed CS, Reed AN, Jones RJ, Chard AM, Reed DN Jr.  Extending surgeon response times in tier 2 traumas does not adversely affect patient outcomes.  J Surg Res 2018;226:24-30.

"The Role of U.S. Trauma Centers in Older Adult Fall Prevention: A National Survey" (the "Work"),  

by L. Allee, D. Reed Jr., et al, to Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Feb. 2020

Reed DN Jr., Vitale GC:  Interventional ERCP and Endoscopic Surgery.  In:  Scott-Connor C (Ed), Surgical Clinics of North America.  Philadelphia, W.B.Saunders, Minimal Access Surgery, Part I, Vol. 80 (4), pp1171-1201, August 2000.

Vitale GC, Reed DN Jr.:  Endoscopic surgery.  In: Fischer JF, Nyhus LM, Baker RJ (Eds), Mastery of Surgery, 3rd Edition, Little, Brown and Company, 2001, Ch. 15.

Reed, DN, Jr.  INFORMED CONSENT FOR ANTERIOR SPINAL ACCESS SURGERY. Publisher Springer Verlag (currently in print).

Current Hospital Position: Vice Chair of Surgery, THR Plano

Education:

The University of Michigan Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

Residency:

Michigan State University Integrated General Surgery Residency Program at Mclaren Medical Center, Flint, MI

Board Certifications:

Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, 

American Board of Surgery

Laser Surgery, American Board of Laser Surgery

Professional Associations:

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

American Assoc. for the Surgery of Trauma

Central Surgical Association

Southeastern Surgical Congress

American Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

Affiliations:

Baylor Scott White

Medical City Healthcare

Methodist Health System

Texas Health Resources