Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Specialties

Stephanie A. Savage, MD, MS

Professor

  • Director of Emergency General Surgery
  • Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery

savage@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 262-6246

600 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53792

Education

  • MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School
  • Residency, General Surgery, UTHSCSA/Wilford Hall Medical Center
  • Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care, University of Tennessee Memphis
  • MS, Bioepidemiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Savage is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. Her clinical practice focuses on care of the acute injured patient, the management of emergent general surgical diseases and providing critical care in the Intensive Care Unit setting. Dr. Savage is nationally recognized and serves on multiple committees for the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Western Trauma Association, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the American Board of Surgery.

Research Interests

Dr. Savage’s research interests focus on massive hemorrhage and the interaction between abnormal clot formation and inflammation following injury. Dr. Savage is also well-published in research surrounding Emergency General Surgery grading systems and management.

Recent Publications

  • Impact of Increased Time for Trial of Nonoperative Management in Small Bowel Obstruction: Evidence from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Emergency General Surgery Targeted Database.
    Remer SL, Hobika G, Murphy PB, Reinke CE, Ross S, Hartwell JL, Savage S, Ko CY, Wandling MW
    J Am Coll Surg 2026 Jul 30;
    [PubMed ID: 42528451]

  • Building an emergency general surgery registry to track and benchmark outcomes.
    Murphy PB, Reinke C, Nicholson S, Werner NL, Ross SW, McKnight C, Kuncir E, Savage SA, Neal MD
    Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2026; 11(3): e002323
    [PubMed ID: 42524128]

  • Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: Lung injury.
    Hynes AM, Kuckelman JP, Coimbra R, Beckman MA, Bower KL, Croft CA, Inaba K, Keric N, Kerwin AJ, Kopelman TR, Kundi R, Lorenzo M, Magee GA, Privette AR, Savage SA, Schellenberg MA, Schuster KM, Tesoriero RB, Windell EM, Hartwell JL, Stein DM
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2026 Jul 13;
    [PubMed ID: 42441866]

  • Understanding the Effect of Transfusion Rates on Differential Modulation of Inflammatory Responses.
    Carney PR, Zarzaur BL, Holcomb JB, Fox EE, Wade CE, Savage SA
    J Surg Res 2026 Sep; 325: 556-563
    [PubMed ID: 42372702]

  • American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma Clinical Consensus Statement on the management of patients with rib fractures.
    Park C, Schwed AC, Buhavac M, Coleman JR, Cross A, Jacovides CL, Yoo B, Agarwal S, Rappold J, Savage SA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2026 Aug 01; 101(2): 348-358
    [PubMed ID: 42138302]

All Publications on PubMed