MelissaRedHoffmanMDND

Summary

• Acute care surgeon (Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery) and one of only 80 surgeons also board-certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
  
  Podcaster. Founder and host of The Surgical Palliative Care Podcast. Moderator of the EAST (Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma) Traumacast.
  
  Writer. Byline at General Surgery News. Section editor (Pain Management and Opioids) at Current Trauma Reports.
  
  Speaker. I speak locally and nationally about the integration of palliative medicine and end-of-life care into the care of surgical and trauma patients. I also speak extensively on Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) with a focus on the care of surgical patients with OUD.
  
  Educator. Director of the third-year surgical clerkship for University of North Carolina Asheville campus.

My Father Was Murdered by Terrorists: Recollections of a Trauma Surgeon
When she was a teenager Melissa Red Hoffman's father was killed by terrorists. Dr Hoffman recalls her father's death and how that has influenced her career and

Surgical Palliative Care: A Podcast with Red Hoffman
The cross-over episode is an American tradition that is near and dear to my heart. My childhood is filled with special moments that brought some of my very favo

The Sound of Silence-When There Are No Words
In this narrative medicine essay, a surgeon and palliative care physician describes the isolating silence that she felt her after the slaying of her father in E

‎Traumacast: Palliative Care in Your ACS Practice on Apple Podcasts
‎Join guests Dr. Red Hoffman and Dr. Benoit Blondeau as they help dispel myths and drop knowledge about how to incorporate Palliative Care into your ACS practic

‎Death By Design: Melissa "Red" Hoffman on Apple Podcasts
‎Dr. Melissa Red Hoffman began her career as a naturopathic physician and a yoga teacher. She is now an acute care surgeon, board certified in general surgery,

‎Postcall Podcast: Dr. Red Hoffman, Neil deGrasse Tyson's tweet, and Postcall pi
‎Red Hoffman, MD, ND, talks palliative care, her touching essay in JAMA, and how she climbed the hill to med school. Dr. Hoffman is an acute care surgeon and co

‎Traumacast on Apple Podcasts
‎A series of audio interviews addressing upcoming research and its application to the injured patient, education efforts related to trauma, and novel methods in

‎The Surgical Palliative Care Podcast on Apple Podcasts
‎The Surgical Palliative Care Podcast features interviews with the founders and the leaders of the surgical palliative care community, a diverse group of surgeo

Stories influence how I practice medicine. Here's how.
My father was killed by an Islamic fundamentalist in Cairo, Egypt when he was just 47 years old. It was October 1993, exactly eight months following the first W

The yoga of surgery
Early on a random Tuesday morning, I walked into the burn unit and found my 87-year-old patient, Mr. Gray, in septic shock. While Mr. Gray's burn injury was sma