TraceyADechertMDFACS

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Chief, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Boston Medical Center/Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine

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Office
725 Albany Street
Shapiro Suite 3a
Boston, MA 02118
Phone+1 617-414-4861

Fax+1 617-414-3617

Dr. Tracey Dechert is a trauma and acute care surgeon in Boston, MA and is affiliated with Boston Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and has been in practice 16 years. She is experienced in trauma, surgical critical care and general surgery. She is also the founder of Socially Responsible Surgery. sociallyresponsiblesurgery.org @surgicalequity

Socially Responsible Surgery

Since 2014, we have led the effort to establish social responsibility as a core value of surgical practice.

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2008 - 2010
Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2008
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 2001

PubMed

Disparities in Rehabilitation Services for Victims of Violence.
Megan G Janeway, Ella Cornell, Sophia M Smith, Anne K Buck, Miriam Neufeld
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2025-01-21
Exploring rural-urban differences in the receipt of nonelective cancer-specific gastrointestinal surgery using a multilevel mixed-effects approach.
Crisanto M Torres, Sara Myers, Megan G Janeway, Sabrina E Sanchez, Dane R Scantling
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2025-01-01
Gentrification, gun violence, and disparities in access to care for shooting victims.
Sophia M Smith, Daniel Counihan, Allan Stolarski, Anne K Buck, Megan Janeway
American Journal of Surgery. 2024-12-15

Journal Articles

Association of Race, Health Insurance Status, and Household Income with Location and Outcomes of Ambulatory Surgery Among Adult Patients in 2 US States
Megan G Janeway, Sabrina E Sanchez, Tracey A Dechert, JAMA Surgery

Embedding Financial Services in Trusted Settings Addresses Poverty and Improves Health EquityJune 27th, 2022
Tracey Dechert Appointed Chief of Acute Care and Trauma Surgery at Boston Medical CenterJune 6th, 2022
‘She Is Going to Make It, Damn It’: One Doctor’s Quest to Save Her Patient from Covid-19June 26th, 2020
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