Jeffrey Ryan Conner, MD
Jeffrey Ryan Conner, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Acute Care Surgery Department of Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center Major, Medical Corps, US Army EMAIL: jeffrey.conner@vumc.org
Dr. Conner joined our surgical faculty as Assistant Professor of Surgery after a two-year Acute Care Surgery fellowship at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has been Active Duty in our Armed Forces currently serving for the past 8 years in the Army, entering his 9th year of service, with current rank of Major. Dr. Conner is one of our Acute Care Surgeons assigned to Vanderbilt’s Army Military Civilian Trauma Team Training (AMCT3) program. He has received many accolades in civilian and military setting, such as Madigan Army Medical Center Most Outstanding Resident Award, US Army Achievement Medal, US Army Commendation Medal, and Wake Forest Department of Surgery Fellow Educator of the Year. He is board certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
Research
Dr. Conner’s research interests and quality improvement efforts are focused on advancing laparoscopic common bile duct exploration and outcomes in Emergency General Surgery and Trauma. Included among his recent publications are: “Nationwide Estimates of Potential Lives Saved with Prehospital Blood Transfusions,” Transfusion 2025, “A Novel Taxonomy of Intraoperative Cholangiograms in Suspected Choledocholithiasis: A Tool for Advancing Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration Outcomes Research,” The American Surgeon 2025, and “Utilization of Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Mortality in Pediatric Warzone Casualties,” Military Medicine 2024.
See Dr. Conner’s publications on PubMed.
Memberships, Awards and Honors
US Army Achievement Medal, 2019
US Army Commendation Medal, 2018, 2023
Madigan Army Medical Center Most Outstanding Resident Award, 2023
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Fellow Teacher of the Year, 2024 – 2025
The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma – Associate Member
The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma – Member
Excelsior Surgical Society - Member
Education
M.D. – University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN. 2013 - 2017
Residency – General Surgery Residency, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA. 2017-2023
Fellowship – Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston Salem, NC. 2023-2025
Contact
Division of Acute Care Surgery
1211 21st Avenue South
404 Medical Arts Building
Nashville, TN 37232