Biography

Linda A. Dultz, M.D., M.P.H., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Her areas of clinical expertise are general surgery, wound management, trauma, and surgical critical care. 

Dr. Dultz earned her medical degree at New York Medical College. She completed a general surgery residency at New York University School of Medicine, as well as fellowships in both surgical critical care and trauma and acute care surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She also holds a master’s degree in health policy and management from New York Medical College. 

Dr. Dultz is certified by the American Board of Surgery in both general surgery and surgical critical care.

She has published a number of academic articles and book chapters related to emergency general surgery, trauma, and critical care. 

Dr. Dultz is a member of professional organizations that include the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

Education
Medical School
New York Medical College (2008)
Residency
New York University School of Medicine (2015), General Surgery
Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2016), Surgical Critical Care
Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2017), Trauma/critical Care

Research Interest
  • Quality Improvement
  • Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

Effect of Surgeon and Hospital Volume on Emergency General Surgery Outcomes.
Mehta A, Efron DT, Canner JK, Dultz L, Xu T, Jones C, Haut ER, Higgins RS, Sakran JV J. Am. Coll. Surg. 2017 Aug
Loop ileostomy versus total colectomy as surgical treatment for Clostridium difficile-associated disease: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial.
Ferrada P, Callcut R, Zielinski MD, Bruns B, Yeh DD, Zakrison TL, Meizoso JP, Sarani B, Catalano RD, Kim P, Plant V, Pasley A, Dultz LA, Choudhry AJ, Haut ER J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2017 Jul 83 1 36-40
Acute cholecystitis in the sick patient.
Eachempati SR, Cocanour CS, Dultz LA, Phatak UR, Albarado R, Rob Todd S Curr Probl Surg 2014 Nov 51 11 441-66
Clinical and therapeutic implications of Sprouty2 feedback dysregulation in BRAF V600E-mutation-positive papillary thyroid cancer.
Dultz LA, Dhar S, Ogilvie JB, Heller KS, Bar-Sagi D, Patel KN Surgery 2013 Dec 154 6 1239-44; discussion 1244-5
Helmet use is associated with safer bicycling behaviors and reduced hospital resource use following injury.
Webman R, Dultz LA, Simon RJ, Todd SR, Slaughter D, Jacko S, Bholat O, Wall S, Wilson C, Levine DA, Roe M, Pachter HL, Frangos SG J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013 Nov 75 5 877-81
Clinical utility of immunohistochemistry for the detection of the BRAF v600e mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Zagzag J, Pollack A, Dultz L, Dhar S, Ogilvie JB, Heller KS, Deng FM, Patel KN Surgery 2013 Aug
Vulnerable roadway users struck by motor vehicles at the center of the safest, large US city.
Dultz LA, Foltin G, Simon R, Wall SP, Levine DA, Bholat O, Slaughter-Larkem D, Jacko S, Marr M, Glass NE, Pachter HL, Frangos SG J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013 Apr 74 4 1138-45
Late solitary metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the submandibular gland.
Serouya SM, Dultz LA, Concors SJ, Wang B, Patel KN J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 2012 Oct 70 10 2356-9
Follicular variant of papillary thyroid cancer: encapsulated, nonencapsulated, and diffuse: distinct biologic and clinical entities.
Gupta S, Ajise O, Dultz L, Wang B, Nonaka D, Ogilvie J, Heller KS, Patel KN Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 2012 Mar 138 3 227-33
Alcohol use by pedestrians who are struck by motor vehicles: how drinking influences behaviors, medical management, and outcomes.
Dultz LA, Frangos S, Foltin G, Marr M, Simon R, Bholat O, Levine DA, Slaughter-Larkem D, Jacko S, Ayoung-Chee P, Pachter HL J Trauma 2011 Nov 71 5 1252-7

Books

Featured Books Legend Featured Books

Damage Control Techniques in Acute Cholecystitis. In Acute Cholecystitis

Dultz LA, Todd SR, Eachempati SR (2015). NewYork, Springer

Surgical Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit. In Common Problems in Acute Care Surgery

Dultz LA, Sim V, Todd SR (2013). New York, Springer

Honors & Awards
  • American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Maryland State Committee on Trauma
    Second Place (2016)
  • American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Region II Resident Paper Competition
    First Place (2010)
  • American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Region II Resident Paper Competition
    First Place (2008)

Professional Associations/Affiliations
  • American College of Surgeons (2008)
  • Association of Women Surgeons (2016)
  • Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (2017)
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine (2015)