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Thea Price, M.D.

  1. Surgeon

Departments

Location

  1. Jacksonville, Florida

Languages

English

Thea P. Ang Price, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a general and acute care surgeon, surgical intensivist, traumatologist, burn and complex wound care physician. She is a Senior Associate Consultant for the Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic Florida with the role of Acute Care Surgeon and Director of inpatient and outpatient Wound Care. After training, she expanded the ACS and began and expanded the Wound Care service line at Rush University in Chicago, IL for 7 years. Dr. Price has clinical interests in complex acute and chronic wounds.

Dr. Price has extensive experience with advanced wound care modalities including connective tissue products, light therapy, electrical stimulation, 3D printing and treatments with a focus on tissue regeneration. Her surgical interests include emergency general surgery especially complex biliary, hernias, foregut, bowel obstructions and complex enterocutaneous fistulae. She is trained in both laparoscopic and robotic surgery.

Dr. Price manages a basic science lab with clinical translation researching the cause, prevention and treatment of ectopic or heterotopic mineralization and ossification after trauma or thermal injury. Her clinical research includes acute appendicitis (CODA trial), new wound technologies outcomes, and the development of innovative treatments for hidradenitis suppurativa.

  1. Appendicitis
  2. Bowel dysfunction
  3. Burns
  4. Calciphylaxis
  5. Cholecystitis
  6. Dermatomyositis
  7. Enterocutaneous fistula
  8. Hidradenitis suppurativa
  9. Pyoderma gangrenosum
  10. Radiation injury
  11. Surgical incision
  12. Traumatic injury
  13. Ulcer of lower limb
  14. Wound
  1. Appendectomy
  2. Bowel resection
  3. Cholecystectomy
  4. Gastrostomy
  5. Hernia repair
  6. Laparotomy
  7. Skin graft surgery
  8. Soft tissue injection
  9. Tissue regeneration
  10. Tracheostomy
  11. Wound care
  12. Wound ulcer healing
  • radiation injuries especially associated with malignancy
  • hidradenitis suppurativa
  • heterotopic ossification and mineralization
  • calcinosis/dermatomyositis
  • calciphylaxis
  • pyoderma gangrenosum
  • autoimmune skin disorders
  • complex surgical wounds
  • dehisced surgical incisions
  • complex limb salvage
  • enterocutaneous fistulae
  • burns
  • traumatic wounds
  • gallbladders
  • intestinal obstruction and dysfunction
  • hernias
  1. 2017
    Fellowship - Surgical Critical Care/Trauma/ACSUniversity of North Carolina Hospitals
  2. 2016
    Residency - General SurgeryThomas Jefferson University Hospital
  3. 2014
    Visiting Fellow - Burn SurgeryBir Hospital
  4. 2012
    Visiting Fellow - Burn SurgeryTygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch
  5. 2012
    Visiting Fellow - Burn SurgeryMaricopa Medical Center
  6. 2012
    Fellowship - Burn SurgeryUniversity of Colorado Hospital
  7. 2011
    Internship/Residency - General SurgeryUniversity of Colorado Hospital
  8. 2009
    MDUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  9. 2004
    BA - Chemistry with HonorsHendrix College

Certifications

  1. 2017
    Surgical Critical CareAmerican Board of Surgery
  2. 2016
    General SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Awards and honors

  1. 2019
    Researcher of the YearDepartment of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center
  2. 2016
    Golden Apple Teaching AwardThomas Jefferson University Hospital
  3. 2016
    Johnson Beerman Award, Third Place, Post-graduate Research SymposiumThomas Jefferson University Hospitals
  4. 2016
    Honorable Mention, Post-graduate Research SymposiumThomas Jefferson University Hospitals
  5. 2013
    Golden Apple Teaching AwardThomas Jefferson University Hospital
  6. 2013
    Certificate of AchievementBir Hospital
  7. 2012
    President’s Award for Teamwork & CollaborationUniversity of Colorado Hospital
  8. 2009
    Physician of the MonthVA Denver
  9. 2004
    AMWA Scholarship, NominatedUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Professional memberships

  1. 2022 - present
    Associate FellowAmerican College of Surgeons
  2. 2021 - present
    MemberEducational Committee, Society of Critical Care Medicine
  3. 2018 - present
    MemberAmerican Academy of Wound Care
  4. 2017 - present
    MemberSociety of Critical Care Medicine
  5. 2016 - present
    MemberAmerican College of Surgeons
  6. 2016 - present
    MemberAmerican Women in Surgery
  7. 2013 - 2015
    MemberWound Healing Society
  8. 2013 - 2014
    MemberClinical Robotic Surgical Association
  9. 2013 - present
    MemberAmerican Burn Association
  10. 2012 - 2014
    MemberPhiladelphia Academy of Surgeons
  11. 2009 - present
    MemberAmerican Medical Association

Publications