Traci L. Hedrick, MD, MSc, FACS, FASCRS.

Abstract

Dr. Traci Hedrick grew up in a small town in West Virginia prior to attending the University of Kentucky, where she earned her BS in Human Studies summa cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She then attended the University of Kentucky School of Medicine, receiving her M.D. in 2002. While at Kentucky, she was the top student in her class, receiving the valedictorian award and special “Best of Clerkship” awards in Anatomy, Pathology, and Surgery. Her medical school accolades also include election to junior Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), a named scholarship, and an award from the American Medical Women's Association. Dr. Hedrick began her residency in surgery at the University of Virginia in 2002, winning the Intern of the Year Award, the Academic Achievement Award for the third-year resident with the best academic and scholarly record, the Curtis Tribble Teaching Award in 2006, and a Mulholland Teaching Award in 2007 and 2009, her Chief year. Also, during her Chief year, she won the department's award for the resident who has most contributed to the education of the junior residents (by election by the residents) and then the prestigious Association of Women Surgeons Outstanding Resident Award. Along the way, Traci also garnered several awards for her research projects conducted during 2 years of research under the direction of Dr. Robert Sawyer. Besides numerous publications, she won the Surgical Infection Society Research Training Fellowship Award and completed the requirements for a Master of Clinical Research degree.