Elise Fannon, MD, MPP, is a Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellow in the Perelman School of Medicine and an active-duty Major in the U.S. Air Force. Her research and policy interests lie at the intersection of surgery, health equity, and public policy.
Dr. Fannon serves on the Excelsior Surgical Society Executive Council and on the Political Action Committee Board of the American College of Surgeons. She is the former Resident Research Chair of Socially Responsible Surgery. Her previous projects include the implementation of a cultural complications curriculum to address bias in surgical morbidity and mortality conferences, the establishment of a rural tribal rotation to expand access to surgical care, and the creation of Scrub In, a youth outreach program to increase diversity in the surgical pipeline. Dr. Fannon also created AppTITUD-PS, a mentorship and research-matching app initially funded by the Plastic Surgery Foundation, now expanding to general surgery, trauma, and emergency general surgery.
Fannon completed her General Surgery residency at U.C. Davis, where she served as Administrative Chief Resident and helped lead initiatives focused on education, wellness, and diversity. During residency, she earned a Master of Public Policy from Princeton University, where she studied the political and structural determinants of health.