
Dr. Martha Quiodettis stands as a distinguished Trauma Surgeon, holding the pivotal position of overseeing the Trauma Service at Hospital Santo Tomás in Panama City, Panamá. Her journey in the field of medicine began with the completion of her General Surgery degree at the same institution in 2005. Following a dedicated tenure as staff at Hospital Santo Tomas, she embarked on a transformative phase in her career by relocating to Miami in 2009. Dr. Quiodettis pursued and successfully completed her Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Ryder Trauma Center, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami.
A beacon of leadership in her domain, Dr. Quiodettis currently holds the esteemed position of President of the Panamanian Trauma Society. She is also recognized as a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has played integral roles within the Panamerican Trauma Society since 2014. As a prolific author, Dr. Quiodettis has contributed to the scientific community with published papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Her passion for advancing the field extends to fostering the engagement of surgical residents in research projects and international presentations.
Notably, Dr. Quiodettis initiated a groundbreaking hospital-based electronic trauma registry, garnering support from the Panamerican Trauma Society. Her commitment to global collaboration is evident through the facilitation of international rotations in Trauma Surgery Service for surgical residents and fellows from Spain, Germany, Peru, and the United States at Hospital Santo Tomás.
Adding another feather to her cap, Dr. Quiodettis serves as an occasional editor of the Panamerican Journal of Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery. Beyond her editorial responsibilities, she extends her expertise as an ACLS and BLS instructor at the Regional Center for Health Training and Simulation (CREASS-Panamá). Dr. Quiodettis has also contributed her skills as an instructor in DSTC courses in Spain. Dr Quiodettis is the elected president of The Panamerican Trauma Society for the 2024-2025 period.
At the heart of her professional and scientific pursuits lies a dedication to trauma surgery, the creation of national trauma systems, and a relentless commitment to improving access and equity in healthcare. Dr. Martha Quiodettis stands as a true luminary in the realm of Trauma Surgery, leaving an indelible mark on the global medical community.
Selected publications from PubMed
Prioritizing circulation over airway to improve survival in trauma patients with exsanguinating injuries: a world society of emergency surgery-panamerican trauma consensus statement.
Ferrada P, Shafique S, Brenner M, Burlew C, Catena F, Coleman J, Coleman J, Demetriades D, Demoya M, Di Saverio S, Dissanaike S, Dransfield T, DuBose J, Duchesne J, Elkbuli A, Foianini E, Gambardella J, Garcia A, Goldberg A, Goralnick E, Holcomb J, Jonathan M, Joseph B, Jacobs L, Kerby J, Lawerance R, Leichtle S, Lucas C, Machain G, Macleod J, Maher Z, Martin M, Mendez N, Menegozzo C, Merlini I, Namias N, Narayan M, Ordonez C, Ottolino P, Patel M, Qasim ZA, Quiodettis M, Young LS, Ratnasekera A, Rayburn D, Salamea J, Sarani B, Scalea T, Seamon M, Spain D, Steele P, Taghavi S, Tatebe L, Vega F, Velmahos G, Zakrison T, Biffl WL, Damaskos D, Coccolini F, Vallicelli C, Moore EE, Ansaloni L, Kluger Y
World J Emerg Surg. 2025 Jun 2;20(1):47 doi: 10.1186/s13017-025-00618-2.
Surgical training trends in the Americas: A cross-continental assessment of minimally invasive surgery and open surgery among surgical trainees.
Cassidy BP, Stingl CS, Méndez N, Machain GM, Vega-Rivera F, Ribeiro MAF Jr, Sacoto H, Ottolino P, Beitia SK, Quiodettis M, Rodas EB, Mallah MM
World J Surg. 2024 Nov;48(11):2686-2696 doi: 10.1002/wjs.12378.
Goodbye Hartmann trial: a prospective, international, multicenter, observational study on the current use of a surgical procedure developed a century ago.
Perrone G, Giuffrida M, Abu-Zidan F, Kruger VF, Livrini M, Petracca GL, Rossi G, Tarasconi A, Tian BWCA, Bonati E, Mentz R, Mazzini FN, Campana JP, Gasser E, Kafka-Ritsch R, Felsenreich DM, Dawoud C, Riss S, Gomes CA, Gomes FC, Gonzaga RAT, Canton CAB, Pereira BM, Fraga GP, Zem LG, Cordeiro-Fonseca V, de Mesquita Tauil R, Atanasov B, Belev N, Kovachev N, Meléndez LJJ, Dimova A, Dimov S, Zelić Z, Augustin G, Bogdanić B, Morić T, Chouillard E, Bajul M, De Simone B, Panis Y, Esposito F, Notarnicola M, Lauka L, Fabbri A, Hentati H, Fnaiech I, Aurélien V, Bougard M, Roulet M, Demetrashvili Z, Pipia I, Merabishvili G, Bouliaris K, Koukoulis G, Doudakmanis C, Xenaki S, Chrysos E, Kokkinakis S, Vassiliu P, Michalopoulos N, Margaris I, Kechagias A, Avgerinos K, Katunin J, Lostoridis E, Nagorni EA, Pujante A, Mulita F, Maroulis I, Vailas M, Marinis A, Siannis I, Bourbouteli E, Manatakis DK, Tasis N, Acheimastos V, Maria S, Stylianos K, Kuzeridis H, Korkolis D, Fradelos E, Kavalieratos G, Petropoulou T, Polydorou A, Papacostantinou I, Triantafyllou T, Kimpizi D, Theodorou D, Toutouzas K, Chamzin A, Frountzas M, Schizas D, Karavokyros I, Syllaios A, Charalabopoulos A, Boura M, Baili E, Ioannidis O, Loutzidou L, Anestiadou E, Tsouknidas I, Petrakis G, Polenta E, Bains L, Gupta R, Singh SK, Khanduri A, Bala M, Kedar A, Pisano M, Podda M, Pisanu A, Martines G, Trigiante G, Lantone G, Agrusa A, Di Buono G, Buscemi S, Veroux M, Gioco R, Veroux G, Oragano L, Zonta S, Lovisetto F, Feo CV, Pesce A, Fabbri N, Lantone G, Marino F, Perrone F, Vincenti L, Papagni V, Picciariello A, Rossi S, Picardi B, Del Monte SR, Visconti D, Osella G, Petruzzelli L, Pignata G, Andreuccetti J, D'Alessio R, Buonfantino M, Guaitoli E, Spinelli S, Sampietro GM, Corbellini C, Lorusso L, Frontali A, Pezzoli I, Bonomi A, Chierici A, Cotsoglou C, Manca G, Delvecchio A, Musa N, Casati M, Letizia L, Abate E, Ercolani G, D'Acapito F, Solaini L, Guercioni G, Cicconi S, Sasia D, Borghi F, Giraudo G, Sena G, Castaldo P, Cardamone E, Portale G, Zuin M, Spolverato Y, Esposito M, Isernia RM, Di Salvo M, Manunza R, Esposito G, Agus M, Asti ELG, Bernardi DT, Tonucci TP, Luppi D, Casadei M, Bonilauri S, Pezzolla A, Panebianco A, Laforgia R, De Luca M, Zese M, Parini D, Jovine E, De Sario G, Lombardi R, Aprea G, Palomba G, Capuano M, Argenio G, Orio G, Armellino MF, Troian M, Guerra M, Nagliati C, Biloslavo A, Germani P, Aizza G, Monsellato I, Chahrour AC, Anania G, Bombardini C, Bagolini F, Sganga G, Fransvea P, Bianchi V, Boati P, Ferrara F, Palmieri F, Cianci P, Gattulli D, Restini E, Cillara N, Cannavera A, Nita GE, Sarnari J, Roscio F, Clerici F, Scandroglio I, Berti S, Cadeo A, Filippelli A, Conti L, Grassi C, Cattaneo GM, Pighin M, Papis D, Gambino G, Bertino V, Schifano D, Prando D, Fogato L, Cavallo F, Ansaloni L, Picheo R, Pontarolo N, Depalma N, Spampinato M, D'Ugo S, Lepre L, Capponi MG, Campa RD, Sarro G, Dinuzzi VP, Olmi S, Uccelli M, Ferrari D, Inama M, Moretto G, Fontana M, Favi F, Picariello E, Rampini A, Barberis A, Azzinnaro A, Oliva A, Totaro L, Benzoni I, Ranieri V, Capolupo GT, Carannante F, Caricato M, Ronconi M, Casiraghi S, Casole G, Pantalone D, Alemanno G, Scheiterle M, Ceresoli M, Cereda M, Fumagalli C, Zanzi F, Bolzon S, Guerra E, Lecchi F, Cellerino P, Ardito A, Scaramuzzo R, Balla A, Lepiane P, Tartaglia N, Ambrosi A, Pavone G, Palini GM, Veneroni S, Garulli G, Ricci C, Torre B, Russo IS, Rottoli M, Tanzanu M, Belvedere A, Milone M, Manigrasso M, De Palma GD, Piccoli M, Pattacini GC, Magnone S, Bertoli P, Pisano M, Massucco P, Palisi M, Luzzi AP, Fleres F, Clarizia G, Spolini A, Kobe Y, Toma T, Shimamura F, Parker R, Ranketi S, Mitei M, Svagzdys S, Pauzas H, Zilinskas J, Poskus T, Kryzauskas M, Jakubauskas M, Zakaria AD, Zakaria Z, Wong MP, Jusoh AC, Zakaria MN, Cruz DR, Elizalde ABR, Reynaud AB, Hernandez EEL, Monroy JMVP, Hinojosa-Ugarte D, Quiodettis M, Du Bois ME, Latorraca J, Major P, Pędziwiatr M, Pisarska-Adamczyk M, Walędziak M, Kwiatkowski A, Czyżykowski Ł, da Costa SD, Pereira B, Ferreira ARO, Almeida F, Rocha R, Carneiro C, Perez DP, Carvas J, Rocha C, Ferreira C, Marques R, Fernandes U, Leao P, Goulart A, Pereira RG, Patrocínio SDD, de Mendonça NGG, Manso MIC, Morais HMC, Cardoso PS, Calu V, Miron A, Toma EA, Gachabayov M, Abdullaev A, Litvin A, Nechay T, Tyagunov A, Yuldashev A, Bradley A, Wilson M, Panyko A, Látečková Z, Lacko V, Lesko D, Soltes M, Radonak J, Turrado-Rodriguez V, Termes-Serra R, Morales-Sevillano X, Lapolla P, Mingoli A, Brachini G, Degiuli M, Sofia S, Reddavid R, de Manzoni Garberini A, Buffone A, Del Pozo EP, Aparicio-Sánchez D, Dos Barbeito S, Estaire-Gómez M, Vitón-Herrero R, de Los Ángeles Gil Olarte-Marquez M, Gil-Martínez J, Alconchel F, Nicolás-López T, Rahy-Martin AC, Pelloni M, Bañolas-Suarez R, Mendoza-Moreno F, Nisa FG, Díez-Alonso M, Rodas MEV, Agundez MC, Andrés MIP, Moreira CCL, Perez AL, Ponce IA, González-Castillo AM, Membrilla-Fernández E, Salvans S, Serradilla-Martín M, Pardo PS, Rivera-Alonso D, Dziakova J, Huguet JM, Valle NP, Ruiz EC, Valcárcel CR, Moreno CR, Salazar YTM, García JJR, Micó SS, López JR, Farré SP, Gomez MS, Petit NM, Titos-García A, Aranda-Narváez JM, Romacho-López L, Sánchez-Guillén L, Aranaz-Ostariz V, Bosch-Ramírez M, Martínez-Pérez A, Martínez-López E, Sebastián-Tomás JC, Jimenez-Riera G, Jimenez-Vega J, Cuellar JAN, Campos-Serra A, Muñoz-Campaña A, Gràcia-Roman R, Alegre JM, Pinto FL, O'Sullivan SN, Antona FB, Jiménez BM, López-Sánchez J, Carmona ZG, Fernández RT, Sierra IB, de León LRG, Moreno VP, Iglesias E, Cumplido PL, Bravo AA, Simó IR, Domínguez CL, Caamaño AG, Lozano RC, Martínez MD, Torres ÁN, de Quiros JTMB, Pellino G, Cloquell MM, Moller EG, Jalal-Eldin S, Abdoun AK, Hamid HKS, Lohsiriwat V, Mongkhonsupphawan A, Baraket O, Ayed K, Abbassi I, Ali AB, Ammar H, Kchaou A, Tlili A, Zribi I, Colak E, Polat S, Koylu ZA, Guner A, Usta MA, Reis ME, Mantoglu B, Gonullu E, Akin E, Altintoprak F, Bayhan Z, Firat N, Isik A, Memis U, Bayrak M, Altıntaş Y, Kara Y, Bozkurt MA, Kocataş A, Das K, Seker A, Ozer N, Atici SD, Tuncer K, Kaya T, Ozkan Z, Ilhan O, Agackiran I, Uzunoglu MY, Demirbas E, Altinel Y, Meric S, Hacım NA, Uymaz DS, Omarov N, Balık E, Tebala GD, Khalil H, Rana M, Khan M, Florence C, Swaminathan C, Leo CA, Liasis L, Watfah J, Trostchansky I, Delgado E, Pontillo M, Latifi R, Coimbra R, Edwards S, Lopez A, Velmahos G, Dorken A, Gebran A, Palmer A, Oury J, Bardes JM, Seng SS, Coffua LS, Ratnasekera A, Egodage T, Echeverria-Rosario K, Armento I, Napolitano LM, Sangji NF, Hemmila M, Quick JA, Austin TR, Hyman TS, Curtiss W, McClure A, Cairl N, Biffl WL, Truong HP, Schaffer K, Reames S, Banchini F, Capelli P, Coccolini F, Sartelli M, Bravi F, Vallicelli C, Agnoletti V, Baiocchi GL, Catena F
World J Emerg Surg. 2024 Apr 16;19(1):14 doi: 10.1186/s13017-024-00543-w.
Women in trauma surgery: advancing our profession through international collaboration.
Fox N, Schroll R, Quiodettis M, Ito K, Bulger EM
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024;9(1):e001366 doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001366.
Declaration on infection prevention and management in global surgery.
Sartelli M, Coccolini F, Ansaloni L, Biffl WL, Blake DP, Boermeester MA, Coimbra R, Evans HL, Ferrada P, Gkiokas G, Jeschke MG, Hardcastle T, Hinson C, Labricciosa FM, Marwah S, Marttos AC, Quiodettis M, Rasa K, Ren J, Rubio-Perez I, Sawyer R, Shelat V, Upperman JS, Catena F
World J Emerg Surg. 2023 Dec 6;18(1):56 doi: 10.1186/s13017-023-00526-3.
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Dr. Martha Quiodettis stands as a distinguished Trauma Surgeon, holding the pivotal position of overseeing the Trauma Service at Hospital Santo Tomás in Panama City, Panamá. Her journey in the field of medicine began with the completion of her General Surgery degree at the same institution in 2005. Following a dedicated tenure as staff at Hospital Santo Tomas, she embarked on a transformative phase in her career by relocating to Miami in 2009. Dr. Quiodettis pursued and successfully completed her Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Ryder Trauma Center, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami. A beacon of leadership in her domain, Dr. Quiodettis currently holds the esteemed position of President of the Panamanian Trauma Society. She is also recognized as a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has played integral roles within the Panamerican Trauma Society since 2014. As a prolific author, Dr. Quiodettis has contributed to the scientific community with published papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Her passion for advancing the field extends to fostering the engagement of surgical residents in research projects and international presentations. Notably, Dr. Quiodettis initiated a groundbreaking hospital-based electronic trauma registry, garnering support from the Panamerican Trauma Society. Her commitment to global collaboration is evident through the facilitation of international rotations in Trauma Surgery Service for surgical residents and fellows from Spain, Germany, Peru, and the United States at Hospital Santo Tomás. Adding another feather to her cap, Dr. Quiodettis serves as an occasional editor of the Panamerican Journal of Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery. Beyond her editorial responsibilities, she extends her expertise as an ACLS and BLS instructor at the Regional Center for Health Training and Simulation (CREASS-Panamá). Dr. Quiodettis has also contributed her skills as an instructor in DSTC courses in Spain. Dr Quiodettis is the elected president of The Panamerican Trauma Society for the 2024-2025 period. At the heart of her professional and scientific pursuits lies a dedication to trauma surgery, the creation of national trauma systems, and a relentless commitment to improving access and equity in healthcare. Dr. Martha Quiodettis stands as a true luminary in the realm of Trauma Surgery, leaving an indelible mark on the global medical community.
With Panamerican Trauma Society
Published
Apr 2025

Women surgeons around the world face many challenges in their journey toward successful surgical careers. Traditional surgical training offers little flexibility for pregnancy and raising children, while significant disparities often exist in salary and grant funding between male and female surgeons. Bias against women surgeons, both professionally and culturally, also limits their advancement and assumption of leadership roles. Mentorship by other women surgeons can be instrumental in overcoming professional obstacles, however a dearth of senior women surgeons regionally can hamper this. The Association of Women Surgeons is honored to partner with the AIS Channel and present a panel of international women surgeons to discuss the unique challenges they face as surgeons, mentors and mentees.
With American College of Surgeons
Published
Jan 2024

We are proud to announce this program, highlighting leaders in Latin American Spanish speaking countries. These leaders were chosen to represent many different specialties, countries, and stages in their careers. This mix will ensure comprehensive coverage of this critical topic with immediately implementable solutions for all participants regardless of specialty, location, or career stage. We will discuss strategies for success in academic surgery that are tailored to the different circumstances of each environment with an emphasis in diversity, inclusion, and fairness.
With Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Published
Oct 2022
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