The Department of Surgery

Reagan W. Bollig, MD

Assistant Professor
Division of Trauma & Critical Care Surgery

Clinical Focus

General Surgery, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, GI Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Hernia Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstrution

Education

Medical School
University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL, 2007

Residency
General Surgery, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 2012

Fellowship
Surgical Critical Care, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, 2013

Certification

American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

Professional Affiliations

American College of Surgeons
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Southeastern Surgical Congress
Association for Academic Surgery

Current Publications

Whitaker C, McKinney A, Bollig R, Hieb N, Roberts RF Jr, Rowe AS.
Incidence of thrombotic complications related to weight-based dosing of activated prothrombin complex concentrate (aPCC) for reversal of apixaban and rivaroxaban in obese patients. J Thromb Thrombolysis. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2022 May;53(4):861-867. doi: 10.1007/s11239-021-02605-1. Epub 2021 Nov 17.

Whitaker C, McKinney A, Bollig R, Hieb N, Roberts RF Jr, Rowe AS.
Incidence of thrombotic complications related to weight-based dosing of activated prothrombin complex concentrate (aPCC) for reversal of apixaban and rivaroxaban in obese patients. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 2021 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print]

Whitaker C, McKinney A, Bollig R, Hieb N, Roberts RF Jr, Rowe AS.
Incidence of thrombotic complications related to weight-based dosing of activated prothrombin complex concentrate (aPCC) for reversal of apixaban and rivaroxaban in obese patients. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 2021 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print]

Whitaker C, McKinney A, Bollig R, Hieb N, Roberts RF Jr, Rowe AS.
Incidence of thrombotic complications related to weight-based dosing of activated prothrombin complex concentrate (aPCC) for reversal of apixaban and rivaroxaban in obese patients. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 2021 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print]

Griffard J, Sappington B, Griffard M, Bollig R, McMillen J, McKinney A, Smith L, Daley B.
Administering DVT prophylaxis sooner than 48 hours does not increase failure of nonoperative management of high-grade (grades III-V) splenic injuries. The American Surgeon. 2020 Oct 19:3134820950303. [Epub ahead of print]

Manzano-Nunez R, McGreevy D, Orlas CP, Garcia AF, Horer TM, DuBose J, Ordonez CA, AAST-AORTA Investigators and the ABOTrauma Registry Group: Morrison J, Scalea TM, Moore LJ, Podbielski JM, Holcomb JB, Inaba K, Piccinini A, Kauvar DS, Baggenstoss VL, Rausc.
Outcomes and management approaches of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta based on the income of countries. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2020 Oct 12;15(1):57.

Antill AC, Frye SW, McMillen JC, Haynes JC, Ford BR, Bollig RW, Daley BJ.
Treatment with oral versus intravenous Acetaminophen in elderly trauma patients with rib fractures: A prospective randomized trial. The American Surgeon. 2020 Aug 4:3134820940268. [Epub ahead of print]

Griffard J, Bollig R.
Right vertebral artery transection with a vertical distraction of C5-6: Case report of a patient survival. The American Surgeon. 2020 May;86(5):531-533. Available in PubMed: Jul 2020.

Winings NA, Daley BJ, Bollig RW, Roberts RF Jr, Radtke J, Heidel RE, Taylor JE, McMillen JC.
Dexmedetomidine versus propofol for prolonged sedation in critically ill trauma and surgical patients. The Surgeon. 2020 Apr 25. [Epub ahead of print]

Abraham MP, Hinds M, Tayidi I, Jeffcoach DR, Corder JM, Hamilton LA, Lawson CM, Bollig RW, Heidel RE, Daley BJ, Taylor JE, McMillen JC.
Quetiapine for delirium prophylaxis in high-risk critically ill patients. Surgeon. 2020 Mar 23. [Epub ahead of print]

Current Presentations

Mazonas T, Grant M, Scott S, Bollig R, and Daley B.. Management of Isolated Mild TBI at UTMCK: An Opportunity for Improvement Presented at Southeastern Surgical Congress; 2023 Feburary - 11; Savannah.

Sappington B, Bollig R, Heidel RE, Rowe AS, Daley BJ. Harbingers of impending splenic embolization failure. Presented at Academic Surgical Congress; 2020 Feb 4-6; Orlando, FL.

Do R, Antill A, Bollig R. Performance improvement analysis of severe traumatic brain injury pathway. Presented at Southeastern Surgical Congress; 2020 Feb 8-11; New Orleans, LA.

Sappington BR, Abraham MP, Smith LM, McMillen JC, Daley BJ, Lawson CM, Bollig RW, Taylor BN. Effect of early thromboprophylaxis on non-operative failure in splenic injury. Presented at Tennessee American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting; 2019 Aug 8-11; Chattanooga, TN.

Griffard J, Bollig R. Right vertebral artery transection with a vertical distraction of C5-6: A case report of a patient who survived. Presented at Tennessee American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting; 2019 Aug 8-11; Chattanooga, TN.

King S, Bhat S, Whittington E, McLain J, Heidel E, Smith L, Bollig R, Enderson B. Superficial venous thrombosis in trauma patients: A treatable marker of hypercoagulable state. Presented at 48th Annual Critical Care Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine; 2019 Feb 17-20; San Diego, CA.

Sappington BR, Abraham MP, Smith LM, McMillen JC, Daley BJ, Lawson CM, Bollig RW, Taylor BN. Effect of early thromboprophylaxis on non-operative failure in splenic injury. Presented at Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Scientific Meeting; 2019 Feb 23-27; Charlotte, NC.