Thomas F. Higgins
Thomas F. Higgins
Office
(801) 587-7109
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84113
About
Thomas F. Higgins
Dr. Thomas Higgins holds the Richard L. Stimson Presidential Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery and is a Professor and Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at the University of Utah. His medical degree was completed at Brown University School of Medicine. His orthopaedic training was at Yale University, with a post-graduate fellowship in orthopaedic trauma at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. He has been on the faculty at University of Utah since 2000. Dr. Higgins’ clinical expertise is in the treatment of complex intra-articular injuries, pelvic and acetabular trauma, and musculoskeletal care in the setting of polytrauma. His elective practice focuses on the deformity correction, malunions, and nonunions. The author of over one hundred peer-reviewed publications and multiple book chapters, Dr. Higgins’ main area of research interest clinically has been on plateau fractures. He has been primary investigator or co-investigator on four OTA grants, two AO grants, and an OREF grant. His most recent research has focused on the genetics of trauma, the use of opiate analgesics in the trauma setting, and the role of inflammatory mediators in the formation of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. He was recently awarded a $2.5 million dollar DOD grant for a prospective randomized clinical trial on the role of NSAIDs in fracture healing. In the educational sphere, Dr. Higgins is recognized nationally for his research and presentations of tibial plateau fractures. He has been active with orthopaedic education with AO North America, chairing three courses, and teaching at over thirty. Previously a member of the OTA Education Committee, he has also chaired multiple resident courses for the OTA. He has received the annual teaching award three times at the University of Utah. He has previously served on the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Board of Directors, and currently serves as the OTA Second President-elect. Dr. Higgins was the OTA Annual Program Chair in 2013 and 2014. In 2009, Dr. Higgins served as the OTA/AAOS Landstuhl Visiting Scholar in Germany and has been visiting professor at multiple universities. In 2015 he and his family spent four months serving at Kijabe Hospital in Kenya, and he served as a visiting surgeon with Health Volunteers Overseas at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu, Bhutan for the month of January 2020. He has also served twice at the Haiti Adventist Hospital in Carrefour, Haiti. He maintains an interest in continuing to serve in global medicine. When he is not working, he enjoys skiing, biking, and traveling with his wife and kids.
Primary Specialty
Surgeon
Practice
Thomas F. Higgins
Gender
Male
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Most Insurances Accepted
Admitting Hospitals
University of Utah Hospital
Services
Thomas F. Higgins provides surgery in Salt Lake City, UT. The most common types of surgeons are: General, Cardiovascular, Otolaryngology, Neurological, Reconstructive, Neonatal and Orthopedic.
Please call Thomas F. Higgins at (801) 587-7109 to schedule an appointment in Salt Lake City, UT or to get more information. Additional Services Pediatrician
Please call Thomas F. Higgins at (801) 587-7109 to schedule an appointment in Salt Lake City, UT or to get more information. Additional Services Pediatrician
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