44960-Ortiz, Damaris

Damaris Ortiz, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Medical Director of the hospital-based violence intervention program Prescription for Hope

Division Director of Research at Eskenazi Hospital

Email
damaorti@iu.edu
Address
EH 500
STRM
IN
Indianapolis, IN

Bio

Dr. Ortiz serves as Assistant Professor of Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine. Prior to joining Indiana University, she earned her medical degree from the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine and completed a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Dr. Ortiz specializes in trauma, acute care surgery, and surgical critical care. She serves as Medical Director of Prescription for Hope, Eskenazi Health's hospital-based violence intervention program, and as Division Director of Research, Acute Care Surgery, at Eskenazi Hospital.

An implementation scientist and health services researcher, Dr. Ortiz focuses on violence prevention and postoperative brain health. Through her research and clinical leadership roles, she works to improve outcomes for patients affected by traumatic injury and advance evidence-based approaches to care delivery. She has contributed to more than 25 peer-reviewed publications and completed a Learning Health Systems Scholar K12 Award. She is an active member of the Surgical Outcomes & Quality Improvement Center within the IU Department of Surgery.

Dr. Ortiz is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and an active member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

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Key Publications

  1. Ortiz D, Magee L, Durbin H, Beverly AW, Beverly B, Simons CJ. A qualitative study of firearm injury survivors’ views on contributing factors and solutions to community violence. Public Health, 2025-09-01,Volume 246, Article 105791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105791

  2. Kartiko S, Atahar J, Rattan R, Zebley JA, Tatebe LC, Perea L, Ruggiero KJ, Levett P, Wassertzug D, Koenig S, Mashbari H, Smith RN, Hink AB, Allee L, Ortiz D, Hai SA, Butler C, Prince H, Murphy P, Teichman AL. Posttraumatic stress disorder mitigation in trauma patients: An evidence-based systematic review from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 May 13. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004639. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40358601.

  3. Magee LA, Ortiz D, Adams ZW, et al. Linking Data on Nonfatal Firearm Injuries in Youths to Assess Disease Burden. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(9):e2436640. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36640

  4. Zarzaur BL, Holler E, Ortiz D, et al. Collaborative Care for Injured Older Adults: The Trauma Medical Home Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. Published online May 08, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.1043

  5. Holler E, Ortiz D, Mohanty S, Meagher A, Boustani M, Zarzaur B, Simons C. Violent injury prevention does not equal to violent crime prevention: an analysis of violence intervention program efficacy using propensity score methods. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2022;7:e000905. doi:10.1136/tsaco-2022-000905.

  6. Belchos J, Streib EW, Laughlin M, Boustani M, Ortiz D. Implementation requires evaluation of adoption: Lessons from a multimodal pain regimen order set. J Surg Res. Published online November 28, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2023.10.029

  7. Murphy P, Holler E, Lindroth H, Laughlin M, Simons CJ, Streib EW, Boustani M, Ortiz D. Short-term outcomes for patients and providers after elective tracheostomy in COVID-19-positive patients. J Surg Res. 2021. 260:38-45.

View Dr. Ortiz's PubMed here.

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