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Joseph F. Sucher, M.D., F.A.C.S.

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Biography

Dr. Joseph F. Sucher attended surgical residency and fellowship at the University of Texas-Houston Health Sciences Center. He has a wide variety of professional experiences, including having served active duty in the Army, working for Eli-Lilly as a biochemist, and being a computer programmer for a healthcare software company that he co-founded.

He is the past president of the Arizona Trauma Association, and has served as a subject matter expert for Texas A&M Engineering Extension Services (TEEX) on mass casualties in bombing incidents, as a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Arizona Coalition for Healthcare Emergency Response (AzCHER), and has served as a member of the board of governors for the Arizona Emergency Medical Systems (AEMS) Committee.

Research Interests & Focus

Dr. Sucher moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in 2013 to join the Acute Care Surgical Specialists trauma surgery group. Since that time, he has served as the Medical Director of Trauma at Deer Valley hospital. He has published multiple peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters on healthcare technology, abdominal wall hernias, geriatric trauma, hemorrhagic shock and surgical rib fixation.