Maxwell Presser, MD, MPH
Postdoctoral Scholar
Surgery
School of Medicine

415-242-1790

Dr. Maxwell Presser is a general surgery resident at the University of California, Davis. He is interested in injury prevention among marginalized populations, especially violence prevention programs. His research focuses on hospital-based violence intervention programs and other violence prevention strategies, implementing trauma-informed care in surgical settings, and disabilities among survivors of violence.

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He works closely with the Wraparound Project, San Francisco General Hospital’s hospital-based violence intervention program, and The Better Lab, a human-centered design healthcare research center. In addition to his research endeavors, he is pursuing a certificate in Implementation Science and takes occasional general surgery call. NCSP has been instrumental in exposing Dr. Presser to new research methodologies, exploring how to incorporate health equity into surgery, and providing frameworks to tackle complex problems in healthcare with a systematic approach. He enjoys spending time with his golden retriever, Bruce.

Research Interests: Injury and violence prevention, hospital-based violence intervention programs, and trauma-informed care, human-centered design, addressing social needs among surgical patients

Awards

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  • Graduate Medical Education High Value Competition Award, University of California, Davis, 2024-2026
  • 20forTwenty Annual Meeting Scholarship, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 2024
  • Medical Student Annual Meeting Scholarship, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 2020
  • Benjamin Franklin Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2014

Education & Training

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  • General Surgery Residency University of California, Davis 06/2028
  • Certificate in Implementation Science National Clinician Scholars Program Research Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 06/2026
  • MD, MPH Medicine, Public Health University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 05/2021
  • BA Health & Societies University of Pennsylvania 05/2014

Interests

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  • Injury prevention
  • Violence prevention
  • Firearm violence
  • Gun violence
  • Public health
  • Trauma surgery
  • Hospital based violence intervention programs

Websites

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Publications (2)

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