Natasha Keric, MD

Natasha Keric, MD, is an Associate Professor and the chief of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery. She previously served as the Surgery Clerkship Director. She practices Trauma and Critical Care Surgery at Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix.

Dr. Keric supports and holds leadership positions in surgical education at a local, regional, and national level. She serves on education committees for the Association for Surgical Education, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Society of Critical Care Medicine (Vice Chair role) and the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Surgeons (Chair role).

Dr. Keric has a passion for program innovation and curricular design. She has recently been appointed Chair of the first Program Evaluation Committee at College. She has co-authored for the ACS/ASE Medical Student Curriculum and leads her institution as one of the beta testing sites in launching this national curriculum in her clerkship. She created and currently directs the inaugural Surgical Intern Readiness Bootcamp at the College, which serves as a pilot testing site for the ACS/ASE/APDS National Resident Prep Curriculum.

Dr. Keric enjoys mentorship of students, residents, and faculty and is currently enrolled in a faculty coaching program at Banner - University Phoenix. She has won numerous awards for teaching, innovation, and leadership.

Dr. Keric attended medical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago and completed general surgery residency at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Temple. She obtained fellowship training in Trauma and Critical Care at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland.

• Southwestern Surgical Congress
• The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST)
• Western Trauma Association
• Gold Humanism Honor
• American College of Surgeons                                                                  
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma                  
• Phoenix Surgical Society                                                                              
• Association for Surgical Education
• Association for Academic Surgery
• American College of Surgeons, Arizona Chapter                                
• AlphaOmegaAlpha
• Society of Critical Care Medicine