Dane Scantling, DO, MPH, FACS

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Scantling is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, the Trauma Medical Director and a Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon at Boston Medical Center. He began his medical career in prehospital medicine as a firefighter and paramedic. This was followed by a master’s degree in public health, his doctorate, residency and fellowship in trauma and acute care surgery. He then completed additional epidemiology and biostatistics training at the University of Pennsylvania. Today, he has an academic career with an emphasis on clinical research, primarily relating to access to trauma care and the prevention of firearm violence. He has received internal funding as well as support from the American College of Surgeons (C. James Carrico, MD, FACS, Faculty Research Fellowship for the Study of Trauma and Critical Care), the National Institutes of Health (Health Disparities LRP from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities), and the Stepping Strong Foundation.

Publications

  • Published 5/19/2026

    Counihan D, Byrne J, Poulson M, Hatchimonji J, Hynes A, Seamon M, Holena D, Torres C, Saillant N, Scantling D. Closure of an urban level 1 trauma center and firearm assault mortality: The death of Hahnemann University Hospital. Surgery. 2026 May 19; 110239. PMID: 42156264.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 5/14/2026

    Madakasira SS, Stolarski AE, Saillant NN, Scantling DR, Sanchez SE, Ong CJ, Feldman J, Sperry JL, Torres CM. Whole Blood-Based Resuscitation and Mortality in Patients with Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Jun 01; 242(6):1683-1694. PMID: 41677120.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/20/2026

    Kang H, Ong C, Kenzik K, Boyle T, Scantling D, Saillant NN, Feldman J, Torres CM. Association of plasma transfusion timing with mortality among patients with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage across US adult civilian trauma centers. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Apr 20. PMID: 42018712.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/20/2026

    Kang D, Smith S, Torres CM, Hynes A, Janeway MG, Allee L, Buck AK, Theodore S, Seamon M, Scantling DR. Filling gaps or filling wallets? The role of for-profit medicine in the US trauma system. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Apr 20. PMID: 42018709.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/1/2026

    Poulson MR, Benjamin A, Scantling DR. Firearm Mortality and Equitable Access to Trauma Care in Chicago. JAMA Surg. 2026 Apr 01; 161(4):406-411. PMID: 41739460.

    Read at: PubMed

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Education

  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, DO
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst, MPH
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst, BS

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