David Morris Notrica MD, FACS, FAAP

Dr. David Notrica is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated Cum Laude from Duke University in 1988 and Emory University School of Medicine in 1992 where he was class president and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. He completed his General Surgery residency training at Emory University in 1997 and his Pediatric Surgery Fellowship training at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston in 1999. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Mayo Clinic Medical School, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, and Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Phoenix Children's Hospital. He was one of the founding members of the ATOMAC pediatric research network.

Dr.Notrica was Chairman of Surgery at Phoenix Children's Hospital before becoming Chief of Staff in 2006. He has been identified multiple times as a Top Doc by Phoenix Magazine, Best Doctors, and was named a Healthcare Hero by the Phoenix Business Journal in 2014. He co-founded and co-chairs the Western Pediatric Trauma Conference, the Southwest Trauma and Acute Care Symposium, and Trauma Conference International. Dr.Notrica developed and continues to direct the Level 1 Trauma Center for Phoenix Children's Hospital. This program is the only ACS-Verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in the state of Arizona. He is currently working with UT-Houston on an NIH-funded trauma study using bone marrow stem cells to mitigate traumatic brain injury.