About me
Dr. Scott G. Sagraves was born in New Britain, CT and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biology. He served his community as an EMT/Paramedic for ten years and was an Auxiliary Police Officer with the New Britain Police Department Dive/Rescue Team. Dr Sagraves received his Medical Doctorate degree from the Chicago Medical School in 1993. Dr. Sagraves completed an Internship and Residency in General Surgery at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ where he was recognized as the Resident of the Year. Dr. Sagraves continued his training at Orlando Regional Medical Center where he completed a two-year Fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care. Dr. Sagraves is board certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. Upon completion of his Fellowship in 2000, Dr. Sagraves joined the faculty at East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine and ascended to rank of Associate Professor with tenure. He was Chief of the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, while serving as the Trauma Medical Director for the healthcare system. Dr. Sagraves received numerous recognitions and awards for his teaching while at ECU, including the University of North Carolina Board of Governor’s Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award. Nationally, Dr. Sagraves has served as the Vice Chair and Chair of the North Carolina ACS Chapter of the Committee on Trauma (ACSCOT), as well as serving on the Missouri Committee on Trauma from 2012 – 2017. He is currently a member of the South Texas ACSCOT. He has been on the Executive Board of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) as that organization’s President-elect in 2012 after serving six years on the EAST Board as the Local Arrangements and Future Meeting Chairman. Dr. Sagraves assumed the Presidency of EAST in January 2013 for that year. Dr. Sagraves is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and he is a member of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). In 2012, Dr. Sagraves joined the faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine as a Professor of Surgery and served as the Chief of the Acute Care Surgery Division for the Department of Surgery and as the Trauma Medical Director for Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City. In August 2017, Dr. Sagraves accepted the position of Medical Director for Trauma Services within the Central TX Division of the Baylor Scott and White Healthcare System, overseeing nine trauma centers in Central Texas. He is the medical director for the System Trauma Committee which has membership of 19 trauma centers. The Surgical Residents recognized him as an outstanding role model in 2021. He was the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the Central TX RAC and is a member of the Trauma Systems Committee of the Governor’s EMS and Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC). Dr. Sagraves was on the American College of Surgeon’s Central Committee on Trauma from March 2020 – 2026. Dr. Sagraves received a Distinguish Service Award for his leadership as the Chair of the Verification, Review, Consultation (VRC) Program of the ACSCOT from 2024 - 2026. He has been a VRC site reviewer since 2013. He and his wife have four children and three grandchildren and currently reside in Belton, TX.
