Clinical Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest 
clinical and translational research in trauma and general surgery, hemorrhage control, complex abdominal pathology, infectious complications, educational innovation using cognitive retention tools

Biography

Dr. Eliot Gagne is an active duty surgeon with the United States Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST) based out of UAB. He joined UAB in 2025, when he became a clinical assistant professor with the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.

Before coming to UAB, he was a general surgeon at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), University Medical Center, and the Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center. Prior to that, he was a general surgeon at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and the David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base.

Dr. Gagne earned his medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine. He then completed his surgical internship at UC Davis and his general surgery residency at UNLV.

Honors and Awards

Administrative Chief Resident, UNLV

Burn Surgery Outstanding Resident Award, UNLV

Select Publications

Gagne, E., Grieco, M., Myers, S., Guenther, T. Idiopathic adult intestinal intussusception: a rare cause of an acute surgical abdomen. Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2020, rjaa542.

Gagne, E. Regulation of microRNA-199 Upon Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Zebrafish. Honors College Thesis, University of Maine, 2016.

Education

Medical School
Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency
UC Davis (internship) & University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Contact

Phone
Patient Appointments and Questions: 205-975-7521