Mike M. Mallah, M.D., is a double-board certified fellowship-trained trauma and acute care surgeon who specializes in the care of both critically ill patients and patients with traumatic injuries. He is also a general surgeon experienced in minimally invasive procedures to treat patients with hernias and other complex general surgery issues.
Dr. Mallah has as a strong interest in global surgery and surgical education and serves MUSC as the Director of the Global Surgery Program. He has operated on five continents and traveled to over 55 countries. Not only did this work expose him to pathology and surgical technique not often seen or practiced in the United States, but it also allowed him to gain an understanding about barriers and lack of access to safe surgical and anesthesia care.
Dr. Mallah earned an undergraduate degree in Biology with a Chemistry minor and his medical degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then completed General Surgery Residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC and a Trauma/Surgical Critical Care fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University's Level I Trauma Center in Richmond, VA.
