Dr. Sandra R. DiBrito is a general surgery resident at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Originally from Colorado, she earned a B.S. from the University of Denver, and her M.D. from Boston University School of Medicine. She is currently a PhD candidate in Clinical Investigations at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focuses primarily on clinical outcomes, quality improvement, and surgical education. Following her PhD, she intends to pursue a trauma/acute care surgery fellowship. Dr. DiBrito is supported by a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Dr. Sandra DiBrito’s paper “A Comprehensive Choosing Wisely Quality Improvement Initiative Reduces Unnecessary Transfusions in an Academic Department of Surgery” received the 2017 Scanlan Family – AWS AJS Best Paper Award.