Mike M Mallah, MD

Dr. Mike M. Mallah is a double-board certified fellowship-trained trauma and acute care surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. He specializes in the care of both critically ill patients and patients with traumatic injuries. Dr. Mallah has extensive knowledge of how to manage complex injuries and delivers compassionate care to help his trauma patients through their journey of recovery. Dr. Mallah 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.

He …has published articles in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the General Surgery News, and presented at several regional, national, and international conferences, including chapters of the American College of Surgeons and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

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.

Dr. Mallah has certification and course training in Robotic Surgery, Advanced Burn Life Support, Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma, Advanced Trauma Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Trauma Operative Management, Disaster Management and Emergency Preparedness.