Dr. Suemoy S. Wallace, MD, FACS

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Get to know Trauma Surgeon Dr. Suemoy S. Wallace, who serves patients in Mesa, Arizona.

A trusted trauma surgeon, Dr. Wallace tends to patients at Arizona Advanced Surgery, performing surgery at the Mesa office location.

Arizona Advanced Surgery provides patients with the highest quality surgical care in the areas of general surgery, bariatric surgery, breast surgery, colon and rectal surgery, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, trauma surgery and vascular surgery. Their surgeons offer the latest in surgical techniques and deliver a remarkable standard of care.

Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Wallace attended St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada for her undergraduate and medical education, earning her medical degree in 2004. After relocating to the United States, she completed her residency in general surgery at Ascension St. John Hospital and Medical Center in 2009. She then went on to obtain further training as a fellow in surgical critical care and acute care surgery at the University of Connecticut, Hartford Hospital and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center respectively, completing her training in 2011.

Recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the doctor is board-certified in general surgery and surgical critical care from the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an organization that provides board certification to qualified physicians who specialize in the use of surgery to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

In her professional experience, Dr. Wallace can be found on staff at Banner Desert Medical Center, and Banner Ocotillo Medical Center. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics and Mercy Medical Center in Iowa before heading to Arizona to work as a trauma surgeon in 2014.

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and other body systems. A general surgeon performs a wide range of surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and biliary disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care.

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