Heather Vallier
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Orthopaedic trauma resuscitation guidelines
First female OTA president
Cleveland Clinic
Heather Audrey Vallier | |
|---|---|
| Known for | Early appropriate care Orthopaedic trauma resuscitation guidelines First female OTA president |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Orthopaedic surgery |
| Institutions | MetroHealth Cleveland Clinic |
Heather A. Vallier is an American orthopaedic surgeon at Cleveland Clinic and was the 36th president of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and the first ever female president. She is known for developing early appropriate care, the resuscitation criteria now used globally to determine when polytraumatized patients are optimized for orthopaedic trauma surgical intervention.
She completed undergraduate studies at Northwestern University in 1989. She later graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine.[1]
Vallier subsequently completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Wisconsin. She later followed by a fellowship in orthopaedic traumatology at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.[2]
Career
Vallier worked at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland as the Clyde L. Nash, MD Jr. Professor of Orthopaedic Education, prior to being recruited to the Cleveland Clinic in 2024.[3][4]