Get to know Trauma Surgeon Dr. Thomas P. Davis, who serves patients in New Bern, North Carolina.
Dr. Davis is an experienced trauma surgeon with over three decades of experience in his field. He is affiliated with CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern, North Carolina. In regards to his educational background, Dr. Davis earned his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. He then went on to complete his residency in general surgery at the National Capital Consortium. In addition to being a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), the doctor is board-certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.
With twenty-one years of experience as a trauma surgeon, Dr. Davis specialized in all facets of his specialty. As per https://peoplepill.com/people/thomas-preston-davis/, “in 2009, Captain Davis became Head of Surgery at the Joint Health Care Clinic on the Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, SC and served there until his retirement from the Navy in October 2013.” Awards received during his career in the US Navy include Defense Meritorious Service Medal, 2 Navy/Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medals, 3 Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Joint Unit Commendation, Navy Unit Commendation, 6 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Battle “E”, 3 National Defense Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, 3 Humanitarian Service Medal, 5 Sea Service ribbon, 2 Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal, Rifle Sharpshooter ribbon, Pistol Sharpshooter ribbon, Medical Surface Warfare Officer device, and the Fleet Marine Force Officer device. For more information about Dr. Thomas P. Davis, please visit 
Thomas P. Davis, MD, FACS, is a 1990-graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina. His postgraduate training includes his general surgery residency served at the National Naval Medical Center, in Bethesda, MD (1990-1995). He then went to the US Hospital in Naples, Italy, where he served as Chief of Surgical Services (1995-1997). Dr. Davis completed his trauma surgery and critical care fellowship at Grady Memorial Hospital/Emory University in Atlanta, GA (1997-1999). Dr. Davis completed his undergraduate education, i.e. his Bachelor of Arts degree in in Chemical Engineering, at University of Maryland at College Park in 1981, where he earned induction into the Omega Chi Epsilon honor society. He then joined the DuPont corporation and worked at the Savannah River Plant in Aiken, SC in the Away-From-Reactor Storage Program. Furthermore, he trained as a US Department of Energy-certified nuclear reactor control room supervisor (1984) and served as a technical expert during the design and construction of a control room simulator prior to enrolling in medical school. For more information about Dr. Thomas P. Davis, please visit