Nathan Polite, D.O., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.O.S.

Nathan Polite, D.O., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.O.S., is an associate professor within the Department of Surgery. Prior to joining the USA Health trauma program in 2021, he served in the trauma medical director role for three years at a level 2 trauma center in Marietta, GA.

He has spent much of his time from 2017-2019 collaborating with law enforcement in community education on the American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleed initiative. This included developing Bleeding Control Kits for all K-12 public schools in the State of Georgia.

Polite has interest in faith-based surgical mission trips. He has provided surgical services and resident education in Galmi, Niger, in Africa with the Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons team.

His medical interests include resuscitation and coagulopathy of the injured patient, quality improvement processes in trauma, trauma education, and injury prevention.

Honors

• Inducted as Fellow of The American College of Surgeons (2020)
• Featured in Cobb County (GA) Medical SocietyScripts Magazine (2019)
• Selected for Physician Leadership Academy-Wellstar Health System/ Kennesaw State University School of Business (2019)
• Inducted as Fellow of The American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (2015)
• Annual Clinician of Excellence Award-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine-Georgia Campus (2015)
• Induction into Louisiana State University Isidore Cohn-James Rives Surgical Society (2014)
• Robert C. Erwin Literary Award-1^st Place-American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (2013)
• 1^st Place Podium Presentation Winner-Grant Medical Center Research Symposium (2013)
• Advanced Anatomical Services Mastery of Teaching Award -Surgery Resident Anatomy Instructor (2013)
• Power of One Recognition for Exceptional Patient Care -OhioHealth (2010, 2012)

1. Urmil Pandya, Nathan Polite, Teresa Wood, Michael Lieber. Increased Total Serum Random Cortisol Levels Predict Mortality in Critically Ill Trauma Patients. The American Surgeon. Volume 80, Number 11, November 2014, pp. 1112-1118(7).
2. Greiffenstein, Patrick¹; Polite, Nathan¹; Lindfors, Dennis²; Forrette, Terry³; Glynn, Gary⁴; Maher, Mary⁵; Marr, Alan^6,1 Postural Drainage Is An Effective Alternative To Bronchoscopy for Treatment of Mucus Plugging. Critical Care Medicine: December 2013.
3. Polite NM¹, Brown R, Braveman J. Case Report: The Use of Laser Lithotripsy Status Post Cholecystostomy Tube Placement Without Interval Cholecystectomy for Calculous Cholecystitis in a Patient Unfit for General Anesthesia. Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy, and Percutaneous Technique 2013 Dec; 23(6):e229-31.