Rachel Ann Hight, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Retired Colonel, United States Air Force
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Department
Locations and Contact
UC Davis Medical Center
UC Davis Medical Center - Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284)
Philosophy of Care
Dr. Hight strives to treat all her patients as well as she would want her own family members treated, and helps to foster this same focus in her surgical teams. She has a particular interest in helping people develop their highest potential.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Hight is a board-certified trauma/critical care and general surgeon. She has over 15 years of clinical and leadership experience with the United States Air Force in various roles spanning the globe in a variety of settings, including two deployments to Afghanistan, in a nearly 30-year career. Dr. Hight arrived at UC Davis in 2010 while concurrently serving in the USAF at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, CA and retired in 2019 in the rank of Colonel. Dr. Hight is the UC Davis military-civilian partnership liaison and is the focal point for helping the two health systems leverage the high-volume, high-acuity clinical experience at UC Davis to optimize the Department of Defense's military medical readiness platform through exposure to currency cases with individual and team-based solutions.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Hight has a passion for trauma skills and pre-hospital medical training, surgical education and communication, emergency hemorrhage control techniques, and disaster preparedness. Her favorite teaching environment is with small groups in a hands' on learning experience.
Division
Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Center/Program Affiliation
Trauma Program
Undergraduate School
United States Air Force Academy, USAF Academy CO 1994
Medical School
M.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda MD 1998
Internship
General Surgery, Keesler Medical Center, Keesler AFB, Biloxi MS 1998-1999
Residency
General Surgery, Keelser Medical Center, Keesler AFB, Biloxi MS 1999-2003
Fellowship
Surgical Critical Care, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati OH 2008-2009
Outstanding Faculty Educator, UC Davis Medical Center, 2013
Legion of Merit, United States Air Force,
Bronze Star, United States Air Force,
Meritorious Service Medal, United States Air Force,
Afghanistan Campaign Medal, United States Air Force,
NATO ISAF Medal, United States Air Force,
Global War on Terrorism Medal, United States Air Force,
Anderson JE, Farmer DL, Hight RA, Galante JM. Achieving Zero Preventable Deaths: A Model of a Military-Civilian Medical Training Partnership. Bulletin Amer Coll Surg. 2018 Jun 1;103(6):10-14.
Johnson MA, Neff LP, Williams TK, DuBose JJ; EVAC Study Group. Partial resuscitative balloon occlusion of the aorta (P-REBOA): Clinical technique and rationale. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Nov;81(5 Suppl 2 Proceedings of the 2015 Military Health System Research Symposium):S133-S137. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000001146. PMID:27244578.
Russo RM, Zakaluzny SA, Neff LP, Grayson JK, Hight RA, Galante JM, Shatz DV. A pilot study of chest tube versus pigtail catheter drainage of acute hemothorax in swine. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Dec;79(6):1038-43; discussion 1043. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000000693. PMID:26317812.
Hight RA, Salcedo ES, Martin SP, Cocanour CS, Utter G, Galante JM. Level I academic trauma center integration as a model for sustaining combat surgical skills: The right surgeon in the right place for the right time. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Jun;78(6):1176-81. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000000649. PMID:26151520.
Hines JF, Thomas AR, Call R, Satin AJ, Armstrong AY, Haffner WH. Development and use of military-unique standardized gynecology patients in military undergraduate medical education. Mil Med. 1999 Apr;164(4):280-2. PMID:10226455.