Bracken Armstrong, MD

Contact Info

• Tampa General Hospital
  1 Tampa General Circle, G-417
  Tampa FL 33606
• Academic Email: brackenarmstrong@usf.edu
• Academic Phone: (813) 844-7968
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Education

Biography

Dr. Armstrong is board certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care and specializes in Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, Burns, and Critical Care. He is a current Assistant Professor of Surgery at University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, working at Tampa General Hospital. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed surgical residency at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. He then completed three clinical fellowships in Surgical Critical Care, Burn, and Acute Care Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He has held academic clinical teaching positions at the schools of medicine at Vanderbilt, Saint Louis University, and Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Armstrong serves in the United States Air Force. He deployed to Afghanistan, Bagram Air Field, Craig Joint Theater Hospital as the Trauma Czar / Medical Director in 2019-2020. He was an instructor at the St. Louis Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) from 2018 to 2023. He is the current Trauma Medical Director for US Central Command (CENTCOM).

Recent Publications

• Gurney JM, Armstrong BA, Martinez JG, et al. Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guideline: Transfusion of Type A Whole Blood for the Role 3. , 2025.
• Armstrong BA, Lorch SM, Diaz JJ. Sternal Fracture Management. VSI: Rib Fracture Management. Current Problems in Surgery. 64(101725) , 2025.
• Brocke T, Armstrong B. Wound Care. The Washington Manual of Surgery, 9e. , 2023.
• Oduyale O, Armstrong B, McCool J, Kirby J. Burn Care. The Washington Manual of Surgery, 9e. , 2023.
• Armstrong BA (Contributor). DoD COVID-19 Practice Management Guide: Clinical Management of COVID-19, version 7.0. Defense Health Agency, Department of Defense. , 2021.
• Armstrong BA. Damage Control Concepts and Principles (Damage Control Resuscitation). Emergency War Surgery Course, 5th Edition. Defense Health Agency, Joint Trauma System Battlefield Education Program. , 2018.
• Armstrong BA, Guidry C, May AK. Surgical Complications in the ICU. Acute Care Surgery, 2e.. , 2018.
• Armstrong BA, Betzold RD, May AK. Sepsis and Septic Shock Strategies Surg Clin North Am. 97(6) : 1339-1379, 2017.