Samuel Jones, MD, FACS

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Get to know Critical Care Specialist Dr. Samuel Jones, who serves patients in Richmond, Virginia.

A skilled critical care specialist, Dr. Jones is affiliated with the Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America, serving as the Burn Medical Director at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.

At Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America, they strive to give patients back as much of their lives as possible. This means they help them go beyond simply surviving an injury, so that they progress to truly thriving after being discharged. Their system offers unsurpassed care that extends beyond the walls of their burn centers, beginning with an initial injury through long-term rehabilitation—ensuring no patient is turned away.

Graduating with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Guilford College in 1987, Dr. Jones obtained his Master of Arts degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1993. He earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995, and completed his internship at the Portsmouth Naval Medical Center in 1996.

Subsequently, he went on to complete two consecutive residencies in general surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in 1999 and 2002, respectively. Later, he returned to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he completed his fellowships in surgical critical care in 2007, and trauma/burn surgery in 2008.

Distinguished as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the doctor is board-certified in surgical critical care and general 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.

Intensive care medicine, also called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. Critical care specialists provide around-the-clock care in highly-stressful situations within intensive care units (ICUs) in hospitals or trauma centers to the most seriously injured or ill patients.

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