Deborah M. Stein MD, MPH, earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University, her Medical Degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and her Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health with certificates in both Injury Control and Heath Policy.  She completed her general surgery residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Fellowship in Trauma/Surgical Critical Care at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.  She is Board Certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care and has Subspecialty Certification from the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties in Neurocritical Care.  She is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Critical Care Medicine

Upon completion of her fellowship in 2004, Dr. Stein joined the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine where she rose to become the R Adams Cowley Professor in Shock and Trauma in 2016.  Dr. Stein served in a number of roles at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center including Medical Director for Neurotrauma Critical Care, Medical Director for the Trauma Resuscitation Unit, Co-Director of the Neurotrauma Center for the State of Maryland, and as the Chief of Trauma at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. In 2019, Dr. Stein was recruited to the position of Vice Chair of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery at the UCSF Department of Surgery and Chief of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.  In the Fall of 2021, Dr. Stein rejoined the University of Maryland School of Medicine as Professor of Surgery with tenure and Director of Adult Critical Care Services for the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Dr. Stein has authored over 240 peer-reviewed articles and 26 book chapters.  Her national service includes active participation in major trauma, critical care, and surgical societies including serving as the President-Elect for the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and Vice-Chair for the Trauma, Burn, and Surgical Critical Care Board of the American Board of Surgery and Chair of the Research Committee for the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma.  She also serves as a Deputy Editor for the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and is the Chair of the Certifying Exam Committee for the Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care Board.  Dr. Stein’s research interests are in the fields of traumatic brain injury, hemorrhagic shock, biomechanics of injury, and functional outcomes following traumatic injury.  She is currently Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on four federally funded grants.