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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2011

Erik G. Van Eaton, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - Surgical Critical Care

Society Memberships

  • Soc of Critical Care Med

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

1860 NE Ravenna Blvd

Seattle, WA 98105

United States

Contact Information

Biography

Dr. Van Eaton is an associate professor of surgery and surgical critical care at the University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He provides clinical care for trauma and general surgery patients as well as for surgical ICU patients. Trained in biomedical informatics, Dr. Van Eaton conducts research in clinical informatics as an adjunct faculty member in the University of Washington Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Critical Care

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • skin and soft tissue infections

Trauma/Injury Procedures

  • abdominal wall reconstruction

Hospital Appointments

Harborview Medical Center

Seattle, WA

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

08/2009—Present

University of Washington Medical Center

Seattle, WA

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

08/2009—Present

Academic Appointments

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

Assistant Professor

08/2009—06/2014

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

Associate Professor

07/2014—Present