Chance Smith

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5808 Glass Mountain Blvd  |   Idaho Falls, ID 83404  | Cell Phone: (208) 716-3869 | Email: [email protected]

Work

• Steele Lake Surgery – Idaho Falls, ID
  • General/trauma Surgeon at Level 2 Trauma Center
  • August 2025 – Present Time

Education

• Board Certified General Surgeon by American College of Surgeons
  • March 2026 – Present
• University of Kansas – Wichita, Wichita, KS
  • General Surgery Resident – Graduated
  • July 1, 2020 –June 30, 2025
  • Extensive time spent on trauma, MIS and robotic surgery, burn/wound surgery, bariatric surgery, breast and colorectal surgery
• Pacific Northwest University, College of Osteopathic Medicine (PNWU-COM), Yakima, WA
  • D.O.
  • 2016-2020
  • Class Rank: Top 15% (Junior Year) 
• Heritage University, Toppenish, WA
  •  Masters of Arts Medical Science: 2015-2016
  •  4.0 GPA
• Carroll College, Helena, MT
  • Bachelor of Science in Biology: 2012-2014
  • Dean’s List 2012-2014
• University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  •  2010-2012
  • Dean’s List 2010-2012

Honors and Awards:

• KU Medical School Resident Teaching Award, November 2022
  • Outstanding award to residents who devote time and excellence teaching medical students.
• WellSpan Externship in Emergency Medicine, WellSpan Hospital, York, PA June 2017
  • 1 of 4 Medical students selected Nationwide during the summer between 1^st and 2^nd year
    • Contact: Dr. Matt Stephens; Email: [email protected]; Cell Phone: (507)-814-7456
  • Obtained dozens of histories and conducted physical exams daily, started IV’s, drew blood, cleaned, numbed, debrided, and sutured lacerations and abscesses, assisted residents and attendings in patient care at a Level 1 Trauma Center, gave patient presentations to residents and attendings, interpreted dozens of ECGs
  • Attended weekly didactics and skills labs, gave case presentations to attendings at grand rounds, participated in Ultrasound CME at the Wilderness Medicine extravaganza
• Sigma Sigma Phi, National Osteopathic Medical School Honor Society, February 2017
  • 1 of 12 students selected out of 150 students
  • Acceptance based on ranking in the top 1/3 of my medical class and extracurricular activities 
• Collegiate Football Scholarship 2010-2014
  • Played for University of Idaho and Carroll College
  • 3/3 Academic All-Conference 2011-2014
• National College Honor Society 2010-2014
• Academic All-American NCAA 2010-2012

Leadership Experience

• Student Ambassador, PNWU-COM, 2017-Present
  • Responsible for recruiting students, holding interviews and photoshoots for recruitment, running tours and Q&A panels for prospective students, and collaborating with leaders at PNWU to help recruit potential donors
  • Conducted an individual interview in school’s official recruitment video 
• National Liaison, Emergency Medicine Club 2017-2018
  • Facilitated multi-team mass casualty training event with Yakima FD, PD, EMS, and life flight network
  • Taught suturing clinics for current medical students
  • Skills lab teaching for intubation, splinting, ECG lead placements, and IV access
• Vice President, Sigma Sigma Phi Honors Society Club 2017-2018
  • Application selection and acceptance presentation for newly inducted class
  • Helped facilitate and coordinate school and city events
• Secretary, Diagnostic Medicine Club 2017-2018
  • Kept track of financial funding for club, documentation, coordinating and promoting events

Licensure/Certifications

• ABSITE 2025 – 99^th Percentile nationwide

• ABSITE 2024 – 95^th Percentile nationwide
• ABSITE 2023 – 88^th Percentile nationwide
• ABSITE 2022 – 84^th Percentile nationwide
• ABSITE 2021 – 91^st percentile nationwide
• USMLE Step 1 & 2 Pass
• COMLEX Level 1, 2 & 3 Pass
• COMLEX PE Pass
• ATLS Certification 2020-Present
• ABLS Certification 2020-Present
• PALS Certification, American Heart Association 2020-Present
• ACLS Certification, American Heart Association 2018-Present
• BLS Certification 2019, American Heart Association 2019-Present
• EPIC Certificate 2018
• Team STEPPS Certificate, Masters Training 2016
• Citi Training Certificate 2016

Presentations and Research

• TAP Blocks Compared to Length of Stay and Morphine Equivalence Used in Surgery Patients – Presented at Southwest Surgery Conference April, 2025
• ERAS protocol and Morphine Equivalence Post Operatively 2021
• Academic Case Presentation, Wellspan Residency, York, PA 2017
• Poster Presentation at Heritage University 2016
• Poster Presentation at Carroll College 2014

Professional Memberships/Affiliations

• American College of Surgery (ACS)
• American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS)
• Student Osteopathic Surgeon Association
• American Osteopathic Association (AOA)

Personal Interests

• Avid wakeboarder
• Sports enthusiast and intermural anything 
• Gym devotee
• Lover of all things outdoors