Dr. Holden Spivak specializes in Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, as well as Advanced Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive, Abdominal Wall, and Foregut Surgery.
He earned his undergraduate degree from George Washington University in 2014, where he later continued his medical education at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, graduating with his Doctor of Medicine in 2018. Dr. Spivak completed his General Surgery Residency at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2023. He then pursued subspecialty training with a Trauma Surgery and Critical Care Fellowship at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in 2024, followed by an Advanced GI, Minimally Invasive, Abdominal Wall, Bariatric, and Foregut Surgery Fellowship at Stony Brook University in 2025. His career goal is to expand the use of minimally invasive techniques in emergency general surgery, trauma surgery, and elective surgical practice.
Dr. Spivak’s clinical and academic interests include the application of minimally invasive surgical approaches to emergency and trauma surgery, damage control resuscitation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in trauma, and abdominal wall hernia management.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Spivak enjoys tennis and golf—and as a fun fact, he once appeared as an extra in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Specialties
- Trauma / Surgical Critical Care
- General Surgery
- Hernia Repair
- Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- Upper GI
Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery
Education:
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
Residency:
General Surgery - The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
Fellowship:
Trauma Surgery and Critical Care - University of Maryland Medical Center/R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD
Advanced GI, Minimally Invasive, Abdominal Wall, Bariatrics, and Foregut Surgery, Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
Hospital Affiliations:
The Miriam Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital
