Dr. Nace is an attending pediatric surgeon with the Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery, and the Trauma Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Also at CHOP, he is a Center for Violence Prevention associate. At the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, he is an assistant professor of Surgery.

Dr. Nace conducts clinical research focusing on pediatric firearm injuries and other aspects of pediatric trauma care. He is committed to teaching pediatric trauma care and is frequently invited to give lectures and provide other educational activities.

BS, Ursinus College (biology and molecular biology/biochemistry), 2002

MD, Temple University School of Medicine, 2007

Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (General Surgery), 2014

Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC (Pediatric Surgery), 2016

Certificate, University of Pennsylvania (Health Care Innovation), 2019

Attending Surgeon

Associate, Center for Violence Prevention

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

American College of Surgeons (fellow)

American Academy of Pediatrics (fellow)

Pediatric Trauma Society

American Pediatric Surgical Association

Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society

Top Physicians, South Jersey Magazine, 2018

Best Poster at 3rd International HMGB1 Conference, 2011

Association for Academic Surgery Foundation Fellowship Research Award, 2010

W. Emory Burnett Prize in Surgery, 2007

Augustin Peale Award for Excellence in Pathology, 2005

Benjamin and Mary Siddons Measey Foundation Medical Student Scholarship, 2004

John Franklin Huber Award in Anatomy, 2004