After graduating from McGill University Medical School in Montréal, Dr. Gries completed her general surgery residency training at the University of Colorado in Denver, Colorado. During residency she completed a general surgery basic science fellowship and went on to train as a Critical Care, Trauma, and Acute Care Surgery Fellow at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She joined the Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Burn and Emergency General Surgery in 2011. She enjoys caring for injured and critically ill patients and their families as well as an elective practice focusing on hernias, ostomies, and gallbladder disease.