Faculty

Education

• M.D., University of the Philippines College of Medicine, 1968-1972

• B.S., Pre-Med. University of the Philippines, 1964-1968

Residency

• Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Fellowship

• Hematopathology, Indiana University at Muncie, Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana, 1979-1980

Specialty

• Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

• Hematopathology

Board Certification

• American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

• American Board of Pathology, Hematopathology

Area of Interest

• Hematopathology

• Resident and medical student teaching

Current Position

• Chief of Pathology, Ben Taub General Hospital

• Medical Director, Hematology Laboratory, Ben Taub General Hospital

• Medical Director, Flow Cytometry Laboratory, Ben Taub

• Medical Director, Specimen Processing and Reference Section, Ben Taub

• Medical Director, Community Health Program, Clinical Laboratories

Professional Positions Held

• College of American Pathologists, International commission, Laboratory Accreditation Program

• Ad Hoc reviewer, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Honors and Awards

• Faculty Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching, Clinical Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, 2000 – 2001 (presented by Baylor residents)

• Faculty Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching, Clinical Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1999 – 2000 (presented by Baylor residents)

• Faculty Award for Outstanding Teacher, PA Program, 2000 (Commencement Award)

Membership on professional organizations

• College of American pathologists

• American Society of Clinical Pathologists

• Society for Hematopathology

• European Society for Haematopathology

Representative Publications

1. Hirshberg A, Banez E, et al: Minimizing dilutional coagulopathy in exsanguinating hemorrhage - a computer simulation. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, September 26, 2002, Orlando, Florida
2. CM Herman, Y delaGarza, P Diaz, E Banez, W Shandera, C White, I Shahab. Neurocystercercosis: A clinicopathologic study of 14 cases with immunohistochemistry. IAP, 1998
3. Kamat SG, Konstantopoulos K, Hellums JD, Banez EI, Schafer AI: Shear-induced platelet aggregation in humans is inhibited by Integrelin, a cyclic heptapeptide antagonist of GP IIb/IIIa. AHA, 67th Scientific Sessions, Nov 1994
4. Banez EI, Hellums JD: Shear -induced platelet aggregation in humans is inhibited by infusion of an anti-glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antibody. American Heart ssociation 67th Scientific Session, Nov 1994
5. Konstantopoulos K, Grotta JC, Udden M, Banez EI, Hellums JD: Shear stress induced activation and aggregation of platelets from normal subjects and stroke patients. XIVth Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis, June 1994
6. Banez EI, Hellums JD: Flow cytometric studies of platelet activation and aggregation induced by shear stress. 11th Annual Conf, Biomedical Engineering, Houston Tx, Feb 1993