Dick C. Kuo, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM, Chair of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Dick Kuo is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and completed his medical training at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. After a surgical internship at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, he completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Maryland where he stayed on as faculty for 15 years. At the University of Maryland he served as medical director for the Department of Emergency Medicine and before departing for Baylor College of Medicine he was the co-chair for Emergency Medicine Faculty Development. He is currently a member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Faculty Development Committee and an oral board examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine. His research Interests include cardiovascular disorders, such as ACS, heart failure and stroke, clinical effectiveness and testing in the emergency department, and competency in education.
Malford Tyson Pillow, M.D., M.Ed., Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Achievement
Dr. Tyson Pillow completed medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in 2006 and his residency training at the University of Chicago in 2009. He joined the Baylor faculty in 2009 and helped build the emergency medicine program. He completed his Masters of Education with focus on health professions education at the University of Houston in 2011. Before becoming the residency program director, Dr. Pillow served as the clerkship director, assistant program director, and then associate program director. He also currently serves as the medical director for the simulation and standardized patient program in the Office of Undergraduate Medical Education at Baylor. Dr. Pillow's interests include presentation design, feedback, social media, and technology in education. Since returning to Baylor, Dr. Pillow has won numerous teaching awards including the Council of Residency Directors in EM National Teaching Faculty Award in 2012.
Zubaid Rafique, MD FACEP, Vice Chair of Research and Associate Professor
Dr. Zubaid Rafique serves as the Vice Chair of Research and an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his residency training in emergency medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital before his faculty appointment at Baylor in 2010.
Dr. Rafique's primary research focus is on the acute care management of hyperkalemia and its electrocardiographic manifestations. He also works on novel biomarkers and medical devices to improve diagnostic accuracy and patient care in the acute setting. He has served as a principal investigator for national clinical trials and has conducted studies with both industry and NIH funding. His scholarly work includes nearly 100 peer-reviewed publications and numerous presentations at national and international scientific meetings. Dr. Rafique also serves as the Editor for the Emergency Medicine section of the Annals of Medicine.
Greg Buehler, M.D., M.B.A., Vice Chair of Clinical Operations and Quality
Dr. Buehler is a board-certified emergency medicine physician who is currently vice-chair for Operations and Quality in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Previously, he served as the regional medical director for Acute Care Services for the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He went on to complete a fellowship in administration at Christiana Care in Delaware and received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee.
