Jeremy Ward, M.D., FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

(713) 798-8070

Email

jeremy.ward@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor of Surgery: Division of Trauma, Bariatric and Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine

Medical Director, Trauma Surgical ICU: Ben Taub Hospital

Addresses

Baylor College of Medicine (Office): One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: Pittsburgh; Acute Care Surgery

Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: Pittsburgh; Surgical Critical Care

Residency at New York University School of Medicine: New York; General Surgery

Post-Doctoral Fellowship at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston: Houston; NIH T-32 Research Fellowship

MD from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston: Houston

BA from Vanderbilt University: Nashville

Certifications

Board Certified - Surgical Critical Care: American Board of Surgery

Board Certified - General Surgery: American Board of Surgery

Honors & Awards

Dr. H. Leon Pachter Award for Teaching Excellence: NYU Department of Surgery

Early-Career Award for Excellence in Patient Care: Baylor College of Medicine

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching & Evaluation: Baylor College of Medicine

Professional Interests

Elective general surgery
Emergency general surgery
Trauma surgery
Surgical critical care

Professional Statement

Dr. Jeremy L. Ward is an associate professor of surgery in the Division of General Surgery of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. He is board-certified for both Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. His clinical interests include elective and emergency general surgery, trauma surgery, and the management of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit.

Dr. Ward earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors in mathematics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He then earned his medical degree at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He began his general surgery residency at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. During that time, he spent two years as an NIH T32 research fellow studying sepsis in murine models. He completed his final three years of residency training at NYU School of Medicine in New York City where he was chief resident at Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Ward then completed a two year Acute Care Surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, which included a Surgical Critical Care fellowship through the Department of Critical Care Medicine followed by a one year appointment as Clinical Instructor with the Division of Trauma and General Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. During this time Dr. Ward obtained additional training in the use of extracorporeal membranous oxygenation (ECMO) in the management of advanced cardiac and respiratory failure through the Department of Critical Care Medicine.

Websites

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Surgical Critical Care Residency

@DrJeremyWard

Follow Dr. Ward on Twitter

Selected Publications

Ward JL, Harting MT, Cox CS, Mercer DW. " Effects of Ketamine on Endotoxin and Traumatic Brain Injury Induced Cytokine Production in the Rat. " J Trauma. ;
Ward JL, Delano BA, Adams SD, Mercer EE, Mercer DW. " Laparotomy Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide Induced Gastric Bleeding. " Dig Dis Sci. ;
Ward JL, Adams SD, Delano BA, Clarke C, Radhakrishnan RS, Weisbrodt NW, Mercer DW. " Ketamine Suppresses LPS-induced Bile Reflux and Gastric Bleeding in the Rat. " J Trauma. ;
Suliburk JW, Ward JL, Helmer KS, Zuckerbraun BS, Mercer DW. " Ketamine Induced Hepatoprotection: The Role of Heme Oxygenase-1. " Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. ;
Ward JL, Prieto VG, Joseph A, Chevray P, Kronowitz S, Sturgis EM. " Neurothekeoma. " Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. ;
Barmparas G, Alhaj Saleh A, Huang R, Eaton BC, Bruns BR, Raines A, Bryant C, Crane CE, Scherer EP, Schroeppel TJ, Moskowitz E, Regner JL, Frazee R, Campion EM, Bartley M, Mortus JR, Ward J, Margulies DR, Dissanaike S. " Empiric antifungals do not decrease the risk for organ space infection in patients with perforated peptic ulcer " Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. ;
Pubmed PMID: 34079912.
Saleh AA, Esquivel EC, Lung JT, Eaton BC, Bruns BR, Barmparas G, Margulies DR, Raines A, Bryant C, Crane CE, Scherer EP, Schroeppel TJ, Moskowitz E, Regner J, Frazee R, Campion EM, Bartley M, Mortus J, Ward J, Almekdash MH, Dissanaike S. " Laparoscopic omental patch for perforated peptic ulcer disease reduces length of stay and complications, compared to open surgery: A SWSC multicenter study " Am J Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 31537324.
Alore EA, Ward JL, Todd SR, Wilson CT, Gordy SD, Hoffman MK, Suliburk JW. " Ideal timing of early cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: An ACS- NSQIP review " Am J Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 31493847.
Alore EA, Ward JL, Todd SR, Wilson CT, Gordy SD, Hoffman MK, Suliburk JW. " Population-level outcomes of early versus delayed appendectomy for acute appendicitis using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program " J Surg Res. ;
Pubmed PMID: 29936996.
Plurad DS, Chiu W, Raja AS, Galvagno SM, Khan U, Kim DY, Tisherman SA, Ward J, et al. " Monitoring Modalities and Assessment of Fluid Status: A Practice Management Guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) " J Trauma Acute Care Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 29019796.
Ward JL, Alarcon L, Pietzman AB. " Management of blunt liver injury: what is new " Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. ;
Pubmed PMID: 26038039.
Ward J, Amin A. " Impact of Thrombosis, Hemorrhage, and Ischemia. " Vascular Complications of Surgery and Intervention. ;
Ward J. " Intubation and Initiation of Mechanical Ventilaion (Surgical Critical Care/Fellowship Level) " The SCORE Portal. ;
Ward J, Palacio C. " Clinical Scenarios in Surgery. " ;
Arita N, Ward J, Marek P. " Pituitary, Adrenal, and Thyroid Disease in the Critically Ill Patient. " Comprehensive Critical Care: Adult. ;
Ward J, Sonnaike E. " Surgical Procedures in the Intensive Care Unit. " Common Problems in Acute Care Surgery. ;

Memberships

American College of Surgeons: Fellow