Jose Gregorio Casar, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Clinic): 6720 Bertner Ave.
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-9910

Education

MD from Universidad La Salle: 01/1978 - Ciudad, Mexico

Residency at Instituto Nacional de Nutricion: 01/1984 - Mexico City; Internal Medicine

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine: 01/1987 - Houston; Pulmonary Medicine

Internship at Emory University School of Medicine: Atlanta

Certifications

Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine

Pulmonary Disease: American Board of Internal Medicine

Critical Care Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

Pulmonary Disease
Critical Care Medicine

Professional Statement

Dr. Jose Gregorio Casar received his medical degree from the Universidad La Salle School of Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico, in 1978. He completed an internship at Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta in 1979, and returned to Mexico to complete additional studies at the Universidad La Salle, Physiology Department and the Instituto Nacional De Nutricion, Critical Care Medicine in 1980. Dr. Casar then completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Instituto Nacional de Nutricion in 1984. Following this, he came to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to do a fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine which he completed in 1987.

Dr. Casar is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine. He sees inpatients only on the Cardiothoracic, General Thoracic and Vascular services at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Websites

Dr. Casar's Care Centers

Selected Publications

Casar G, Wilson RK. " Respiratory Acid Base Disorders. In Suki, W.N., Massry, S.G.: Therapy of Renal Diseases and Related Disorders. " Martinus Nijhuff Publishings. ;
Harati Y, Kinkan E, Casar G. " Adult onset of nemaline myopathy - Presenting as diaphragmatic paralysis. " Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psycho. ;