Positions

Adjunct Professor

Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

Thoracic Surgery Residency from Baylor College Of Medicine

01/1999 - Houston, TX, United States

General Surgery Residency from Baylor College Of Medicine

01/1997 - Houston, TX, United States

M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School

01/1992 - Chicago, IL, United States

B.S. from Quincy College

01/1988 - Quincy, IL, United States

Graduate Certificate at Baylor College of Medicine

05/2006 - Houston

Clinical Scientist Training Program (CAQ)

Certifications

Board Certified

American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Honors & Awards

Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research Award

BCM (07/2014)

Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education Alley-Sheridan Scholarship

Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education (01/2013)

Distinguished Scientist Award

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (12/2011)

Elected President

Association for Academic Surgery (02/2011 - 02/2012)

Elected Secretary

Association for Academic Surgery (02/2008 - 02/2010)

The First Association for Academic Surgery International Visiting Professorship Award

Association for Academic Surgery (08/2007)

DeBakey Distinguished Service Award

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, BCM (06/2017)

The James E. Thompson Award for Best Paper by a New Member

Thoracic aortic aneurysms after dissection: evidence supporting proteolytic mechanisms

Texas Surgical Society (10/2004)

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2016)

Jimmy and Roberta Howell Professorship in Cardiovascular Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine (04/2018)

AATS Cardiac Surgery Biology Club Cup

American Association for Thoracic Surgery (04/2018)

Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Surgical Research (02/2015)

Appointed Chair, Literature Selection Technical Review Committee

National Library of Medicine (06/2020 - 06/2021)

Websites

Memberships

Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society

Board of Directors

American College of Surgeons

Fellow

American Surgical Association

Fellow

National Marfan Foundation

Clinical Council

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Texas Medical Association

Harris County Medical Society

American Heart Association

Fellow

International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology

Association for Academic Surgery

Past-President

Houston Surgical Society

American College of Chest Physicians

Fellow

American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society

Society of University Surgeons

Cooley Hands

Honorary Member

Surgical Outcomes Club

Society for Vascular Surgery

Texas Surgical Society

President-Elect

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery