Email

robert.southard@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Director, Outpatient Acute Care Surgery and Extended Care Surgery

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Addresses

Baylor Medicine at McNair Campus (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-7911
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Education

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston

General Surgery

Residency at Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis

Surgical Critical Care

MD from University of South Alabama College of Medicine

Mobile

BS from University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa

Certifications

General Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Surgical Critical Care

American Board of Surgery

Professional Interests

• General surgery
• Surgical critical care
• General surgery in medically ill and complex patients
• Appendectomy
• Cholecystectomy
• Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMA syndrome)

Professional Statement

Dr. Robert Ellis Southard earned his medical degree from the University of South Alabama. He completed training as a general surgeon at Baylor College of Medicine before completing additional training at Washington University in St. Louis in surgical critical care. Dr. Southard continued to work at Washington University in the fields of general surgery, trauma surgery and surgical critical care until moving back to Houston to join the Division of General Surgery in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. His research interests involve determining why critically ill and injured patients develop hospital-acquired infections. Dr, Southard also has a strong interest in resident and medical student education.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Skrabal CA, Thompson LO, Southard RE, Joyce DL, Noon GP, Loebe M, Youker KA "Interaction between isolated human myocardial mast cells and cultured fibroblasts." J Surg Res.;
• Skrabal CA, Thompson LO, Potapov EV, Southard RE, Joyce DL, Youker KA, Noon GP, Loebe M "Organ-specific regulation of pro-inflammatory molecules in heart, lung, and kidney following brain death." J Sug Res.;
• Southard RE, Nelson JC, Joyce DL, Thompson LO, Skrabal CA, Torre-Amione G, Youker KA, Noon GP, Loebe M "Placement of a left ventricular assist device in a patient with dextrocardia." J Heart Lung Transplant.;
• Joyce DL, Southard RE, Torre-Amione G, Noon GP, Land GA, Loebe M "Impact of left Ventricular assist device (LVAD)-mediated humoral sensitization on post-transplant outcomes." J Heart Lung Transplant.;

Memberships

Alpha Omega Alpha