Positions

Adjunct Professor

Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

B.S. from Quincy College

01/1988 - Quincy, IL, United States

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

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

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)

The First Association for Academic Surgery International Visiting Professorship Award

Association for Academic Surgery (08/2007)

Secretary

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

Distinguished Scientist Award

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

President

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

Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education Alley-Sheridan Scholarship

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

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

BCM (07/2014)

Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Surgical Research (02/2015 - 12/2026)

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

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2016)

DeBakey Distinguished Service Award

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

Jimmy and Roberta Howell Professorship in Cardiovascular Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine (04/2018 - 10/2023)

AATS Cardiac Surgery Biology Club Cup

American Association for Thoracic Surgery (04/2018)

Vice President

Michael E. DeBakey Surgical Society (01/2018 - 12/2022)

Appointed Chair, Literature Selection Technical Review Committee

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

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

BCM (08/2022)

President

Texas Surgical Society (01/2024 - 12/2024)

President

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (11/2025 - 11/2026)

Websites

Memberships

Michael E. DeBakey Surgical Society

Advisory Committee

American College of Surgeons

Fellow

American Surgical Association

Fellow

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

American Heart Association

Fellow

Association for Academic Surgery

Past President

American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society

Society of University Surgeons

Cooley Hands

Honorary Member

Society for Vascular Surgery

Texas Surgical Society

Past President

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

President