Positions
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Division of Surgical Oncology
Section of Colorectal Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
- Surgery Clerkship Director, Undergraduate Medical Education
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Baylor College of Medicine
Addresses
- Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (Clinic)
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O’Quinn Medical Tower at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center’s McNair Campus
1919 Old Spanish Trail
Houston, TX, 77054
United States
Phone: (832) 957-6500
Fax: (713) 610-4597
Interactive Map
Education
- BA from University of St. Thomas
- 06/2005 - Houston, Texas, United States
- MD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
- 06/2009 - Dallas, Texas, United States
- Residency at University of Texas Medical Branch
- 07/2017 - Galveston, Texas, United States
- General Surgery
- Research Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital
- 07/2014 - Houston, Texas, United States
- Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine
- 07/2018 - Houston, Texas, United States
- Surgical Critical Care
- Fellowship at University of Louisville
- 08/2019 - Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
Certifications
- Texas Medical Board
- General Surgery
- American Board of Surgery
- Surgical Critical Care
- American Board of Surgery
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Professional Interests
- General surgery
- Surgical Critical Care
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Colorectal Cancer
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Professional Statement
Dr. Yesenia Rojas-Khalil returns to Houston after completing a Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, where her specialty training focused primarily in robotic and minimally invasive surgery, colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis), and complex re-operative pelvic and abdominal surgery.
She is a born and raised Texan, and native Spanish speaker. Dr. Rojas-Khalil graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Thomas in Houston and obtained her Medical Degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. She then completed an 8-year General Surgery residency at the University of Texas-Medical Branch in Galveston, which included a 3-year research fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital with a focus in cancer genetics. In addition, she completed a Surgical Critical Care fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, caring for the most critically ill surgical patients. She is board certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal surgeons, and the American Board of Surgery in general surgery and surgical critical care.
Dr. Rojas-Khalil has authored and co-authored many original research publications, in addition to contributing to surgical textbook chapters in Current Surgical Therapy, Scientific American Surgery, and The SCORE Curriculum for resident education. She is also the Spanish Video Commentator and Contributing Abstract Translator for Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (DC&R), the official journal for the American Society of Colon and Rectum Surgeons (ASCRS). Dr. Rojas-Khalil is an active member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American Society of Colon and Rectum Surgeons (ASCRS).
She is a born and raised Texan, and native Spanish speaker. Dr. Rojas-Khalil graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Thomas in Houston and obtained her Medical Degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. She then completed an 8-year General Surgery residency at the University of Texas-Medical Branch in Galveston, which included a 3-year research fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital with a focus in cancer genetics. In addition, she completed a Surgical Critical Care fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, caring for the most critically ill surgical patients. She is board certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal surgeons, and the American Board of Surgery in general surgery and surgical critical care.
Dr. Rojas-Khalil has authored and co-authored many original research publications, in addition to contributing to surgical textbook chapters in Current Surgical Therapy, Scientific American Surgery, and The SCORE Curriculum for resident education. She is also the Spanish Video Commentator and Contributing Abstract Translator for Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (DC&R), the official journal for the American Society of Colon and Rectum Surgeons (ASCRS). Dr. Rojas-Khalil is an active member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American Society of Colon and Rectum Surgeons (ASCRS).
Websites
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (Spanish)
Issue summaries translated into Spanish by Dr. Rojas-Khalil.
Colorectal Surgery Program
VIDEOS
Memberships
- American College of Surgeons
- Fellow
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
- Fellow
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