General Surgery | E-039285
This board certified expert earned his BS from Allegheny College and MD from the University of Pittsburgh. Residency training in General Surgery was completed at the University of Colorado Health Science Center. He is a member of several prestigious surgical committees and societies and he has been recognized for his numerous contributions to improving patient care and enhancing resident and postgraduate medical education. He is actively involved in research, with more than 500 original peer reviewed articles and abstracts, 154 book chapters/ books, and he has presented at more than 400 invited lectures and conferences. He has served in a host of clinical leadership and administrative roles such as the Director of Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Denver general Hospital and the Chief of General Surgery at The Methodist Hospital. Currently, he is a Professor of Surgery and the Chief of Acute Care Surgery at a major university affiliated medical center.
Location: FL
BS, Allegheny College
MD, University of Pittsburgh
Residency, University of Colorado Health Science Center
Board Certification: General Surgery
Member, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Member, American Austrian Foundation
Member, American College of Surgeons
Member, American Heart Association
Member, American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Member, American Surgical Association
Member, Colorado Medical Society
Member, Harris County Medical Society
Member, Houston Surgical Study
Member, National Trauma Institute Board
Member, Shock Society
Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Member, Society of Clinical Surgery
Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Member, Society of University Surgeons
Member, Southwestern Surgical Congress
Member, Surgical Infection Society
Member, Texas Medical Association
Member, Western Trauma Association
Member, Western Surgical Association
Member, World Society of Emergency Surgery
Member, World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Publications, 360+ original peer reviewed articles, 154 book chapters and books, 170+ peer reviewed abstracts, 400+ invited lectures
Former, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Science Center
Former, Professor of Surgery, University of Texas- Houston Medical School
Former, Vice Chairman of Surgery, University of Texas- Houston Medical School
Former, Chief of Division of General Surgery, University of Texas- Houston Medical School
Former, Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Former, Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Denver General Hospital
Former, Director, Nutritional Support Service, University of Colorado Health Science Center
Former, Medical Director of Trauma Service, Memorial Hermann Hospital
Former, Chief of General Surgery, The Methodist Hospital
Former, Head, Division of Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, The Methodist Hospital
Current, Professor of Surgery, university affiliated medical center
Current, Chief, Acute Care Surgery, university affiliated medical center