Departmental, Faculty, and Staff Achievements
Ronald M. Stewart, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery
Chief of the Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Jocelyn and Joe Straus Endowed Chair in Trauma Research
- January 2008 - HSC Jocelyn and Joe Straus Endowed Chair in Trauma Research, established in September 2007, will be held by Ronald M. Stewart, MD
- 2007, Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award
- 2006 University Hospital Shining Star!
- Castle Connelly America's Top Doctors 2006-2007
- Super Doctors of Texas (Texas Monthly), 2006
- Scene in San Antonio Monthly, November 2006 - Top Doctors
- Best Doctors in San Antonio 2006 (San Antonio Magazine Feb-March 2006)
- Reviewer, Journal of Trauma
- UTHSC Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2005
- Health Care Heroes - Outstanding Physician: San Antonio Business Journal
- Presidential Clinical Excellence Award, UTHSCSA Department of Surgery, 2004
- America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd., 2004
- Outstanding Faculty Member, presented by the Medical Class, UTHSCSA, 2003
- Legislative Champion Award: Texas Trauma Coordinators Forum
- Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd., 2001
- Governor's Appointment to the Texas Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Advisory Council May 2000
Michelle Price, M.Ed., PhD
Assistant Professor and Administrator of the Department of Surgery
- 2008, San Antonio Business Journal's '40 Under 40 Rising Stars'
- The Society for Public Health Education and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Student Fellowship in Injury Prevention 2005
- Reviewer, College and University Drinking and Driving Prevention Award, 2005
- UTHSCSA Excellence in Service Award, 2001
Notable Events — 2010
December 2010 – Congratulations to all our Surgery faculty chosen as San Antonio's
'Best Doctors' published in the Janauary 2011 issue of San Antonio Magazine:
Transplant:
Gregory Abrahamian, MD;
Jose Almeda, MD;
Robert Esterl, MD;
Glenn Halff, MD;
Charles Nolan, MD;
Kenneth Washburn, MD.
General Surgery:
Stephen Cohn, MD;
Arthur McFee, MD, PhD;
Ashraf Hilmy, MD, MBA;
Alicia Logue, MD;
Joseph Love, DO;
Patrick Nguyen, MD;
Raul Ramos, MD;
Wayne Schwesinger, MD;
Kenneth R. Sirinek, MD, PhD;
Kent Van Sickle, MD.
Trauma / Critical Care Surgery:
Michael Corneille, MD;
Daniel Dent, MD;
Deborah Mueller, MD;
John G. Myers, MD;
Basil Pruitt, MD;
H. David Root, MD, PhD;
Ronald M. Stewart, MD;
Steven E. Wolf, MD.
Vascular / Endovascular Surgery:
Teresa Crutchley, MD;
Benjammin Pearce, MD;
Lori Pounds, MD;
Maureen Sheehan, MD;
Paula K. Shireman, MD;
Matthew Sideman, MD;
Boulos Toursarkissian, MD.
Surgical Oncology:
Anatolio Cruz, MD;
Ismail Jatoi, MD, PhD;
Boyce Oliver, Jr., MD;
Alfredo Santillan, MD, MPH.
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery:
L. Alejandro Jaramillo, MD;
Howard T. Wang, MD.
Emergency Medicine:
Miguel Fernández, MMD.
November 2010 – Basil Pruitt, MD, FACS, Trauma & Emergency Surgery, selected as honorary member of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (JAAM): The Board of Directors of the JAAM have awarded their first ever foreign honorary membership to Dr. Pruitt, Professor of Trauma Surgery. For more than 50 years, Dr. Pruitt has been a tireless advocate for burn patients and burn survivors, and rules the field of burn surgery through his innovation and tireless leadership. Throughout his career, he has conducted clinical and laboratory research that has dramatically improved the treatment of burns, and he has published papers in all areas in which advancements have been made.
November 2010 – Department of Surgery faculty named Distinguished Teaching Professors: By decision of the Chancellor, the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs or the Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs of the University of Texas System, Daniel Dent, MD, Trauma and Emergency Surgery, and Robert Esterl, MD, Transplant, have been named Distinguished Teaching Professors.
September 2010 – CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Westover Hills opens Vascular Lab: Westover Hills Vascular Lab Medical Director, Matthew Sideman, MD, (pictured right) commented, "Vascular Lab procedures are conducted with imaging and non-imaging methodologies and I am pleased to see CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System's commitment to bring this level of service to the Westover Hills community." The Westover Hills Vascular Lab provides a full range of diagnostic testing, including peripheral arterial disease (PAD), cerebrovascular disease, deep venous thrombosis (DVT), renal artery disease, mesenteric arterial disease, aortic aneurysms, and chronic venous disease.
September 2010 – The Department of Surgery is pleased to recognize the creation of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the School of Medicine on September 1, 2010. John H. Calhoon, MD, Professor of Surgery, will lead this promising, growing, new department. Dr. Calhoon, a nationally recognized cardiothoracic surgeon, heads a talented and dedicated group of faculty and staff. The entire Department of Surgery wishes the new Department well, and is proud and thankful to have been a part of their development. We look forward to a continued strong and collegial partnership with the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery as they begin this latest phase of their journey. (9-7-10)
July 2010 – Paula K. Shireman, MD, Professor of Vascular Surgery named Interim Associate Dean for Research for the UT School of Medicine San Antonio.
April 2010, Kenneth R. Sirinek, MD, PhD, appointed Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs and Professional Development in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Sirinek has also been named J.B. Aust, MD, PhD, Chair in Surgery.
April 2010, Wayne Schwesinger, MD, Professor of Surgery, named Interim Chief, Division of General and Laparoendoscopic Surgery.
April 2010, Dan Dent, MD, and Patrick Nguyen, MD, selected for UTHSCSA Academy of Master Teachers: In a ceremony on April 15, 2010, Dr. Dent was inducted as a Master Teacher, and Dr. Nguyen as an Associate Master Teacher. The Academy is a UTHSCSA professional society organized to demonstrate an ongoing institutional recognition of and commitment to teaching and learning excellence and the scholarship of teaching.
April 2010, Faculty Promotions announced for September 2010: Michael Corneille, MD, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, promoted to Associate Professor; Daniel Dent, MD, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, promoted to Professor of Surgery; Miguel Fernández, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine and Director of the South Texas Poison Center, promoted to Professor of Surgery; Paula K. Shireman, MD, Division of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery, promoted to Professor of Surgery with Tenure.
March 17, 2010 – death of J. Bradley Aust, MD, MS, PhD, Founding Chairman of the Department of Surgery
Notable events – 2009
November 2009, Congratulations to John H. Calhoon, MD, Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, who has been named Vice Chairman and Chairman-Elect of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. From 2011 to 2013 he will lead the board, which certifies cardiothoracic surgeons nationwide and protects the public by establishing and maintaining high standards in the field. Dr. Calhoon, who joined the Health Science Center faculty in 1989, was mentored by South Texas transplant surgery pioneers J. Kent Trinkle, MD, and Frederick Grover, MD. Dr. Calhoon was named head of cardiothoracic surgery in 1994, succeeding Dr. Trinkle. He occupies the Calhoon President's Council Chair for Excellence in Surgery, which was established in his family's honor by Health Science Center supporters who are members of the President's Council. Read HSC Press Release | More about Dr. Calhoon | More about the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Scene in SA Magazine publishes the 2009 Top Docs in San Antonio:
4000 local physicians were asked to list the physicians they would select to
treat their own family members. We're extremely proud to announce our
Department of Surgery 'best of the best' Top Docs in San Antonio:
Emergency Medicine: Charles Bauer, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery: Luis Angel, MD; John Calhoon, MD; Daniel DeArmond, MD; Scott Johnson, MD;
Jeffrey McNeil, MD; V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA; Edward Y. Sako, MD, PhD
General Surgery: Kenneth R. Sirinek, MD, PhD; Kent Van Sickle, MD
Transplant: Glenn Halff, MD
Trauma Surgery: Daniel Dent, MD; Deborah Mueller, MD; John Myers, MD; Ronald M. Stewart, MD
Vascular Surgery: Boulos Toursarkissian, MD
V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, Cardiothoracic Surgery, selected as one of the Advanced Clinical Education Skills (ACES) Top 20 Preceptors: ACES is the 2nd year medical student course that teaches the students the intricacies of the history and physical exam on patients with abnormalities. Award-winning preceptors were selected by the students for effort and dedication to teaching excellence. Students' comments were overwhelmingly positive, making choosing the Top 20 a difficult task — a compliment to the educators selected for the Top 20. (6-16-09)
Miguel Fernández, MD, Associate Professor and Medical Director of the South Texas Poison Center, appointed as the National Hispanic Medical Association representative to a two-year term on the Governing Council of the Minority Affairs Consortium (MAC) of the American Medical Association (AMA). (4-27-09)
Dr. Glennn Halff named new acting medical dean: Glenn A. Halff, M.D., has been named the acting dean of the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, effective Feb. 2, 2009.
Notable events – 2008
Congratulations to Surgery's TopDocs, listed in the November 2008 Scene in SA Magazine: This year's Top Doctors edition of Scene in SA Monthly includes Drs. Luis Angel, John Calhoon, AJ Carpenter, Barry Cofer, Deborah L. Mueller, Scott Johnson, Ed Sako, Wayne Schwesinger, Kenneth R. Sirinek, Boulos Toursarkissian, Peter Wang. Read more (11-14-08)
Physician and educator shares his love of the art and science of surgery: Bob Esterl, MD, Surgery Medical School Education Director and Professor of Surgery (Transplant), is featured in the first edition of the School of Medicine's Future magazine. Since 1994, Dr. Esterl has been sharing his experience, knowledge and skills as a transplant surgeon, and has won numerous teaching awards, many of them awards from the students themselves. Read article (4-30-08)
On Sunday, March 9, 2008, Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., MD, FACS, FACM, was awarded the 2008 King Faisal International Prize for Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Pruitt has been an innovator in trauma and burn management for nearly 50 years while caring for thousands of American soldiers. Read complete press release. | SA Biz Journal article (3-5-08)
Wayne Schwesinger, MD, Professor of Surgery (Division of General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery), awarded the 2008 Clinical Excellence Award on January 31, 2008. This award recognizes Dr. Schwesinger's superlative clinical service here at the Health Science Center and in the San Antonio community. (1-15-08)
Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation opening ceremonies were held on June 21, 2007. More than three years of research, planning and development have culminated in a state-of-the-art training facility for surgical training for our medical students, residents, fellows and faculty. The Department of Surgery established The Stewart M. Johnson and Hugh M. Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation (JCSI) in the UTHSCSA School of Medicine (1300 square feet of space) to provide state-of-the-art surgical training and research facility for UTHSCSA students, residents, and faculty. The Johnson family endowed $300,000 to this center. (June 2007)
Congratulations to Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, John Calhoon, MD, who has been chosen as an Outstanding Physician – one of San Antonio's Health Care Heroes in 2008 – by the San Antonio Business Journal, recognizing health care professionals who make a difference in health care in San Antonio. (4-23-08)
Notable events – 2007
Congratulations to Susan Robinson, Surgery Research Coordinator, who was awarded a service award plaque for 25 years of service to the Health Science Center. [Susan, an avid pilot, died in October 2007, when her plane crashed on takeoff. She is missed by all of us in the Department of Surgery.]
Dr. John Calhoon, Professor and Chief, honored by the American Heart Association at the 22nd Annual Heart Ball on March 30, 2007, in gratitude for his outstanding work in cardiovascular public education and supporting the mission of the AHA.
Surgery research medical student Rachel Giese and research resident Dr. Oscar Ochoa earned 1st Place at UTHSCSA 6th Annual Medical Student Research Day for the presentation on "Muscle Regeneration and Inflammation in Aging MCP-1 -/- Female Mice". These two researchers work with Linda McManus, PhD, Pathology, and Dr. Paula Shireman, Vascular Surgery.
Ewing Halsell Foundation bestowed the Department of Surgery with $175,000 in funding for capital equipment for the Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation (JCSI).
Srey Ram Kuy, General Surgery Resident, was awarded 2 years of protected research time at Yale University by the Robert Wood Johnson Health Scholars Program.
Spring 2007 Employee Recognition Awards
Twenty-Five Years of Service: Susan Robinson, Surgery Research
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Charles Bauer, MD - Clinical Professor
- Chair, Texas Medical Association EMS/Trauma Committee, 2 year appointment
- Senior Medical Officer and Deputy Commander, Texas State Guard, Texas Medical ReserveCorps, (Texas Medical Rangers)
Miguel C. Fernandez, MD - Professor, Director, South Texas Poison Center
- 2010, promoted to Professor
- Chair, Community and Tribal Subcommittee, for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/National Institute for Environmental Health Board of Scientific Counselors at the CDC (continuing appointment by the U.S. Secretary of Health).
- Advanced Hazmat Life Support National Certification Course, Regional Director (reappointed)
- National Hispanic Medical Association, National Advisory Board, Chair, United States-México Border Health Committee
Barbara Fishman, MD - Associate Professor
- Appointed, Selections Subcommittee of UTHSCSA Medical School Admissions Committee
- Workshop Committee, Southern Regional Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting
John Scott, MD - Assistant Professor, Assistant Research Director
- 2006 Emergency Medicine House Staff Rotation "Excellence in Teaching" Award
John G. McManus, MD
- President, Government Services Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (2006-07)
- Chair, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine's Disaster Medicine Committee
- State of Texas Governor's Trauma and EMS Medical Director Advisory Council
Juan M. Nieto, MD
- National Advisory Board, National Hispanic Medical Association
Mark Sparkman, MD
- State of Texas Governor's Trauma and EMS Medical Director Advisory Council
GENERAL and LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SURGERY
Wayne Schwesinger, MD - Professor and Interim Chief, Division of General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery
- 2010, named Interim Chief of the Division
- 2009, 35 Year service award
- Scene in San Antonio Monthly, November 2008 - Top Doctors
- Best Doctors in America 2006
- Best Doctors in San Antonio 2006 (San Antonio Magazine Feb-March 2006)
- Super Doctors of Texas (Texas Monthly), 2006
- Vice - President 2006, Western Surgical Association
- Editor, Surgical Endoscopy
- Associate Editor, Current Surgery
- Editorial Board, Liver Transplantation and Surgery
- Counselor, Southwestern Surgical Congress (SWSC)
- Board of Directors, SAGES Education and Research Foundation
Kenneth Sirinek, MD, PhD - Professor and Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs and Professional Development for the Department of Surgery
- 2010, named Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs and Professional Development
- 2009, 30 Year service award
- Scene in San Antonio Monthly, November 2008 - Top Doctors
- Scene in San Antonio Monthly - Best Doctors in San Antonio, 2007
- Chair, Blood-Borne Infection Committee of the Board of Governors, American College of Surgeons
- Honorable Mention for Medical Student Teaching 2006
- Best Doctors in America 2006
- Best Doctors in San Antonio 2006 (San Antonio Magazine Feb-March 2006)
- Super Doctors of Texas (Texas Monthly), 2006
- President-Elect, South Texas Chapter, American College of Surgeons
- American Board of Surgery Examiner
- Western Surgical Association Councilman
- Western Surgical Association Membership Committee
Stephen M. Cohn, MD, FACS, Professor
- Witten B. Russ Chair
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Fellow of the American Surgical Association
- Best Doctors in San Antonio 2006
- Duane G. Hutson Lifetime Achievement in Education: Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami School of Medicine - 2004
- The Alvarez Award for Excellence in Medical Writing: American Medical Writer's Association - 2000
- The Edward H. Storer, M.D.: Yale Surgical Residency Award for Excellence in Surgical Teaching - 1994
- Frederick J. McCready: University of Massachusetts Teacher of the Year - Surgical Residents - 1990
- Lester F. Williams: Boston University, Medical Student Teaching Award, Surgery - 1986
Patrick Nguyen, MD- Assistant Professor
- 2010, inducted as Associate Master Teacher into UTHSCSA Academy of Master Teachers
- 1009, faculty appointment as Assistant Professor
Kent R. Van Sickle, MD - Assistant Professor
- Institute Director, Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation
Professors Emeritus:
Arthur S. McFee, MD, MS, PhD - Professor Emeritus
- President 2006, Western Surgical Association
- President, Western Surgical Association for 2004-2005, the 94th year of the WSA. Dr. McFee presided at the Western Surgical Association's annual meeting November 6-9, 2005.
Carlos Pestana, MD, PhD - Professor Emeritus
- Alpha Omega Alpha - Distinguished Professor Award
- Naming of the Carlos Pestana Lecture Hall
- Carlos Pestana, MD, PhD, Scholarship Established by the Medical Alumni Association with an Endowment of $100,000
- Avery Medal Awarded by UTHSCSA
- Outstanding Professor, Sophomore Curriculum
- Outstanding Faculty Member, Medical Class of 1998
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Howard T. Wang, MD - Associate Professor of Surgery and Division Chief
- 2010, named Chief of Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Luis Alejandro Jaramillo, MD - Assistant Professor of Surgery
- 2009, appointed to Plastic Surgery faculty
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Ismail Jatoi, MD, PhD - Professor of Surgical Oncology
- 2009, appointed Chief of Surgical Oncology
Alfredo A. Santillan, MD, MPH - Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology
- 2009, appointed to Surgical Oncology faculty
Thelma Hurd, MD - Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology
- Best Doctors in America 2006
- Best Doctors in San Antonio 2006 (San Antonio Magazine Feb-March 2006)
- Co- Editor for Symposium Monograph 2006
- First Trans Atlantic Collaborative with Nigeria
TRANSPLANT CENTER
Glenn A. Halff, MD - Professor and Division Chief
Acting Dean of the School of Medicine
- Super Doctors of Texas (Texas Monthly), 2006
- Honorable Mention for outstanding teaching to residents, UTHSCSA Department of Surgery, 2000
- Excellence in Teaching Award for outstanding teaching to residents, UTHSCSA Department of Surgery, 1999
- 2009, Chancellor, University of Texas System
- President, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Surgical Co-Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Chairman, Community Site Organized Committees, American Heart Association
- Presidential Appointee to National Medal of Science Panel
- Surgical Co-Investigator for Pediatric Oncology Group at Santa Rosa Children's Hospital
- Assistant Marshal at 2006 Medical School Commencement Exercises, 2006
- Excellence in Teaching Student Medical Teaching Award 2005-2006
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, Faculty Member, 2006
- Outstanding Medical School Clinician Award from 2006 Senior Medical School, 2006
- Presidential Teaching Excellence Award, UTHSCSA Department of Surgery, 2004
- Excellence in Teaching Award for outstanding teaching to residents, UTHSCSA Department of Surgery, 2000
TRAUMA and EMERGENCY SURGERY
John G. Myers, MD - Associate Professor and Chief
- Reviewer, Journal of Trauma
- Secretary/Treasurer J. Bradley Aust Surgical Society, 2004
Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., MD - Clinical Professor
- Buffalo Surgical Society Roswell Park Medal, 2007
- President, North American Shock Society, 2007-2008
- Society of University Surgeons Lifetime Achievement Award, Feb 2007
- Received the prestigious Tanner-Vandeput-Boswick (TVB) Burn Prize of $100,000 from the International Burn Foundation awarded at the ISBI Congress in Brazil in September 2006.
- Rudi Hermans Lecturer, 11th European Burns Association Congress, Sept 2005
- Editor, Journal of Trauma, 1995 to PRESENT
- Keynote Speaker German-Speaking Society for Burn Injuries Annual Meeting, Obertauern, Austria, 2001
- Waltman and Phoebe Walters Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, 2001
- John Tompson Hodgen Lecturer, St. Louis Surgical Society, St. Louis, MO, 2001
- Emmett B. Frazer Lecturer, University of South Alabama School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Mobile, AL, 2001
- American College of Critical Care Medicine Distinguished Investigator Award, 2000
- Leonard D. Heaton Orator, U. S. Army Medical Corps, Gary Wratton Surgical Symposium, Augusta,GA, 2001
- Honorary Fellow, Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, 2000
- Honorary Fellow, Society of Black Academic Surgeons, 2000
- Invited Lecturer Chinese Academy of Engineering International Conference on Life Sciences and Clinical Medicine, 2000
- Lehman Lecturer University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2000
- G. Whitaker International Burns Prize, 2000
- State-of-the-Art Lecturer Annual Meeting Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Los Angeles, CA, 2000
- Guest Speaker, The Middle East Burn and Fire Disaster Congress, Ankara, Turkey, 2000
- Statesman for Burn Care, American College of Surgeons Centennial Review, 2000
- American College of Critical Care Medicine Distinguished Investigator Award, 2000
- Canizaro Lecturer Texas Tech University Health Science Center, 2000
- President, American Surgical Association, 1999 to 2000
- Medallion for Scientific Achievement, American Surgical Association, 1998
- Danis Prize, Société Internationale de Chirurgie, 1995
- Scudder Orator, American College of Surgeons
- National Highway Traffic and Safety Award
- 2010, inducted into UTHSCSA Academy of Master Teachers
- 2010, promoted to Professor
- 2007, Chair, Committee on Committees
- 2006 University Hospital Shining Star!
- Reviewer, Journal of Trauma
- Reviewer, Critical Care Medicine
- Excellence in Teaching: Presented by the Graduating Residents of General Surgery 2005-2006
- Selected as Piper Professor Nominee from UTHSCSA Medical School, 2005
- Excellence in Teaching: Presented by the Graduating Residents of General Surgery 2003-2004
- Outstanding Faculty Member, Presented by the 2003 graduating class at UTHSCSA Medical School
- Outstanding Faculty Member, Presented by the 2001 graduating class at UTHSCSA Medical School
- Outstanding Faculty Member, Presented by the 1998 graduating class at UTHSCSA Medical School
- Member, Medical Admissions Committee 2000-present:
Michael Corneille, MD
- 2010, Promoted to Associated Professor
Deborah Mueller, MD
- Scene in San Antonio Monthly, November 2008 - Top Doctors
Grant funding:
The Trauma Institute of San Antonio Texas (TRISAT) received Congressional funding: the Trauma Division is pleased to announce that in TRISAT has received $1 million in Congressional FY07 funds. The appropriations request was sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith. Dr. Ronald Stewart is Chairman of the TRISAT Board and PI of this grant.
Drs. Ronald Stewart (PI), Basil Pruitt, Stephen Cohn, Brad Pollock and Joel Michalek were awarded $1.35 million for the "USA/ISR Feasibility Study and Demonstration Project for Joint Military/Civilian Trauma Institute with a Burn Center" by the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.
VASCULAR / ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY
Boulos Toursarkissian, MD - Professor and Chief
- Scene in San Antonio Monthly, November 2008 - Top Doctors
- 2006 Health Policy Scholar by the American College of Surgeons, Society for Vascular Surgery Health Policy Scholar
- Recipient of 2007 Presidential Clinical Excellence Award
- Residents' Teaching Award, 2005
- Board Certification in Vascular Surgery
- Board Certification in Endovascular Surgery
- Distinguished Reviewer, Journal of Vascular Surgery
Paula Shireman, MD - Professor
- 2010, promoted to Professor
- 2009, American Heart Association South Central Affiliate - Chairman, Research Committee and board Member
- Distinguished Reviewer for the Journal of Vascular Surgery. The Journal provides cardiothoracic, vascular, and general surgeons with the most recent information in vascular surgery on behalf of the Society for Vascular Surgery, and ranks in the top 5% of the almost 6000 scientific journals most frequently cited.
- Reviewer, Journal of Surgical Research
- Principal Investigator of a basic science lab studying ischemia and muscle regeneration. External funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Veterans Administration
- Member of Study Section 4A for the American Heart Association's Western Review Consortium
- Reviewer for the Journal of Surgical Research and the Journal of Vascular Surgery
- Member of the Education and Research Committee for the American Vascular Association
- Board Certified in General and Vascular Surgery
- Member, Association for Academic Surgery
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Presidential Junior Research Scholar Award, 2004
Phyllis Gordon, MSN, APRN BC - Clinical Nurse Specialist
- UTHSCSA President's Award for Excellence in Service, 2005
- Board of Director for the National Society for Vascular Nursing
- Board of Director for the Texas Nursing Association
- Board of Director for the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool
