Surgery Education - Critical Care Fellowship
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Faculty
Program Director: Jayson D. Aydelotte, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
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Dr. Aydelotte received his medical degree from UTHSCSA in 1998. He completed a
residency in General Surgery and fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at Brooke
Army Medical Center in 2006. He has been a staff surgeon in General Surgery and
Surgical Critical care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he was the
Surgical Director of the SICU and Chief of Trauma Surgery. Dr. Aydelotte was a
trauma surgeon at the 28th Combat Support hospital in Baghdad, Iraq in 2007 and
was the Chief of Surgery for the 47th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq in 2009.
Dr. Aydelotte is board certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
He separated from the Army in April of 2011 and joined the faculty of the
Division of Trauma in May. Dr. Aydelotte's interests include
motorcycle-associated injury prevention, new product development, and surgeon
physical fitness.
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Associate Program Director: John G. Myers, MD
Associate Professor & Chief of Trauma
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Dr. Myers completed his medical degree and residency training at UTHSCSA
in 1999. He joined the faculty in 1999 and completed a Surgical Critical
Care fellowship in 2002. He is board certified in general surgery and
surgical critical care. He serves on multiple committees at the hospital
as well as UTHSC. His current interests include trauma diagnostics,
outcome studies, protocol development and mechanical ventilation.
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Ronald M. Stewart, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery
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Dr. Stewart graduated from medical school and completed his surgical residency
at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed a
2 year Trauma and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Tennessee in
Memphis. He became the Director of Trauma at University Hospital in 1993. Dr.
Stewart has been the Chairperson of the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory
Council for Trauma since 1996. He received the Faculty Member of the Year Award
from The University Health System in 1999. That same year he was awarded the
Bronze Quill for his writings on the injury prevention program Shattered
Dreams/D.E.A.D. (Drinking and Driving End All Dreams). In May 2000, Governor
George W. Bush appointed him to the Texas Emergency Medical Services and Trauma
Advisory Council. He has been the chair of the South Texas Chapter of the ACS
Committee on Trauma and the Region VI Chief of the Committee on Trauma and
currently serves on the ACS Committee on Trauma. He received the UTHSCSA
Presidential Award for Clinical Excellence and has received multiple medical
student and resident teaching awards. Dr. Stewart's research interests lie in
the areas of injury epidemiology, clinical trauma care, and health care policy.
He is the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio and holds the Jocelyn and Joe Straus
Endowed Chair for Trauma Research. He is the Recorder for the Southwestern
Surgical Congress and the Secretary of the Texas Surgical Society.
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Daniel L. Dent, MD
Professor
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Dr. Dent completed his medical degree at the University of South Florida
and his residency at the University of Tennessee in Memphis; his
residency included an additional year of training in research. He
joined the faculty in 1996 and has received numerous teaching excellence
awards. Dr. Dent's research focus is in trauma and surgical infection.
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Michael G. Corneille, MD
Associate Professor
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Dr. Corneille completed medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical
School in 1998. After completing residency and critical care training
at UTHSC, he joined the faculty in 2004. He is board certified in
general surgery and board eligible in surgical critical care. His
interests include acute resuscitation and treatment of ventilator
associated pneumonias.
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Basil Pruitt, MD
Professor
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Dr. Pruitt received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University
and received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine
in 1957. He completed his residency at the US Army Surgical Research
Unit at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, in 1964. During his tour of duty in
Vietnam Dr. Pruitt served as Chief of Professional Services at the 12th
Evacuation Hospital and Chief of the Trauma Research Team. He returned
to the US to serve as Commander and Director of the BAMC Burn Center for
27 years, after which he retired from the Medical Corps and joined the
faculty of UTHSC. He has held the office of President of the American
Burn Association, AAST, Surgical Infection Society, North American Burn
Society, Halsted Society, Western Surgical Association, International
Society for Burn Injuries, American Trauma Society, Southern Surgical
Association, and American Surgical Association. He has also served as a
member of the American Board of Surgery and the NIH Surgery,
Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section. He has authored and co-authored
over 435 published papers, 162 textbook chapters, and 12 books and
monographs. Currently he is the Editor of the Journal of Trauma.
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Harlan D. Root, MD
Professor
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Dr. Root completed his undergraduate degree then his medical degree at
Cornell Medical School in 1953 and his residency at the University of
Minnesota in 1961. He joined the faculty of UTHSC in 1966 and is a
founder of the Department of Surgery. His many offices at the
University, each held for over 20 years, have included Emergency Center
Medical Director, Trauma Director, Chief of Vascular Surgery, Surgical
Residency Director and Deputy Surgery Chairman. During his career he
has been Governor-at-large from South Texas on the ACS Board of
Governors, been a member of the ACS Committee on Trauma Verification
Review, and served as President of the American Association for the
Surgery of Trauma. He is currently on the editorial board, Journal of
Trauma; a national consultant to the ACS Verification Review Committee;
and a reviewer for the American Journal of Surgery. He continues to
take trauma call and serves as advisor and mentor to students,
residents, fellows and faculty. His areas of research interest included
angioscopy in vein preparation and repair, vascular problems and
endothelial growth factor, trauma injury detection in trauma patients,
and blood volume changes in the injured patient.
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Stephen M. Cohn, MD
Professor
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Dr. Cohn received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and
completed his residency training at Baylor and Boston University, where
he then completed a critical care fellowship in 1987. He joined the
faculty at Yale University in 1990 where he served as Chief of Trauma
and Surgical Critical Care. In 1997 he arrived at the University of
Miami to become Chief, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care.
While in Miami he also held the offices of Medical Director of the Ryder
Trauma Center and Co-Director, US Army Trauma Training Center.
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Deborah L. Mueller, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
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Dr. Mueller received her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1992, and completed her general surgery residency training at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. After completing a Critical Care Fellowship in 1998 at UT Southwestern, Dr. Mueller joined the faculty at Wilford Hall Medical Center. She separated from the US Air Force, while at Wilford Hall, Dr. Mueller held the positions of Medical Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Vice Chairman for the Department of General Surgery. Currently she is a faculty member at the UTHSCSA- Trauma and serves as the TRISAT Critical Care Consortium Director. Her research interests include blood transfusion, ventilator associated pneumonia, and end-of-life care.
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