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Juan Mejia, MD
General Surgery Resident
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Education:
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, School of Medicine, Mexico; Physician-Surgeon diploma received in July 2004
Other Postgraduate Training:
04/09-05/09, Rotating Resident - Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
03/09-04/09, Rotating Resident - Surgical Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
7/02 - 6/03, Visiting student - Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery,
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Research experience:
Mejia JC, Learn P. Isolated Lymphoplasmacytic Sclerosing Cholangitis. Can we make the diagnosis Pre-Operatively?
Mejia JC. Cystic Pancreatic Lesions. Ten year experience and review of the literature.
07/03 - 06/05 - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Research - Responsible for initiating, implementing and monitoring various clinical research projects with the Department of Surgery Trauma and Critical Care.
Professional organizations:
American Medical Association
Resident Member - American College of Surgeons
Texas Medical Association
Bexar County Medical Society
Publications:
Mejia JC, Stewart RM, Cohn SM.
Emergency
Department Thoracotomy.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Spring;20(1):13-8.
Mejia JC, Myers JG, Stewart RM, Dent DL, Connaughton JC. A right renal vein pseudoaneurysm secondary to blunt abdominal trauma: a case report and review of the literature. J Trauma. 2006 May;60(5):1124-8.
Scientific abstracts and presentations:
Mejia JC, Myers JG, Stewart RM, Dent DL, Corneille M. FAST: No
Added Value In Predicting Significant Injuries In The Blunt Trauma
Patient. American College of Surgeons, South Texas Chapter,
Houston, Texas, February, 2007
Mejia JC, Myers JG, Stewart RM, Dent DL, Corneille M. FAST: No Added Value In Predicting Significant Injuries In The Blunt Trauma Patient. J. Bradly Aust Surgical Society, San Antonio, Texas, June, 2007
Biosketch: Dr. Mejia is native of Panama, but moved to Guadalajara, Mexico in 1998 for Medical School. As a part of the six-year medical school program, he completed a sub-internship with the William J. Harrington Program at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami during his fifth year and then conducted clinical research with the Department of Trauma Surgery at UTHSCSA during his sixth year. He is currently completing his chief year of General Surgery at UTHSCSA. In July 2010, he will be starting a two-year fellowship in Multi-Organ Abdominal Transplant Surgery with the University of Pittsburgh (UPMC) to fulfill his professional interests in Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery.
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