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Paula Shireman, MD, Vascular Surgery, Bryan, TX

PaulaShiremanMDMS, MBA

Vascular Surgery • Bryan, TX

Clinical Informatics

Executive Associate Dean and Professor, Texas A&M School of Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Shireman is a Professor in the TAMU School of Medicine. She is the PI of an NIH multicenter U01 grant developing predictive models for surgical outcomes including frailty and social risk factors. The goal is to use data to transform health care, influence federal policy and design financially sustainable care pathways improving outcomes for frail and low socioeconomic status patients. Her interests include predictive modeling, machine learning and simulation. Dr. Shireman serves on the Advisory Council for the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and Cures Acceleration Network (CAN) Review Board at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She was a member of the MACRA Episode-Based Cost Measure Clinical Subcommittee to develop measures for Peripheral Vascular Disease Management and Chair of the Clinical Subcommittee Workgroup for Hemodialysis Access Creation.

    D. Shireman was a Multi-Principal Investigator of the Institutional Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) at UT Health San Antonio (UTHSA) and South Texas Veterans Health Care System. She received multiple external awards from the NIH and the Veterans Administration for basic, translational and clinical research.

    Dr. Shireman earned a MD from Indiana University, a MS in Clinical investigation from UTHSA and MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. She is board-certified in General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Clinical Informatics and Wound Care.

Education & Training

  • Loyola University Medical Center
    Loyola University Medical CenterFellowship, Vascular Surgery, 1997 - 1999
  • McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
    McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1990 - 1997
  • Indiana University School of Medicine
    Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 1990 - 2026
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1999 - 2024
  • American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Vascular Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Association Between Patient Frailty and Postoperative Mortality Across Multiple Noncardiac Surgical Specialties  
    Patrick R Varley, Paula K Shireman, Nader N Massarweh, Jason Johanning, Shipra Arya, JAMA Surgery

Authored Content

  • Constructing Cost Measures for Critical Limb IschemiaApril 2018

Press Mentions

  • VA Patients Have Better 30-Day Post-Surgery Outcomes Than Private Sector
    VA Patients Have Better 30-Day Post-Surgery Outcomes Than Private SectorJanuary 27th, 2022
  • Study Shows VA Patients Have Better 30-Day Post-Surgery Outcomes Than Private Sector
    Study Shows VA Patients Have Better 30-Day Post-Surgery Outcomes Than Private SectorJanuary 12th, 2022
  • San Antonio Researcher Surprised by Results of Surgery on Frail Patients
    San Antonio Researcher Surprised by Results of Surgery on Frail PatientsNovember 17th, 2019
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