SamirSamuelAwadMDMPH
General Surgery • Houston, TXTrauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair of Surgical Quality & Safety Baylor College of Medicine. Chief of Surgery, MEDVAMC
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Office
2002 Holcombe Blvd
Med Vamc, Ocl (112), Rm 5a-344
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 713-794-7765Fax+1 713-794-7532- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Samir Awad is a general surgeon in Houston, TX and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor McNair Campus. He received his medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and has been in practice 24 years. He specializes in trauma surgery & surgical critical care and is experienced in hepatic cirrhosis, trauma and surgical critical care, surgical site infections, and acute care surgery (emergency general surgery).
Education & Training
University of Michigan Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1993 - 2000- University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1996 - 1997
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1993
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2000 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1996 - 2003- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Strattice in Repair of Inguinal Hernias Start of enrollment: 2008 Apr 01
- Study of Surgical Mesh for Inguinal Hernia Repair Start of enrollment: 2009 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Operationalizing a Free Flap Program for Head and Neck Reconstruction at a Veterans Affairs Hospital.David J Hernandez, William Xu, Yuli Lim, Jen L Dong, Andrew T Huang, Louisa Chiu, Samir Awad, Linda Joseph, Vlad C Sandulache> ;OTO Open. 2023 Sep 8
- 4 citationsEvaluation of the Addition of Angiotensin II in Patients With Shock After Cardiac Surgery at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.Stephanie Bird, Mastian Chand, Trung Ly Tran, Shahid Ali, Samir S Awad, Lorraine D Cornwell, Alexander Schutz, Ernesto Jimenez> ;The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2023 Feb 1
- 1 citationsImplementation and Feasibility of the Re-Engineered Discharge for Surgery (RED-S) Intervention: A Pilot Study.Rebecca Y Du, George Shelton, Celia R Ledet, Whitney L. Mills, Levi Neal-Herman, Molly J. Horstman, Barbara W. Trautner, Samir S. Awad, David H. Berger, Aanand D. Naik> ;Journal for Healthcare Quality. 2021 Mar 1
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Press Mentions
Prevent-plus Announces the Full US Commercial Launch of Preventogen in Partnership with ARC Group MedicalJuly 11th, 2022- Endonovo Therapeutics SofPulse® Post-Surgical Study Shows Decreased Post-Operative Opioid Usage and Decreased Length of Stay Resulting in Significant Cost SavingsAugust 24th, 2020
- Endonovo Therapeutics Announces Significant Results from Study Showing 70% Reduction of Morphine Equivalent Dose and 2 Day Reduction of Length of Stay at Hospitals Using SofPulse®July 27th, 2020
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Professional Memberships
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Hospital Affiliations
Baylor McNair CampusHouston, Texas
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