Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Areas of Expertise
Internal Medicine
Clinic Information
Methodist Academic Medicine Associates
6550 Fannin Street, Smith Tower #1101
Houston, TX 77030
713-441-2750 phone
713-790-3013 fax
Academic Appointments
- Research Associate Professor, University of Houston
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
- Chair, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, IRB
- Faculty member, Denver Harbor Clinic, Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program
- Deputy Chief, Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Service
- Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Ethics and Health Policy
Professional Education
- B.S., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1979
- M.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1983
- M.P.H., University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, 1989
- Family Practice Residency, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1983-1986
Honors and Awards
- Board Certification, Family Medicine
- Faculty Teaching Award, Denver Harbor Clinic, 2010
- Adjunct Professor: Catholic University of Korea
- Voluntary faculty teaching award, Denver Harbor Clinic, 2007
- Honorary Faculty Appointment, Tomsk Regional Center for AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases, Tomsk Siberia, 2000-present
- Humanitarian Award (Philippine community), 1999
- The Best Doctors in America: Central Region, 1996/1997/1998/2001/2002/2003/2004
- Macadory Award, 1993
- University of Missouri-Columbia Family Practice Award, 1983
Memberships
- American College of Physicians, member, 1996-present
- American Academy of Family Pracitce
- Harris County Medical Society
Administrative Appointments
- Credentialing Committee, Methodist Care/Unicare/Wellpoint, 2006-present
- P & T MOM Subcommittee, 2005-present
- Patient Safety CMPI Subcommittee, 2005-present
- Biomedical Ethics Committee, TMH, 2007-present
- Chair, Institutional Review Board, TMHRI IRB, 2006-present
Research Interests
- Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Adults and Children, Consultant (Tomsk Siberia)
- HIV Risk Factors and Reduction of MTCT in Tomsk, Siberia, Consultant
- Ethics
