Program Director

Danielle Pigneri, MD, FACS

  • Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency: Guthrie Clinic
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of California Davis

Associate Program Director

Michael Truitt, MD, FACS

  • Medical School: McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • General Surgery Residency: University of Colorado
  • Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern/Parkland Health

Faculty

EGS/General Surgery/Surgical Critical Care/Trauma

Rebecca Barr, MD

  • Medical School: McGovern School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • General Surgery Residency: Saint Louis University
  • Bariatric & Advanced GI/MIS Fellowship: Hackensack University Medical Center

John Bini, MD, FACS

  • Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency: University of San Antonio
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of San Antonio

Matthew Carrick, MD

  • Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Morgan Collom, DO

  • Medical School: University of North Texas Health Science Center
  • General Surgery Residency: Medical City Fort Worth
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Alabama Birmingham

Max Jackson, MD

  • Medical School: Albany Medical College
  • General Surgery Residency: Florida Atlantic University
  • Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern/Parkland Health

Chris LaSeur, MD

  • Medical School: Texas A&M College of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency: Texas A&M
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: University of Cincinnati

Alicia Lay, MD

  • Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

Sheetal Patel, MD

  • Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency: University of Illinois Metropolitan Group Hospitals
  • Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic – Florida

Victor Portillo, MD

  • Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
  • General Surgery Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine

Adam Smith, DO

  • Medical School: Oklahoma State University
  • General Surgery Residency: University of North Texas Osteopathic Medical Center

Brian Williams, MD

  • Medical School: University of South Florida College of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency: Harvard Medical School
  • Trauma & Critical Care Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

Burns Faculty

James Cross, MD

  • Medical School: The University of Tennessee
  • General Surgery Residency: McGovern School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship: McGovern School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Breast Faculty

Beth Anglin, MD

  • Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • Residency: University of Texas Southwestern/Parkland Hospital
  • Breast Surgery Fellowship: St. Paul Medical Center & University

Cardiothoracic Faculty

Mikko Tauriainen, MD

  • Medical School: University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency: University of Manitora
  • Thoracic Surgery Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern/Parkland Health

Colorectal Faculty

Christopher Dwyer, MD

  • Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • General Surgery Residency: University of Pittsburg Medical Center Mercy Hospital
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship: Indiana University

Anthony Macaluso, MD

  • Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • General Surgery Residency: University of Texas Southwestern/Parkland Health
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship: Colon and Rectal Clinic of Orlando

Pediatric Faculty

Jay Roden, MD

  • Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch
  • General Surgery Residency: Baylor University Medical Center
  • Liver & Kidney Transplantation Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh
  • Pediatric Surgery Fellowship: University of Southern California

Plastics Faculty

Nicholas Flugstad, MD

  • Medical School: The Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Integrated Program: Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Clinical Fellowship in Head & Neck Reconstruction: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Surgical Oncology Faculty

Umar Butt, MD

  • Medical School: King Edward Medical University
  • General Surgery Residency: Wayne State University
  • Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery Fellowship: Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Furrukh Jabbar, MD

  • Medical School: Dow Medical College
  • Residency: Wayne State University

Transplant Faculty

David Cha, MD

  • Medical School: Stony Brook University School of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency: University of Texas Southwestern/Parkland Health
  • Transplant Surgery Fellowship: Stanford University Medical Center

Vascular Faculty

Edic Stephanian, MD, MBA

  • Medical School: University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency: University of Minnesota
  • Vascular Surgery Fellowship: Baylor University Medical Center