November 14, 2022

Nadeem Dhanani, MD, MPH

The son of an internist, Nadeem Dhanani grew up in Hollywood, FL, and went to college at Duke, where he majored in Biology, Public Policy and Health Policy. While in college, he worked in the Clinton White House as a…


November 14, 2022

Melina McCarty, MD


November 14, 2022

David R. Hall, MD, FACS

After completing his undergraduate degree in biomedical sciences at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Hall attended medical school at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. He went on to general surgery residency at East Tennessee State…


November 14, 2022

Yanna Cao, MD, MS


November 14, 2022

Erin Fox, PhD


November 14, 2022

Lisa Chen, MD, FACS

Dr. Lisa Chen received her undergraduate degree from Yale University, her medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, and completed her general surgery residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where she also did a research fellowship. She…


November 14, 2022

Michael D. Trahan, MD, FACS

Dr. Michael D. Trahan earned his medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas, and completed his internship and residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas. Board certified in general surgery and…


November 14, 2022

Lillian S. Kao, MD, MS, FACS

High-achiever Lillian Kao was born in Chicago, and raised in the city’s suburbs. She was recently president of the Association for Academic Surgery, a society which promotes the development of young academic surgeons through courses on surgical research and career…


November 14, 2022

Emily K. Robinson, MD, FACS

Emily Robinson, MD, FACS graduated with Honors from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (now known as McGovern Medical School at UTHealth) in 1993. She completed her residency at UTHealth’s McGovern Medical School, during which she was awarded…


November 14, 2022

Laura J. Moore, MD, FACS

Laura Moore decided she wanted to be a doctor in elementary school. “I always thought my pediatrician was really cool – an interesting, resilient person with a fun job,” she says. In college at Texas A&M, she narrowed her career…


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