Shinil K. Shah, DO, EdD, FACS, FASGE
A graduate of the University of Houston Clear Lake, Dr. Shinil Shah earned his medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Stratford, NJ). He completed a residency in general surgery (UTHealth Houston), a clinical fellowship…
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…
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…
Sasha D. Adams, MD, FACS
Melina McCarty, MD
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…
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…
Kulvinder S. Bajwa, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Born in India, Dr. Kulvinder Bajwa came to Houston with his family when he was 11 years old. After graduating from Willowridge High School here locally, he enrolled at the University of Texas (“UT”) Austin and studied engineering, later switching…
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…
Michelle K. McNutt, MD, FACS
Surgeon Michelle McNutt has been lucky enough to work with important mentors. Her Brownie Troop Leader was Dr. Nancy Dickey, first female president of the American Medical Association (and a graduate of our medical school), and the predominant reason McNutt…