Richard J. Andrassy, MD, FACS, FAAP, FACN, FICS
Department head and golf enthusiast Richard Andrassy grew up on East Coast, and family still lives in Florida. Here in Houston, he and his wife have six grandchildren to entertain. “I wanted to be a doctor since I was seven…
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…
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…
John S. Bynon, MD, FACS
Growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where his father was the head of non-nuclear construction for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Steve Bynon dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Instead, his father enrolled him in the pre-med program at the University of…
Steven E. Canfield, MD
New Jersey native and graduate of Haverford College outside of Philadelphia, Steven Canfield never realized he belonged in Texas. After his residency at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York, he came to Houston to do his fellowship…
Run Wang, MD, FACS
Run Wang, MD, credits his research work in medical school for guiding him to the field of sexual medicine. “I was involved in research regarding male infertility,” said Dr. Wang, professor and chair of urology at McGovern Medical School. “This…
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…
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…
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…
Stefanos G. Millas, MD, FACS
Stefanos Millas was born at Park Plaza Hospital and grew up in Houston, attending Strake Jesuit. After graduating from Texas A&M with a degree in Microbiology, he worked in a lab for two years before setting his sights on medical…