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Awad

Samir Awad, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair of Surgical Quality & Safety
Baylor College of Medicine

Dr Awad is a professor, the Vice-Chair for Surgical Quality and Safety, and the Chief of Surgical Critical Care at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. Dr. Awad has worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs since 2000. He has served as the Operative Care Line Associate Executive, Chief of General Surgery, and as the Medical Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at the MEDVAMC. His areas of specialty include: liver, pancreas, and acute care surgery; as well as minimally invasive surgical procedures. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and is a member of the Association for Academic Surgeons, the Society of University Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, the Surgical Infection Society, and the Society for Critical Care Medicine.

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