Honors

• 1963-1969	Commonwealth Scholarship Holder
  1966	James McRae Yeates Prize for Clinical Surgery
  1978	The 1978 Film Award for an outstanding Motion Picture in Chest Medicine. 44th Anual Scientific Assembly, American College of Chest Physicians, Washington, D.C., November 1, 1978
  1978	Award for Most Outstanding Motion Picture in Cardiac Surgery. 13th World Congress on Diseases of the Chest, International Academy of Chest Physicians and Surgeons, Kyto, Japan, July 2-7, 1978
  1980	Elected an Outstanding Contributor to Student Teaching, Class of 1980, Baylor College of Medicine
  1980	Medal of The Merit Order of the Republic of Egypt, conferred by President Anwar Sadat, Cairo, Egypt
  1982-1983	President, Houston Cardiology Society
  1983	Governors Award, American College of Cardiology, 32nd Annual Scientific Session. Scientific Exhibit, First Place Award for Clinical Excellence: Therapeutic Options for Medically Refractory Tachyarrhythmias. New Orleans, Louisana, March 21-24, 1983
  1983	Meritorious Service Award, American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate.
  1985-1986	President, Houston Electrophysiological Society
  1985-1986	President, American Heart Association, Houston Division
  1986	Volunteer Recognition Award, Texas Affiliate American Heart Association
  1986-1989	Director, Texas Affiliate, American Heart Association
  1990	Listed in Who's Who in America
  1992	Thoracic Surgery Residents Faculty Award for Outstanding Thoracic Surgery Teaching
  1996	Listed as a leading Adult Heart Surgeon in the USA by Good Houskeeping magazine
  2008	Conferred the Michael E. DeBakey Professor of Cardiac Surgery
  2008	Delivered The Roon Lecture, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California

 

Membership In Honorary Or Professional Societies

• Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

• Royal College of Surgeons, Canada

• American College of Cardiology

• American College of Chest Physicians

• American College of Surgeons

• American Medical Association

• Harris County Medical Society - Texas

• Texas Medical Association

• International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

• The Society for Vascular Surgery

• Society of Thorasic Surgeons

• The International Cardiovascular Society (North American Chapter)

• The American Association for Thorasic Surgery

• Society for Thorasic Surgical Education

• Southern Surgical Association

• North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology

• The Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces

 

 

Committees

• 1975	Medical Audit Committee, Methodist Hospital
  1977-1979	Admissions Committee, Baylor College of Medicine
  1980-1991	Course Curriculum Committee, Cancer Etiology, Pathophysiology and Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine
  1978-1980	Pharmacy Committee, Methodist Hospital
  1980-1981	Secretary/Treasurer, Houston Cardiology Society
  1981-1982	Medical Records Committee, Methodist Hospital
  1981-1982	Vice President, Houston Cardiology Society
  1981-1982	Student Promotions Committee, Baylor College of Medicine
  1982-1983	President, Houston Cardiology Society
  1982-1983	Treasurer, Houston Electrophysiological Society
  1982-1994	Chairman, Cardiovascular Patient Care Committee, Methodist Hospital
  1983-1984	Surgical Advisory Committee, Methodist Hospital
  1983-1984	Vice President, Houston Electrophysiological Society
  1983-1984	Editorial Task Force, American Heart Association, Houston Division
  1984-1985	Chairman, Program Committee, American Heart Assocaition, Houston Division
  1984-1985	President, Houston Electrophysiological Society
  1985-1986	President, American Heart Association, Houston Chapter
  1984-1992	Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee
  1986-1988	Curriculum Committee, and Advisory Committee for Public Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine
  1992-1993	Graduate Medical Education Committee, Baylor College of Medicine
  1992-1993	Curriculum Committee, Baylor College of Medicine
  1994-1995	Operating Room Committee, Methodist Hospital
  1997-Present	Quality Management Committee, Methodist Hospital
  1999-Present	Executive Committee, Methodist Hospital
  1999-Present	Operations Committee, Debakey Methodist Heart Center

   

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