Announcements
Dr. Alan Dackiw Becomes Director of Faculty Development
The Department of Surgery would like to announce that Alan Dackiw, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., will become our new director of faculty development.
Dr. Parsia Vagefi Becomes Executive Vice Chair of Strategy and Finance
The Department of Surgery would like to announce that Parsia Vagefi, M.D., will become the next executive vice chair of strategy and finance in our department.
New Administrator for Department of Surgery
The Department of Surgery would like to welcome back Robert Nix, M.B.A., who will be taking on a new role as department administrator.
Surgery Staffers Help With Vaccinations
Please join us in thanking the Department of Surgery staff members who have volunteered to work in vaccination clinics throughout Dallas.
New Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Please join the Department of Surgery in welcoming Rawle Philbert, D.D.S., FACD, FACS, as chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Announcing New Vice Chair of Quality and New Chief of Surgical Oncology
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that John Mansour, M.D., has been appointed to the position of vice chair of quality in our department and that his role as chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology will be assumed by Adam Yopp, M.D.
Dr. Hennessy Launches Nutrition Service Line
The nutrition support team brings together experts from surgery, medicine, nursing, dietetics, and pharmacy to coordinate care and nutritional support.
Dr. MacConmara Develops Organ Lab at UT Southwestern
Dr. Malcolm MacConmara, assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Transplantation, is leading the development of an organ research lab at UT Southwestern to address the shortage by increasing the number of viable livers suitable for transplant.
CORT: The Center for Organogenesis Research and Trauma
CORT is an exciting new initiative that will establish the premier basic science/translational research program in the world for the study of organogenesis and response to trauma.
New Director of Critical Care Fellowship and Intensive Care Unit
Dr. Linda Dultz has been appointed as the program director of UT Southwestern’s surgical critical care fellowship and medical director of Parkland Hospital’s surgical intensive care unit (SICU).