SaraElaineSlabisakMD

Internal Medicine • Portland, OR

M.D. | Law Student

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Summary

A Lone Star State native, I proudly grew up in San Antonio, TX - home to the Alamo, the San Antonio Spurs and the world's best Tex-Mex!

I graduated in the top 10 of my class at Communications Arts High School, a magnet school recognized by the Washington Post as one of the top 100 most challenging high schools in the nation, and received the Texas Distinguished High School Diploma in 2005.

In 2009, I graduated from Rice University (Houston, TX) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in biochemistry and cell biology and a “Fellows Emeritus” distinction for my role as an academic fellow.

I pursued medical graduate studies at McGovern Medical School (Houston, TX) located in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world and received a Medical Doctorate in 2014. With interest in regenerative medicine, I accepted a position as a postdoctoral research associate at UT Southwestern Medical School (Dallas, TX) in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology and the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine.

I am currently a law student at Lewis & Clark Law School (Portland, OR) interested in intellectual property and healthcare law and legislation.

Other academic and professional interests include healthcare application and medical device development.

Education & Training

Lewis & Clark Law SchoolJ.D., Law, 2018 - 2021
McGovern Medical School at UTHealthClass of 2014, MD
Rice UniversityBA, Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Fellows Emeritus Distinction, The President's Honor Roll, 2005 - 2009

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Dean's Scholarship for Excellence Lewis & Clark Law School
Best Oralist Lewis & Clark Law School 1L Moot Court Competition, 2019
Fellows Emeritus Chairman & Graduation Distinction Rice University Academic Fellows Society, 2007-2009
Distinguished Speaker Award National Forensic League, 2006
Scholarship Recipient The Dr. York Lancaster Scholarship, 2006
Member Phi Lambda Upsilon National Chemistry Honor Society, 2006-2009
Member The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2006-2009
Member Who's Who Among American College Students, 2006-2009
Member Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics Honor Society, 1998-2009
The President's Honor Roll Rice University
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Publications & Presentations

Books/Book Chapters

BRS Pharmacology
Chapter: Toxicology
Page 320 - 333Student Editor for Gary C. Rosenfeld, PhDEditors: Student Editor: Sara Slabisak; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.Wolters Kluwer Health, PhiladelphiaEdition 6,2013

Other

Morbidity & Mortality Case
Sara Slabisak
MD Anderson Cancer Center: Surgical ICU - Critical Care Case Conference - 9/2013
Fever in the ICU: Management & Outcomes
Sara Slabisak
MD Anderson Cancer Center: Medical ICU - Critical Care Case Conference - 5/2013
Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease
Sara Slabisak
UT Houston Medical School: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology - Case Conference - 2/2013
Post-Operative Fever
Sara Slabisak
UT Houston Medical School: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology - Case Conference - 8/2012
The Role of Hypothermia in the Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
Sara Slabisak
UT Houston Medical School: Department of Neurosurgery - NTICU Case Conference - 12/2011
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Research History

Postdoctoral Translational Research FellowCoordination and performance of collaborative, interactive cancer chemotherapy cardiotoxicity research including direct laboratory work and post-doctoral exchanges between UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, TX) and MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX) scientists within the CPRIT-MIRA group.2014 - 2014
Medical Student Research AssociatePI: Carin Hagberg, MD - Professor & Chairman, Dept. of Anesthesiology, UT Houston Medical School - "Flexible Optical Intubation Via the Ambu® Aura-I versus Blind Intubation Via the Single-Use Intubating LMA – A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial"2013 - 2014
Medical Student Research AssociatePI: Sara Guzman-Reyes, MD - Associate Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, UT Houston Medical School - "Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided versus Landmark Method for Central Venous Access in the Operating Room"2013 - 2013
Clinical Study AssistantThe TODAY! Study was a nationwide prospective, randomized trial to evaluate treatment regimens and the clinical course of type 2 diabetes in youth. Provided clinical research support; specifically, coordinated study group outings and helped organize diabetes education small groups with participants.2004 - 2011
Undergraduate Student Research Associate: Dept. of Biochemistry & Cell BiologyPI: Beth Beason, PhD - Innovated and implemented protocol optimization techniques for protein purification and enzyme stabilization procedures using native and recombinant adenosine deaminase protein.2008 - 2008
Undergraduate Student Research Associate: Dept. of Biochemistry & Cell BiologyPI: David Caprette, PhD - Designed and conducted a series of studies to investigate action potential propagation parameters in response to a variety of external milieu variations. Involved in all aspects of the research process, including methodology and study design, data collection and analysis.2008 - 2008