GrantDGillilandMD

Summary

• Dr. Gilliland was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After pursuing an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Baylor University, he attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He graduated at the top of his class and became a member of Alpha Omega Alpha - Honor Medical Society. His training continued with an Ophthalmology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Gilliland then completed a fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center where he was voted as the best teaching faculty member. He is presently board certified in Ophthalmology.
  
  Currently, Dr. Gilliland is an Associate Clinical Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery at Texas A & M college of Dentistry, an Associate Clinical Professor at Texas A & M Medical school and director of Orbital Surgery for the Skull Based Surgery Institute at Baylor University Medical Center. Dr. Gilliland has extensive experience in sports related trauma. He has been the team physician for the NHL DALLAS STARS for almost 20 years and has consulted on patients from the MLB TEXAS RANGERS, NFL DALLAS COWBOYS, NBA DALLAS MAVERICKS, FIGHT NIGHT professional boxing tournament and is one of the specialist physicians for the PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDERS (PBR) and is frequently called on to reconstruct rodeo cowboys. Because of the extensive experience he has gained in Sports Ophthalmology, Dr. Gilliland is recognized as a leader in Sports related Ophthalmic Injuries. Dr. Gilliland is actively engaged in teaching resident doctors in Ophthalmology, Maxillofacial surgery and Plastic Surgery at Baylor Medical Center and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
  
  Dr. Gilliland has published numerous articles in leading medical journals and written chapters on several different topics in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in several leading medical textbooks and online reference