Lillian S Kao MD

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Professor and Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Summary

Dr. Lillian Kao is a Houston-based general surgeon specializing in acute care surgery and surgical critical care. She completed her fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) and her surgical residency at the University of Washington. She holds an MBA focused on Medical Management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MS in Clinical Research. Dr. Kao has faculty at UTHealth Houston since 2002 and professor since 2013. She has extensive experience in trauma, surgical critical care, surgical site infections, and healthcare quality. She is a Past President of the Association for Academic Surgery and a Past Chair of the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors.

University of Massachusetts AmherstMBA, Focus in Medical Management, 2019 - 2022
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2006 - 2007
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonMS, Clinical Research, 2002 - 2006
University of WashingtonResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 2001
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1996

Hyperglycemia in Surgical Infections Start of enrollment: 2009 Aug 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Prevention of Surgical Site Infections Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Trial of the Effect of Timing of Cholecystectomy During Initial Admission for Mild Gallstone Pancreatitis Start of enrollment: 2016 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
TRIAD Appendicitis Decision-making Surveys Start of enrollment: 2022 Oct 01
Recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Surgical Stabilization for Rib Fractures Start of enrollment: 2020 Feb 23
Completed
Not Applicable
MAST Trial: Multi-modal Analgesic Strategies in Trauma Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 02
Completed
Phase 4
Damage Control Laparotomy Start of enrollment: 2016 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Ketamine for Acute Pain Management After Trauma Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 4
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PubMed

Impact of Massive Transfusion Activation on Time to Delivery of the First Cooler and Patient Survival: A Study of 4,313 Consecutive Activations.
Jan-Michael Van Gent, Devi Bavishi, Thomas W Clements, James B Dickey, Rhonda Hobbs
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2025-04-01
Experience of a peer prereview service including a junior reviewer program in a professional association.
Susan E Smith, Laura M Andrick, Evelyn Akuamoah-Boateng, Kwame Akuamoah-Boateng, Chancey Carothers
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2025-02-20
Is more better? Evaluating the impact of early surgical debridement on Morel-Lavallee lesions.
Jose E Barrera, Shuyan Wei, Chioma G Obinero, Catherine Tang, Emily Cao
American Journal of Surgery. 2025-02-06

Journal Articles

How Should the SPLASH Trial Inform the Care of Patients with Blunt Splenic Trauma?
Michael W Wandling, Lillian S Kao, JAMA Surgery
Eosinopenia and Adverse Outcomes After Clostridium Difficile InfectionsOf Mice and Men
Lillian S Kao, Shuyan Wei, JAMA

Lectures

Challenging Current Notions About Quality Improvement and Research (AAST and Clinical Congress of Acute Care Surgery)
Anaheim, California - 9/22/2023

Incorporation of a Health Equity Approach to Hospital Violence Intervention Programs: The Integration of a Community and Hospital Based Initiatives to Reduce Gun Violence in a Large Metropolitan AreaNINR2023–Present
Studies On Hyperglycemia In Surgical InfectionNational Center For Research Resources2006–2010