SamirSamuelAwadMDMPH

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair of Surgical Quality & Safety Baylor College of Medicine. Chief of Surgery, MEDVAMC

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Office
2002 Holcombe Blvd
Med Vamc, Ocl (112), Rm 5a-344
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-794-7765

Fax+1 713-794-7532

Dr. Samir Awad is a general surgeon in Houston, TX and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor McNair Campus. He received his medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and has been in practice 24 years. He specializes in trauma surgery & surgical critical care and is experienced in hepatic cirrhosis, trauma and surgical critical care, surgical site infections, and acute care surgery (emergency general surgery).

Strattice in Repair of Inguinal Hernias Start of enrollment: 2008 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 4
Study of Surgical Mesh for Inguinal Hernia Repair Start of enrollment: 2009 Jun 01
Unknown status
Phase 4

PubMed

859 citations
Chlorhexidine–Alcohol versus Povidone–Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis
Rabih O. Darouiche, Matthew J. Wall, Kamal M.F. Itani, Mary F. Otterson, Alexandra L.B. Webb
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2010-01-28
50 citations
Diagnosis and Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Across the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
Elizabeth A. Alore, James W. Suliburk, David Ramsey, Nader N. Massarweh, Courtney J. Balentine
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2019-09-01
246 citations
Bridging the communication gap in the operating room with medical team training.
Samir S. Awad, Shawn P. Fagan, Charles F. Bellows, Daniel Albo, Beverly Green-Rashad
American Journal of Surgery. 2005-11-01

Prevent-plus Announces the Full US Commercial Launch of Preventogen in Partnership with ARC Group MedicalJuly 11th, 2022
Endonovo Therapeutics SofPulse® Post-Surgical Study Shows Decreased Post-Operative Opioid Usage and Decreased Length of Stay Resulting in Significant Cost SavingsAugust 24th, 2020
Endonovo Therapeutics Announces Significant Results from Study Showing 70% Reduction of Morphine Equivalent Dose and 2 Day Reduction of Length of Stay at Hospitals Using SofPulse®July 27th, 2020
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