Email

roberto.vera@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency - SIM

Baylor College of Medicine

Director, Emergency General Surgery

Ben Taub Hospital

Addresses

Neurosensory Center (Office)

6501 Fannin St. Suite NA416
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-8327

Education

Fellowship at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

Memphis

Trauma and surgical critical care

Residency at Brown University

Providence

MD from University of California Davis School of Medicine

Davis

BA from University of California Davis

Davis

Certifications

General Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Surgical Critical Care

American Board of Surgery

Honors & Awards

2020 Top Doctor: General Surgery

Houstonia Magazine

John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award

Baylor College of Medicine

Brown University Alpert Medical School Resident Teaching Award

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award

Gold Humanism Honor Society of Brown University

Gabriel Smilkstein Humanitarian Award

University of California Davis School of Medicine

Professional Interests

• Trauma
• Emergency general surgery
• General Surgery
• Complex abdominal wall repair
• Hernia repair
• Biliary disease
• Enteral feeding access
• Surgical Critical Care

Professional Statement

Dr. R. Mario Vera was raised in northern California and attended the University of California Davis for his undergraduate studies in Latin American history. After college he spent a year in Peru studying infectious disease in Lima, the Andean region, and the Amazon River basin. He returned to the University of California Davis School of Medicine for his medical degree which he obtained in 2008. He completed his general surgery residency at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2013 and his fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care at the University of Tennessee in Memphis in 2014. His clinical and research interests are in trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical care. He has a strong commitment to teaching and mentorship of medical students and residents, especially those interested in general surgery and trauma.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Heffernan D, Vera RM, Monaghan S, Thakkar R, Kozloff M, Connolly M, Gregg S, Machan J, Harrington D, Adams C, Cioffi W "Impact of Socioethnic Factors on Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury." ;

Memberships

Alpha Omega Alpha

American College of Surgeons

Fellow