Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Co-Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Critical Care

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Addresses

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (Hospital)

2002 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 794-8017

Education

BA from Hunter College of CUNY/New York

New York

Psychology

MD from St. George’s University School of Medicine

Grenada

Clinical Fellowship at New York Hospital Queens -Weill Cornell Medicine

Queens

Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine

Residency at New York Hospital Queens – Weill Cornell Medicine

Queens

Internal Medicine

Certifications

Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties

Pulmonary Diseases

American Board of Internal Medicine

Critical Care Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

• Pulmonary Diseases
• Critical Care Medicine

Professional Statement

Mastian Chand, M.D., M.P.H. joined the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center as an Intensivist in the Cardio-thoracic ICU. He was previously the Medical Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Houston Methodist Hospital. While he maintains board certifications in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, and Neurocritical Care Medicine, his primary focus is cardiac critical care. He is especially interested in the management of cardiogenic shock, the use of mechanical circulatory support devices, and the care of critically ill heart failure patients.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Gross L, Oprea M, Chand M, Gutierrez C "Race and 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency in the Critically Ill: Does It Matter?." Chest.; Pubmed PMID: 1703544
• Chand M, Gutkin E, Kim SH, Urban C, and Hochman MC "Clostridium perfringens Septicemia: A Rare Presentation and Review of the Literature." Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice.;
• Chand M, Mann JM, Sabayev V, Luo JJ, Cohen, PR, Travis WD, Lee PC, and Paul S "Endotracheal Myoepithelioma." Chest.; Pubmed PMID: 21729896

Memberships

Society of Critical Care Medicine

American Thoracic Society

American College of Chest Physicians