Robert Ellis Southard, M.D.
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Positions
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
- Director, Outpatient Acute Care Surgery and Extended Care Surgery
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Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Addresses
- Baylor Medicine at McNair Campus (Clinic)
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7200 Cambridge Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-7911
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Education
- Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston
- General Surgery
- Residency at Washington University School of Medicine
- St. Louis
- Surgical Critical Care
- MD from University of South Alabama College of Medicine
- Mobile
- BS from University of Alabama
- Tuscaloosa
Certifications
- General Surgery
- American Board of Surgery
- Surgical Critical Care
- American Board of Surgery
Professional Interests
- General surgery
- Surgical critical care
- General surgery in medically ill and complex patients
- Appendectomy
- Cholecystectomy
- Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMA syndrome)
Professional Statement
Dr. Robert Ellis Southard earned his medical degree from the University of South Alabama. He completed training as a general surgeon at Baylor College of Medicine before completing additional training at Washington University in St. Louis in surgical critical care. Dr. Southard continued to work at Washington University in the fields of general surgery, trauma surgery and surgical critical care until moving back to Houston to join the Division of General Surgery in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. His research interests involve determining why critically ill and injured patients develop hospital-acquired infections. Dr, Southard also has a strong interest in resident and medical student education.Websites
Selected Publications
- Skrabal CA, Thompson LO, Southard RE, Joyce DL, Noon GP, Loebe M, Youker KA "Interaction between isolated human myocardial mast cells and cultured fibroblasts." J Surg Res.;
- Skrabal CA, Thompson LO, Potapov EV, Southard RE, Joyce DL, Youker KA, Noon GP, Loebe M "Organ-specific regulation of pro-inflammatory molecules in heart, lung, and kidney following brain death." J Sug Res.;
- Southard RE, Nelson JC, Joyce DL, Thompson LO, Skrabal CA, Torre-Amione G, Youker KA, Noon GP, Loebe M "Placement of a left ventricular assist device in a patient with dextrocardia." J Heart Lung Transplant.;
- Joyce DL, Southard RE, Torre-Amione G, Noon GP, Land GA, Loebe M "Impact of left Ventricular assist device (LVAD)-mediated humoral sensitization on post-transplant outcomes." J Heart Lung Transplant.;
- Perme CS, Southard RE, Joyce DL, Noon GP, Loebe M "Early mobilization of LVAD recipients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation." Tex Heart Inst J.;
- Jahanyar J, Joyce DL, Southard RE, Loebe M, Noon GP, Koerner MM, Torre-Amione G, Youker KA "Decorin-mediated transforming growth factor-beta inhibition ameliorates adverse cardiac remodeling." J Heart Lung Transplant.;
- Barshes NR, Udell IW, Joyce DL, Southard RE, O’Mahony CA, Goss JA "A pooled analysis of posttransplant survival following combined heart-liver transplantation." Transplantation.;
- Torre-Amione G, Southard RE, Loebe M, Youker KA, Bruckner B, Estep JD, Tierney M, Noon GP "Reversal of secondary pulmonary hypertension by axial and pulsatile mechanical circulatory support." J Heart Lung Transplant.;
- Southard RE and Boyle WA "Corticosteroids and the original vasopressin and septic shock trial subgroups." Crit Care Med.;
- Southard RE, Ghosh S, Hilliard J, Davis C, Mazuski C, Walton A, Hotchkiss R "Pulmonary Contusion is associated with TLR4 upregulation and decreased susceptibility to Pseudomonas Pneumonia in a mouse model." Shock.;
Memberships
- Alpha Omega Alpha
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