Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Surgical Oncology
Section of Colorectal Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston

Assistant Program Director for GME - SIM

Department of Surgery

Addresses

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (Clinic)

O’Quinn Medical Tower at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center’s McNair Campus
1919 Old Spanish Trail
Houston, TX 77054
United States
Phone: (832) 957-6500
Fax: (713) 610-4597
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Education

BA from University of St. Thomas

06/2005 - Houston, Texas United States

MD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

06/2009 - Dallas, Texas United States

Residency at University of Texas Medical Branch

07/2017 - Galveston, Texas United States

General Surgery

Research Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital

07/2014 - Houston, Texas United States

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

07/2018 - Houston, Texas United States

Surgical Critical Care

Fellowship at University of Louisville

08/2019 - Louisville, Kentucky United States

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Certifications

Texas Medical Board

General Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Surgical Critical Care

American Board of Surgery

Professional Interests

• General surgery
• Surgical Critical Care
• Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Colorectal Cancer
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Professional Statement

Dr. Yesenia Rojas-Khalil returns to Houston after completing a Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, where her specialty training focused primarily in robotic and minimally invasive surgery, colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis), and complex re-operative pelvic and abdominal surgery.

She is a born and raised Texan, and native Spanish speaker. Dr. Rojas-Khalil graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Thomas in Houston and obtained her Medical Degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. She then completed an 8-year General Surgery residency at the University of Texas-Medical Branch in Galveston, which included a 3-year research fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital with a focus in cancer genetics. In addition, she completed a Surgical Critical Care fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, caring for the most critically ill surgical patients. She is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, and board-eligible for certification in Colon and Rectal Surgery.

Dr. Rojas-Khalil has authored and co-authored many original research publications, in addition to contributing to surgical textbook chapters in Current Surgical Therapy, Scientific American Surgery, and The SCORE Curriculum for resident education. She is also the Spanish Video Commentator and Contributing Abstract Translator for Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (DC&R), the official journal for the American Society of Colon and Rectum Surgeons (ASCRS). Dr. Rojas-Khalil is an active member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American Society of Colon and Rectum Surgeons (ASCRS).

Websites

Memberships

American College of Surgeons

Fellow

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons