Dean B. Andropoulos, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, TCH
6621 Fannin, WY19345H
Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5831; FAX 832-825-1903
e-mail:
dra@bcm.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliation: TCH.
Academic appointment: Associate Professor, Baylor.
Medical school: University of California, San Diego.
Specialty training: University of California, San Francisco.
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Pediatric and congenital cardiovascular anesthesia and intensive care.
James Michael Anton, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
anton@bcm.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Specialty training: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Lawrence (Lance) Blanchard, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
ldblanch@bcm.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston.
Specialty training: UTHSC-Houston; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Paul W. Brock, Jr., MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
pbrock@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: University of South Alabama, Mobile.
Specialty training: University of South Alabama, Mobile; University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
LiQian Chen, MD
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
E-mail:
lchen@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliations:SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor, UTHSCH.
Medical school: Shanghai First Medical School, 1983.
Specialty training: PhD, Department of Physiology,
UTHSCSA; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Emory University.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, National Board of Echocardiography–Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography.
Specialty interests: Transesophageal echocardiography, cadiovascular anesthesiology
C. David Collard, MD
Chief, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, THI
Director, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology Research, THI
6720 Bertner Avenue, Suite O-520
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345,
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
E-mail:
ccollard@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Academic appointments: Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine.
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine, 1991.
Specialty training: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, National Board of Echocardiography–Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography.
Specialty interests: Genomics, inflammation, and cardiothoracic surgery.
John R. Cooper, Jr., MD
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
jcooper@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliations: SLEH, TCH.
Academic appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor, UTHSCH.
Medical school: Tulane University, 1972.
Specialty training: University of Tennessee; University of Mississippi; Texas Heart Institute.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology (Critical Care Medicine).
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular anesthesiology, pulmonary bypass, echocardiography.
Joseph P. Creo, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
creo@bcm.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Ross University Medical School, Dominica West Indies.
Specialty training: Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Heinrich Epple, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
epple@bcm.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany.
Specialty training: University of Illinois, Chicago; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Charles Kiser, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
kiser@bcm.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Texas Tech Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas.
Specialty training: Texas Tech, El Paso; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Wanda C. Miller-Hance, MD
6621 Fannin, WT 19345 H,
Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5824; FAX 832-825-1903
e-mail:
wmh@bcm.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliation: TCH.
Academic appointment: Associate Professor, Baylor.
Medical school: University of Wisconsin, 1991.
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics–Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology; American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiology, pediatric cardiology.
Wei Pan, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
wpan@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Shanghai Medical University, China.
Specialty training: University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Manu Sethi, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
sethi@bcm.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
Specialty training: Caritas Carney Hospital & St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Ali R. Shahen, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
arshahen@bcm.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica West Indies.
Specialty training: The University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Stephen A. Stayer, MD
6621 Fannin, WT 19345 H,
Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5831; FAX 832-825-1903
e-mail:
sstayer@houston.rr.com
Hospital affiliation: TCH.
Academic appointment: Baylor.
Medical school: UTSWMS, Dallas.
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiology and intensive care.
Zachariah Thomas, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
zthomas@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Karnatak University, Al-Ameen Medical College, India.
Specialty training: University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Byron E. Tsusaki, DO
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345,
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
btsusaki@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor, UTHSCH.
Medical school: University of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, Iowa, 1991.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular anesthesiology.
