HOUSTON METHODIST - Key Persons
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- Academic Institute - Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Genomic Medicine / Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology / Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology / Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
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- Department of Medicine - Fondren Distinguished Professor in Inflammatory Bowel Disease / Academic Institute - Professor of Clinical Medicine / Research Institute - Full Clinical Member
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- Bishop
- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Academic Institute - Instructor in Nursing / Center for Nursing Research, Education and Practice
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- Academic Institute - Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery / Department of Surgery / Houston Methodist West Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Emeritus Professor of Surgery / Research Institute
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- Research Institute - John F. III and Ann H. Bookout Distinguished Chair for Research Excellence, Full Member / Academic Institute - Professor of Medicine
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Academic Institute - Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology / Research Institute - Associate Clinical Member / Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
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- Academic Institute - Adjunct Professor of Surgery / Research Institute
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- Academic Institute - Associate Professor of Clinical Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery / Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology / Research Institute - Assistant Clinical Member / Department of Radiology
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Medicine / Research Institute - Assistant Clinical Member / Department of Medicine
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Medical Director of the Eddy Scurlock Stroke Center
Dr. Davis Chiu is the medical director of the Eddy Scurlock Stroke Center. He serves on the board of directors for the American Heart Association and is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology, American Heart Association Stroke Council, Texas Medical Association and Harris County Medical Association.
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- Associate Director and Division Chief
- Associate Director of the Center for Outcomes Research
Dr. Farhaan S. Vahidy serves as Associate Director of the Center for Outcomes Research (COR) at Houston Methodist and holds the inaugural Coneway Family Centennial Endowed Directorship in Quality and Outcomes. Dr. Vahidy is also serving as the COR Division Chief of Population Health Science & Health Services Research. He also hold additional appointment of Associate Professor at the Neurological Institute Houston Methodist.
As Associate Director and Division Chief, Dr. Vahidy leads the development of learning healthcare systems models utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning for rapid integration of scientifically robust evidence into healthcare practice. He has expertise in outcomes research applied to stroke and cerebrovascular disease.
Dr. Vahidy was previously an Associate Professor of Neurology at the McGovern Medical School at UT Health Houston. At UTH, he directed the Data Management and Analysis Core and the Division of Population Health and Health Services Research for UTHealth's Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases.
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- Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery
Dr. Gavin W. Britz is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery. He leads an acclaimed team of neurosurgeons and affiliated professionals and is recognized as one of the nation's foremost cerebrovascular, skull base and brain tumor surgeons and is included in the "Masters of Neurosurgery" book.
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- Neurointerventional Surgeon
Dr. Orlando Diaz currently serves as a Neurointerventional Surgeon offering advanced techniques in diagnosis and treatment of cerebral vascular diseases. He participates in multiple ongoing medical research concerning aneurysm diagnostics and treatment. He is also a part of the staff at Houston Radiology Associates.
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- Assistant Professor
- Medical Director
Dr. Steve H. Fung is a Neuroradiologist and Assistant Professor of Radiology and Medical Director of the MRI Core. His clinical and research interests include the application of advanced MRI techniques in evaluating diseases of the central nervous system, including brain tumors, cerebrovascular disease/stroke, dementia/neurodegenerative diseases, and epilepsy.
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- Director of Education for the Houston Methodist Academic Institute
- Professor of Urology, Academic Institute / Chief Education Officer, Academic Institute
Dr. Timothy B. Boone is Director of Education for the Houston Methodist Academic Institute, and a member of the Neurological Institute at Houston Methodist Hospital. He is Professor of Urology at Weill Cornell Medical College and holds appointments as Professor of Urology at Texas A&M College of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine where he is a Clinical Professor of Urology. In 2014, Dr. Boone was appointed Associate Dean, Texas A&M University College of Medicine at the Houston campus.
Dr. Boone earned his Master of Science in physiology and Ph.D. in neuroscience at the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston. He completed his M.D./Ph.D. at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and urology residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. In 1991 he joined the faculty in the Department of Urology at UT Southwestern for two years and then moved to Baylor College of Medicine where he joined the Scott Department of Urology. In 2000 Dr. Boone was named Professor and Chair of the Scott Department of Urology where he served until 2008. For over 20 years he actively participated in the care of spinal cord injured veterans with neurogenic bladder dysfunction at the VA Spinal Cord Injury Unit in Dallas and in Houston.
Boone specializes in the treatment of patients with incontinence following prostatectomy, women with complex voiding disorders, and bladder problems related to neurologic disease including spinal cord injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease. He maintains active participation in research, focusing on mechanisms of sensory control and dysfunction in the bladder and urethra that are related to spinal cord injury, diabetes or obstruction. Dr. Boone is the primary investigator for the Neuroregeneration and Bladder Sensory Science Laboratory at the Houston Methodist Research Institute.
Throughout his career Dr. Boone has written over 200 publications and given hundreds of lectures regionally and nationally while serving as a visiting professor for many departments of urology. He is a member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, Clinical Society of GU Surgeons, American Urological Association, Texas Urological Society, Society for Neuroscience, Society for Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction, and the AOA Honor Medical Society. He serves as consultant reviewer for several scientific journals including Neurourology and Urodynamics, Journal of Urology, British Journal of Urology, Urology, Spinal Cord, and the New England Journal of Medicine. He is on the editorial board of Nature Reviews in Urology. Dr. Boone was elected as a Trustee to the American Board of Urology in 2006 and served as President of the American Board of Urology from 2011 - 2012.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ( CST )
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- Presidential Distinguished Chair
Dr. Sostman received his M.D. degree in 1976 from Yale University School of Medicine. He then trained in internal medicine, radiology and nuclear medicine at Yale - New Haven Hospital. He was a faculty member at Yale University from 1981 until 1987, and then at Duke University, where he was Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology until 1995. In 1995 he was appointed Professor, Chair, and Radiologist-in-Chief at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He remained at Weill Cornell and New York - Presbyterian for the next decade, serving as Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs (2001-2005), Executive Vice Dean (2003-2005), President of the New York - Presbyterian Hospital Medical Board (2004-2005), and Trustee of New York - Presbyterian Hospital (2003-2005). In 2005, he became Chief Medical Officer, Chief Academic Officer and Executive Vice President at Houston Methodist. He served as Interim CEO of the Research Institute in 2010 and holds the rank of Distinguished Member in HMRI. Dr. Sostman was appointed President of the Houston Methodist Academic Institute in 2019 and is now Professor Emeritus of Radiology at Weill Cornell.
Dr. Sostman specialized in thoracic and cardiovascular imaging and was an active clinician for over 20 years. He was named to regional and national lists of the best doctors. In his roles as an administrator, he supervised a large clinical department, then led the entire clinical enterprise at Weill Cornell, and finally led the physicians of the Houston Methodist System. He conceived Weill Cornell's clinical strategic plan and served on the campaign committees that raised $750 million and guided recruitment of more than 50 new faculty, development of new clinical services and a new outpatient care building, which was the first new Cornell University building in New York City in 50 years. He currently serves on the Methodist Campaign Steering Committee.
He is a Founding Member of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and the Society of Thoracic Radiology, and was elected to the Fleischner Society (1984) and the International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology (1998). He has received numerous awards and honors. His service on scientific advisory panels includes the RNM Study Section of the NIH, the DMG Special Emphasis Panel (Chair) of the NIH, and the NIH Commission (Academy of Radiology Research). He has served as a member of the New York State Board for Medicine, President of the Association of University Radiologists, and Councilor of the American College of Radiology.
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- Academic Institute - Associate Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology / Department of Otolaryngology / Institute of Reconstructive Surgery / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Instructor in Neurology / Research Institute - Instructor
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Research Professor of Cardiology / Research Institute - Assistant Research Member / Department of Cardiology
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences / Research Institute - Assistant Member / Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Academic Institute - Professor of Clinical Surgery / Department of Surgery - Deputy Chair, General Surgery / Lynda K. and David M. Underwood Center for Digestive Disorders / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine / Research Institute - Associate Clinical Member / Department of Medicine
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- Research Institute - Assistant Affiliate Member
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology / Department of Otolaryngology / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery / Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Volpi is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for Adult Neurology and in Neurosonology; including physics, carotid, and transcranial Doppler by the American Society of Neuroimaging.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- President - Elect of the Medical Staff, Advisory
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- Academic Institute - Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology / Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Instructor in Nursing / Center for Nursing Research, Education and Practice
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- Academic Institute - Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Oncology / Research Institute
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Surgery / Research Institute - Assistant Clinical Member / Department of Surgery
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Medicine / Research Institute - Assistant Clinical Member / Department of Medicine
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- Academic Institute - Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine / Department of Medicine - Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Genomic Medicine / Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology / Department of Urology / Houston Methodist West Hospital
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- Department of Cardiology - Beverly B. and Daniel C. Arnold Distinguished Chair / Academic Institute - Professor of Cardiology / Research Institute - Full Member
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology / Research Institute - Assistant Clinical Member / Department of Ophthalmology - Blanton Eye Institute
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- Academic Institute - Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology / Department of Radiology / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology & Critical Care / Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ( CST )
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Clinical Member / Research Institute - Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology / Department of Otolaryngology
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- President of the Medical Staff
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Academic Institute - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences / Research Institute - Assistant Affiliate Member
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- Research Institute - Full Affiliate Member
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- Academic Institute - Professor of Clinical Pathology and Genomic Medicine / Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine / Department of Medicine / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Surgery / Research Institute - Assistant Member / Department of Surgery
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Clinic Director
- Department of Neurology / Neurological Institute
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- Academic Institute - Assistant Professor of Clinical Plastic Surgery / Department of Surgery / Institute of Reconstructive Surgery / Houston Methodist the Woodlands Hospital
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Academic Institute - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacy in Medicine
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors