Baylor College of Medicine

Trauma, Bariatric and Acute Care Surgery Healthcare

The Division of Trauma, Bariatric and Acute Care Surgery meets the surgical needs of the tens of thousands of patients visiting our affiliated hospitals each year from the Houston region and around ...
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UAB Hospital re-verified as a Level I trauma center

UAB Hospital has been reverified as a Level I adult trauma center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma (COT) and remains the only ACS-Level I adult trauma center in the state ...
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UAB researchers reveal how trauma alters blood vessel biology at the molecular level

Jillian Richter, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery published “Trauma promotes heparan sulfate modifications and cleavage that disrupt homeostasis gene ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Trauma, Bariatric and Acute Care Surgery Research

Baylor College of Medicine surgeons provide important evidence-based care for some of Houston’s most acutely injured patients. Research in the division is lead by Dr. Jennifer Leonard, an NIH-funded ...