Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery
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Division of Trauma, Bariatric and Acute Care Surgery
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
- Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency - SIM
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ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
- Director, Emergency General Surgery
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Ben Taub Hospital
Addresses
- Neurosensory Center (Office)
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6501 Fannin St. Suite NA416
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-8327
Education
- Fellowship at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
- Memphis
- Trauma and surgical critical care
- Residency at Brown University
- Providence
- MD from University of California Davis School of Medicine
- Davis
- BA from University of California Davis
- Davis
Certifications
- General Surgery
- American Board of Surgery
- Surgical Critical Care
- American Board of Surgery
Honors & Awards
- 2020 Top Doctor: General Surgery
- Houstonia Magazine
- John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award
- ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
- Brown University Alpert Medical School Resident Teaching Award
- Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award
- Gold Humanism Honor Society of Brown University
- Gabriel Smilkstein Humanitarian Award
- University of California Davis School of Medicine
Professional Interests
- Trauma
- Emergency general surgery
- General Surgery
- Complex abdominal wall repair
- Hernia repair
- Biliary disease
- Enteral feeding access
- Surgical Critical Care
Professional Statement
Dr. R. Mario Vera was raised in northern California and attended the University of California Davis for his undergraduate studies in Latin American history. After college he spent a year in Peru studying infectious disease in Lima, the Andean region, and the Amazon River basin. He returned to the University of California Davis School of Medicine for his medical degree which he obtained in 2008. He completed his general surgery residency at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2013 and his fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care at the University of Tennessee in Memphis in 2014. His clinical and research interests are in trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical care. He has a strong commitment to teaching and mentorship of medical students and residents, especially those interested in general surgery and trauma.
Websites
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Selected Publications
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Heffernan D, Vera RM, Monaghan S, Thakkar R, Kozloff M, Connolly M, Gregg S, Machan J, Harrington D, Adams C, Cioffi W. " Impact of Socioethnic Factors on Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury. " ;
Memberships
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- American College of Surgeons
- Fellow
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