
Samir S. Awad
@samirsawad1
Father, MIS and Open Surgeon, Surgical Critical Care. Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair Surgical Quality & Safety, BCM. OCL Executive & Chief of Surgery, MEDVAMC
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11-05-2017 20:05:35
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Congratulations to BCM_Surgery #GlobalSurgery resident Youmna A. Sherif, MD on being awarded the Golden Scalpel Award by BCM_EmergencyMed in recognition of her professionalism, communication, & excellence in patient care. Well deserved Dr. Sherif! BCM General Surgery Residency @RachelWDavis Todd Rosengart, MD


Outstanding presentation on activated collagen decreasing SSI rates in elective surgery cases by Ryan Nowrouzi MS3 BCMHouston BCM_Surgery. Thank you to Catherine Hunter for her discussion of the paper Surgical Infection Society 2022


Headed to Baylor Scott and White in Temple, TX for Vascular Surgery Fellowship! I am very grateful for the opportunity to become a vascular surgeon. Thank you! 😁 BSW Temple Vascular Surgery BCM_Surgery BCM General Surgery Residency

Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) VA Houston BCM_Surgery Christy Chai Faisal Bakaeen MD Thank you! So proud of our team savitri fedson BiykemBozkurt Samir S. Awad & especially Alexis Shafii and Alex Schutz!

Congratulations are in order to our very own PGY-4 Dr. Melissa Koci on receiving one of this year’s BCMHouston Women of Excellence Awards! We are inspired by and in awe of her everyday. There’s nothing she can’t do. Kudos, Melissa! 🙌👏



On this day of remembrance we are truly thankful for the sacrifice of our Nation’s Heroes VA Houston VHA Under Secretary BCM_Surgery BCMHouston


Ourtanding Team effort from BCM_Surgery DOS surgeons, Drs.Shafii, Schutz and Cotton with BCMHouston Cardiology, and Anesthesia with amazing VA Houston nurses, perfusion and support staff in making this happen. Very honored and proud to lead such an outstanding group.


Congratulations to Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA, FACS, FRCS(Eng), FAAP as the 104th President of the American College of Surgeons at #ACSCC23 ! sisna.org/Default.aspx




Incredible News! Dr. Liao Receives $315,000 from the JLH Foundation to Impact the Future of Heart Transplantation. Kenneth Liao, MD, PhD #RoboticSurgery #Heart #Medicalresearch The Texas Heart Institute BCMHouston


Thx mary hawn Stanford Surgery VA Palo Alto HCS for a great year & congrats Danny UPMC VA Pittsburgh, our new AVAS president 🎉Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) #AVAS2024

Great presentation Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) #AVAS2024 by Inaara Malick BCMHouston BCM_Surgery VA Houston SreyRam Kuy, MD Samir S. Awad 👍👏


Congratulations to Christy Chai for her leadership and outstanding accomplishments Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) VA Houston BCM_Surgery BCMHouston

Alexis Nichols BCM_Surgery, great work 👏 reviewing pts with #BiliaryColic & presenting SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! #SAGES2024 looking forward to seeing more outstanding work👍VA Houston BCMHouston SreyRam Kuy, MD Samir S. Awad


I have been very lucky to have Dr. William Fisher as a senior partner for over a decade fighting pancreas cancer at Baylor College of Medicine at BSLMC BCM_Surgery BCM Gastroenterology BCM General Surgery Residency Todd Rosengart, MD PanCAN St. Luke's Health CHI BSLMC Quality Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center BCMHouston

Fantastic Surgical Infection Society annual meeting in PHL. Proud of MS3 Hachem Bey for his research Project Entitled “The Impact Of A Novel Microbiocidal Elastomeric Liquid Polymer(Preventogen) On Surgical Site Infections” Christy Chai BCMHouston BCM_Surgery

Such an amazing time at the Eisenhower Fellowships graduation last night! Grateful for this transformative experience- I spent my Eisenhower Fellowship hiking the Great Wall of China, lecturing at the top medical schools in Beijing and Shanghai & collaborating with AI experts in healthcare!
