Dr. Joseph VaronDr, Varon has contributed more than 830 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10 full textbooks, and 15 dozen book chapters to medical literature. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for Critical Care and Shock and Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews. Dr. Varon has won many prestigious awards and is considered one of the top physicians in the United States. Dr. Varon is also known for his groundbreaking contributions to Critical Care Medicine in the fields of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and therapeutic hypothermia. He has developed and studied technology for selective brain cooling. With Dr. Carlos Ayus, he co-described the hyponatremia associated with extreme exercise syndrome also known as the “Varon-Ayus syndrome.” With Mr. James Boston, he co-described the healthcare provider anxiety syndrome also known as “Boston-Varon syndrome.” Along with Professor Luc Montagnier (Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine in 2008), Dr. Varon created the Medical Prevention and Research Institute in Houston, Texas, which conducts work on basic sciences projects. Dr. Varon has appeared in numerous national and international television and radio programs showing his techniques and care of patients. During the past 11 months of the COVID pandemic, Dr. Varon has become a world leader for his work on COVID19 and his co-development of the MATH+ protocol to care for these patients. For this he has won multiple awards, including a proclamation by the Mayor of the City of Houston as “Dr. Joseph Varon Day”.
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https://flccc.net/flccc-alliance-member-cv-varon/Present Positions
Chairman of the Board, United Memorial Medical Center and United General Hospital, Houston,
Texas
Chief of Staff and Chief of Critical Care Services, United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Chief of Staff and Chief of Critical Care Services, United General Hospital, Houston, Texas
Professor of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, School of Medicine, Tampico,
Tamaulipas, Mexico
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Universidad de Monterrey, School of Medicine,
Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Professor of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico
Professor of Medicine, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Professor of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Professor of Medicine, Benemerita Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Professor of Emergency Medicine Instituto Politécnico Nacional Mexico DF, Mexico
Professor of Medicine Universidad Anahuac Mexico DF, Mexico
Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Adjunct Professor of Medicine Oceania University of Medicine Apia, Samoa
Adjunct Professor of Medicine Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, Lyon, France
Professor of Medicine and Surgery Universidad del Valle de Mexico Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Professor of Medicine and Surgery Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro Queretaro, Mexico
Professor of Medicine and Surgery Benemerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Puebla, Mexico
Clinical Asst. Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Professor Emeritus, Universidad Anahuac, Campus Cancun, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Professor of Medicine Universidad Durango Santander Hermosillo, Mexico
Chief of Staff, UMMC Hospital Sugarland, Houston, Texas
Chief of Staff and Chief of Critical Care Services, UMMC North Hospital, Houston, Texas
Director, COVID 19 Unit, United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Past Chief of Staff University General Hospital Houston, Texas
Former Chief of Critical Care Services Foundation Surgical Hospital of Houston, Houston, Texas
Staff Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Houston Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Texas
Staff Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, United Memorial Medical Center,
Houston, Texas
Staff Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Advanced Diagnostics Hospital,
Houston, Texas
President, Dorrington Medical Associates, P.A. Houston, Texas
Associate Medical Director, Event Response First Med, Inc. Houston, Texas
President and Medical Director, Life Air Ambulance Services International, LLC, Houston, Texas
Consultant, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Co-founder and Principal Investigator, Medical Prevention and Research Institute Houston, Texas
Medical Director of Critical Care and Flight Services, Acute Medical Services, LLC., Houston, TX
Medical Director, Texas Rapid Drug Detoxification Program at United Memorial Medical Center,
Houston, Texas
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Education
Grade School
1968–1974 Colegio Hebreo Sefaradí. México City, México.
Ministry of Public Education Registry 0969109
Scholarship obtained. Foreign language: Hebrew.
Junior High School
1974–1977 Colegio Hebreo Sefaradí. México City, México
Scholarship obtained.
Foreign languages: Hebrew and English. General results average 9.8
(scale 1–10)
Senior High School
1977–1980 Colegio Williams. México City, México.
Affiliated to the National Autonomous University of México. Major in
Chemistry and Biology.
General results average 9.54 (Scale 1-10) Honors in all three years.
Medical School
Aug 1980 Accreditation of the selection exam by the Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM). Accepted in the Medical School in México
City, México.
1980–1986 Credits in basic sciences courses. Credits in clinical sciences courses.
1985 January 1 - December 31, Transitional internship. General Hospital of
México. Honors mention for results and performance. Rotations:
Obstetrics-Gynecology, Pediatrics, Radiology, Critical Care Medicine
General Surgery, Community and Family Medicine.
1986 Social Service. Accepted to perform social service year in Research by the
National University of México (UNAM). Accepted to perform social
service at the General Bureau of Health Education and Research under
the research protocol: "Development of a new technology for the
qualitative and quantitative definition of human resources in the health
area". Ministry of Health. México City, México.
Jan 1986 Professional examination. Credit obtained.
Postgraduate
Oct 1986 National exam for candidates to residencies: Approved. Honors mention
by the ministry of Health. México City, México.
Nov 1986 Accepted at the Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain for residency in
Cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgery.
Nov 1986 Accepted at the General Hospital of México for residency in
cardiovascular surgery.
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Feb 1987 Resigned the resident (CV surgery) position at the General Hospital of
México.
May 1987 Resigned the resident position at the Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid,
Spain.
1987 Visiting Physician at Texas Heart Institute/St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
Houston, Texas. Rotations: Cardiology, Nephrology.
1988–1989 PGY-1. Internship in Internal Medicine. Providence Hospital/ George
Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1989–1990 PGY-2. Residency in Internal Medicine. Stanford University School of
Medicine. Stanford University Hospital. Stanford, CA.
1990–1991 PGY-3. Residency in Internal Medicine Stanford University School of
Medicine. Stanford University Hospital. Stanford, CA.
1991–1992 PGY-4. Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine. Baylor College of Medicine.
Houston, TX.
1992–1993 PGY-5, Fellowship Pulmonary diseases. Baylor College of Medicine.
Houston, TX.
1993–1994 PGY-6, Fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of
Medicine. Houston, TX.
Licensure
1987 Professional licensure. Title and registration to practice Medicine in all Mexican
states. License number 1193757 Current status: Active
Nov 1989 Exam by the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance for licensure:
approved. California Medical License A 047713 Current status: Active
Jan 1990 DEA number BV 2120309
Mar 1994 Texas Department of Public Safety 70088060
Jun 1994 Texas Medical License J5933 Current status: Active
Certifications and Recertifications
Jul 1987 Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences (FMGEMS)
Clinical component: approved English test: approved
Jan 1988 Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences (FMGEMS) Basic
sciences: approved ECFMG certificate 407-765-7
Dec 1988 Federal License Examination (FLEX) Philadelphia, PA Component I: approved.
Component II: approved.
1991 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Board Certified.
1992 Fellow of the American College of Angiology (F.A.C.A.)
1996 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases
Subspecialty (1996-2006)
1996 Fellow of the American College of Physicians (F.A.C.P.)
1997 Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (F.C.C.P.)
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1997 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Subspecialty (1997-2007)
1998 Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (F.C.C.M.)
2005 Diplomate of The American Board of Geriatrics Certificate Number A5-19604
2005 Fellow of The American College of Geriatrics Specialists (F.A.C.G.S.)
2007 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases
Subspecialty (2007-2017). Re-Certified.
2007 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Subspecialty (2007-2017). Re-Certified.
2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (F.R.S.M.) London, United Kingdom.
2017 Diplomate of the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons in Internal
Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Disease. (Certificate No. 005885)
Languages
Native language Spanish
Other Languages Written Spoken Read
English 100% 100% 100%
Hebrew 100% 100% 100%
Portuguese 60% 60% 80%
French 60% 30% 60%
Yiddish 50% 50% 50%
Greek 40% 30% 40%
Latin 30% 30% 50%
Mentions, Honors and Awards
Mar 1981 Letter of recognition for the effort performed in the regular course of medical
histology.
Dec 1981 Letter of recognition for the performance in the course of human anatomy.
July 1983 Diploma for distinguished results among the first three positions for Physician
Surgeon. Awarded by the Dean of the National University of México.
Nov 1983 Honors for having obtained the first place in the contest for medical posters
against tobacco. Awarded by the chief of medical services of the National
Institute of Nutrition. México City, México.
Oct 1984 Diligence diploma for having obtained the top grade in all subjects during 1982.
Awarded by the Dean of the School of Medicine of the National University of
México.
Feb 1985 Diligence and distinction diploma among the first three top positions in the medical
school during 1983. Awarded by the Dean of the National University of México.
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Dec 1985 Honors for medical performance at the "X" Sanitary Medical County of the
Ministry of public Health. México City, México.
Jan 1986 Honors mention awarded by the Mexican Anatomy Society for haven given the
Master Conference "Anatomy, an historic flash turned into surgery", presented at
the VI National Morphology Meeting, held in Cuernavaca, México.
Mar 1986 Honors for having obtained the highest grades in all subjects and excellent
performance in the pre-graduate internship. Awarded by the Chief of Staff at the
General Hospital of Mexico.
June 1990 Franklin E. Ebaugh Jr. Award for excellence in research conducted as a house
officer. Awarded by the department of Medicine. Stanford University School of
Medicine. Stanford, California.
June 1991 Franklin E. Ebaugh Jr. Award for excellence in research conducted as a house
officer. Awarded by the department of Medicine. Stanford University School of
Medicine. Stanford, California.
1996 Elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians (F.A.C.P.)
1997 Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (F.C.C.P.)
1999 Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (F.C.C.M.)
Aug 2000 Jay Block Award for excellence in reviewing manuscripts. Awarded by the
American College of Chest Physicians and the Medical Journal Chest.
Feb 2001 Developed the “Dr. Joseph Varon Award for Clinical Research”, which is given
every year to those physicians in clinical practice with the best research protocol.
Apr 2001 Selected by the American College of Chest Physicians as representative to attend
the 8th Annual Capitol Hill Caucus. Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
May 2001 National Leadership Award. Awarded by the National Republican Congressional
Committee., Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
Sept 2001 Jay Block Award for excellence in reviewing manuscripts. Awarded by the
American College of Chest Physicians and the Medical Journal Chest.
Apr 2002 “Dr. Atenógenes Saldivar Award” for outstanding service in education and
research. Awarded by the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas School of
Medicine, Tampico, México. December 2002 “Humberto Filizola Award”.
Awarded by the Dean of Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas for outstanding
commitment to education and training of medical students. Tampico, México.
Dec 2003 Award for teaching performance by the Emergency Medicine Residency
Program of Hospital General de Zona 33. Monterrey, Mexico.
Jan 2004 “2003 Physician of the Year Award”. Awarded by the National Republican
Congressional Committee. Washington, D.C.
Apr 2005 Elected Fellow of The American College of Geriatrics Specialists (F.A.C.G.S.) by the
African College of Geriatrics Specialists.
July 2006 “Key of the City of Cove, Texas”. Awarded by the Mayor of the City of Cove in
recognition of excellence in medical treatment.
Aug 2008 “Outstanding Achievement Award to the Medical Profession”. Awarded by the
Indonesian Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Bali, Indonesia.
Aug 2009 “America’s Top Physicians 2009". Awarded by the Consumers’ Research
Council of America. Washington, D.C.
Sept 2010 “America’s Top Physicians 2010". Awarded by the Consumers’ Research
Council of America. Washington, D.C.
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Feb 2011 “Patients’ Choice Award 2010". Awarded by the United States - American
Registry. Boca Raton, FL.
July 2011 “Outstanding Achievement Award for Extraordinary Service and Dedication to the
Medical Profession”. Awarded by the Indonesian Society of Intensive Care
Medicine. Bali, Indonesia.
Aug 2011 “Most Compassionate Doctor Award 2010". Awarded by the United States -
American Registry. Boca Raton, FL.
Feb 2012 “Outstanding Reviewer Award”. Awarded by the Journal of Emergency
Medicine (top out of 400 National and international reviewers).
May 2012 “Most Compassionate Doctor Award 2011". Awarded by the United States -
American Registry. Boca Raton, FL.
Oct 2012 “Texas Favorite Physicians 2012". Patient’s Choice Award. This was awarded by
the United States American Registry. Boca Raton, FL.
Jan 2013 “Reviewer Award 2012". In recognition of continued support and contribution to
the quality of the journal Resuscitation. Awarded by Elsevier publishers, United
Kingdom.
Feb 2013 Elected “Overseas Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine”. London, United Kingdom.
June 2013 “Most Compassionate Doctor Award 2012". Awarded by the United States -
American Registry. Vitals.com and People’s Choice Awards. Boca Raton, FL.
July 2013 “Award for Excellent and Unconditional Teaching of Health Care Providers in
South East Asia”. Awarded by the Foundation for Critical Care Medicine in
Indonesia. Kuta, Indonesia.
July 2013 “Top 10 Sleep Medicine Physicians”. Awarded by the United States - American
Registry. Vitals.com and People’s Choice Awards. Boca Raton, FL.
Dec 2013 “2013 Patient’s Choice Award”. Awarded by the United States - American
Registry. Vitals.com and People’s Choice Awards. Boca Raton, FL.
Feb 2014 “Most Compassionate Doctor Award 2013". Awarded by the United States -
American Registry and Vitals.com. Boca Raton, FL.
July 2014 “Reviewer Award 2013". In recognition of continued support and contribution to
the quality of the journal Resuscitation. Awarded by Elsevier publishers, United
Kingdom.
Dec 2014 “2014 Patient’s Choice Award”. Awarded by the United States - American
Registry. Vitals.com and People’s Choice Awards. Boca Raton, FL.
June 2015 “Outstanding Contribution In Reviewing". In recognition of continued support
and contribution to the quality of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Awarded by Elsevier publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Nov 2015 “Outstanding Contribution In Reviewing". In recognition of continued support
and contribution to the quality of the journal Resuscitation in cooperation with
the European Resuscitation Council (ERC). Awarded by Elsevier publishers, United
Kingdom and the ERC.
May 2016 “America’s Best Physicians 2016. Pulmonary Medicine". Awarded by National
Consumer Advisory Board.
Feb 2017 “America’s Best Physicians 2017. Critical Care”.Awarded by National
Consumer Advisory Board.
May 2017 “Patients’ Choice Award: Texas Favorite Physicians. Five Year Honoree (2012-
2016). Awarded by Vitals.com
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June 2017 “Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing”.In recognition of continued support and
contribution to the quality of the Journal of Emergency Medicine. Awarded by
Elsevier publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Nov 2017 “Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing”.In recognition of continued support and
contribution to the quality of the journal Resuscitation in cooperation with the
European Resuscitation Council (ERC). Awarded by Elsevier publishers,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and the ERC.
Aug 2018 “Top Pulmonologist among The Leading physicians of the World”. Awarded by
the International Association of Healthcare Professionals (IAHCP).
Aug 2018 “Outstanding Chairperson Appreciation Award.” This award was given for the
unrelenting guidance that helped over two decades the path of success of the
Asia Pacific Symposium of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine. Bali, Indonesia.
Jan 2019 “America’s Best Physicians 2019. Pulmonary Medicine". Awarded by National
Consumer Advisory Board.
Sept 2020 “Mexicanos Distinguidos Award”. This is a yearly award that the Government of
Mexico gives to the most distiguishemed Mexican living outside Mexico. Awarded
by Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Gobierno de Mexico.
Sept 2020 Certificate of Congressional Recognition” Awarded by Congresswoman Sheila
Jackson-Lee on the occasion of Distinguished Mexicans Award ceremony for the
contributions to the Hispanic and Latino community in the City of Houston.
Sept 2020 “Proclamation of Dr. Joseph Varon Day by the Mayor of the City of Houston,
Sylvester Turner”. Awarded by the Mayor of Houston in recognition of the
outstanding work done in such city.
Sept 2020 “Certificate of Appreciation” Awarded by Adrian Garcia, Harris County
Commissioner due to outstanding achievements as a doctor.
Special Assignments and Requests
Jun 1985: Assigned by the Medical Director of The General Hospital of Mexico to cover the socio-
cultural brigades of the PRI.
Dec 1985: Requested by the Ministry of Public Health to perform social service in the "X" Sanitary
County.
Dec 1985: Requested by the department of Surgery at the National University of Mexico school of
Medicine to collaborate in the research project : "Aorto-coronary bypass grafts using umbilical
arteries treated with glutaraldehyde".
Feb 1994: Symposium coordinator. "Obstructive Lung Disease". Requested by Postgraduate
Medicine.
Nov 1993–July 1994: Symposium coordinator. "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation". Requested by
Hospital Physician.
March 1995: Interactive symposium coordinator. "Asthma". requested by the Mexican society of
Pulmonary Medicine and Thoracic Surgery.
March 1998: Interactive symposium coordinator. “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation”, requested by
the Mexican Society of Pulmonary Medicine and Thoracic Surgery.
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March 1998: Interactive symposium coordinator. “Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation”,
requested by the Mexican Society of Pulmonary Medicine and Thoracic Surgery.
November 1998: Co-Chairman, Interactive Symposium: Sedation in critically ill patients. Presented
at the American College of Chest Physician World Congress, Chest 1998, Toronto, Canada.
October 1999: Symposium coordinator: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Mexican Society of Critical
Care.
February 2000: Chair, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation poster presentations of the Society of
Critical Care Medicine 29th Educational and Scientific Symposium, Orlando, FL.
March 2000: Symposium coordinator: Pressure-volume curves. 20th International Symposium on
Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Brussels, Belgium.
March 2000 - January 2001: Emergency Medicine Advisor for the American College of Chest
Physicians Delphi Consensus on the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax.
August 2001: Symposium coordinator- Dysrhythmia Workshop. 8th Indonesian International
Symposium on Shock and Critical Care. Bali, Indonesia.
March 2002: Symposium moderator - Emergencies - 22nd International Symposium on Intensive
Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Brussels, Belgium.
March 2002: Symposium moderator - Cerebrovascular accidents- 22nd International Symposium on
Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Brussels, Belgium.
August 2002: Workshop coordinator and primary instructor - Interventional Bronchoscopy -
Western Pacific Congress on Critical Care, and 4th International Meeting on Respiratory Care
Indonesia (Repina 2002). Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
October 2003: Chair, Vasoactive Therapy in Critically Ill Patients Symposium. 2003 Annual Meeting
of the American College of Chest Physicians, Orlando, FL.
December 2003: Co-Chair, Primer Encuentro Internacional de Medicina de Urgencias. Monterrey,
Mexico.
June 2004: Symposium moderator- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The 13th Congress of the
Western Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine. Seoul, Korea.
July 2004: Co-Chair, Congreso Internacional de Politrauma y Emergencias. Monterrey, Mexico.
August 2004: Chairman, 11th International Symposium on Shock and Critical Care. Nusa Dua, Bali,
Indonesia.
August 2004: Workshop coordinator and primary instructor - The Internet and Computer
Information in Critical Care Medicine.11th International Symposium on Shock and Critical Care
Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
October 2004: Chair, interactive meeting symposium “Treating Acute Hypertension: Beyond Blood
Pressure Control. American College of Chest Physicians CHEST 2004. Seattle, WA.
March 2005: Symposium moderator - When and what to transfuse. 25th International Symposium
on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Brussels. Belgium.
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June 2005–present: Judge for the “Premio Nacional de Investigación UANL”. Universidad
Autonoma de Nuevo Leon. Monterrey, Mexico
June 2005–July 2013: Clinical Forensic Consultant. Galveston County Medical Examiner Office.
Texas City, TX.
August 2005: Chairman, 12th International Symposium on Shock and Critical Care. Kuta, Bali,
Indonesia.
August 2006: Chairman, Scientific Committee, 13th International Symposium on Shock and Critical
Care in Conjunction with 3rd Symposium of Nutri Indonesia. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
October 2006: Chairman, Evolving treatment Modalities for Hypertensive Emergencies
Symposium. American College of Chest Physicians. Salt Lake City, UT.
August 2007: Scientific Chairman, 14th International Symposium on Critical Care. Kuta, Bali,
Indonesia.
February 2008: Program Chairman, Management of Acute Pressure Syndromes in Critical Care:
From Threat to Therapy. Sponsored by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Honolulu, Hawaii.
March 2008: Symposium moderator: “Acute coronary syndromes”. China Interventional
Therapeutics 2008. Beijing, China.
August 2008: Scientific Chairman, 15th International Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency
Medicine. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
July 2009: Chairman of the Scientific Committee, 16th International Symposium on Critical Care
and Emergency Medicine. Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
July 2010: Chairman of the Scientific Committee, 17th International Symposium on Critical Care
and Emergency Medicine. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
November 2010: Moderator, Original Investigations in Critical Care. American College of Chest
Physicians, CHEST 2010, Vancouver, Canada.
December 2010-to-date: Pulmonary disease update beta test reviewer for the American Board of
Internal Medicine.
May 2011: Chairman, “Use of beta-blockers in the perioperative and intensive care unit settings”.
49th Annual Weil Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine. Rancho Mirage, CA.
May 2011: Chairman, “Managing heart rhythm and blood pressure in the perioperative setting”.
Presented as a live symposium in conjunction with Heart Rhythm 2011. San Francisco, CA.
July 2011: Chairman of the Scientific Committee, 18th International Symposium on Critical Care
and Emergency Medicine. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
July 2011: Chairman of the Postgraduate Course “ How to write a manuscript and get it
published”. Kuta, Indonesia.
July 2012: Chairman of the Scientific Committee, 19th International Symposium on Critical Care
and Emergency Medicine. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
July 2013: Chairman of the Scientific Committee, 20th International Symposium on Critical Care
and Emergency Medicine. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
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August 2014: Chairman of the 21st International Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency
Medicine 2014. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
July 2015: Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 22nd Symposium on Critical Care and
Emergency Medicine. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
August 2016: Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 23rd Asia Pacific Symposium on Critical
Care and Emergency Medicine 2016. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
October 2016: Workshop coordinator: Therapeutic hypothermia. XLIII Congreso Anual del Colegio
Mexicano de Medicina Critics. Veracruz, Mexico.
January 2017: Workshop coordinator: Therapeutic hypothermia. Primer Simposio Internacional
del enfoque terapeutico de la lesion cerebral traumatica. Hospital General Xoco. Mexico City,
Mexico.
August 2017: Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 24th Asia Pacific Symposium on Critical
Care and Emergency Medicine 2017. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
August 2017: Course Director: How to write a manuscript and get it published. 24th Asia Pacific
Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine 2017. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
February 2018: Course Director, Practical Bronchoscopy for Intensivists. Sanamed
Communications. Hermosillo, Mexico.
August 2018: Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 25th Asia Pacific Symposium on Critical
Care and Emergency Medicine 2018. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
August 2018: Course Director: How to write a manuscript and get it published. 25th Asia Pacific
Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine 2018. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
October 2018: Moderator, Pulmonary Vascular Disease. American College of Chest Physicians
congress, CHEST 2018. San Antonio, Texas.
October 2018: Course Director, Practical Bronchoscopy for Intensivists. Simposio Ecuatoriano de
Cuidados Intensivos SECI 2018. Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Cuidados Intensivos. Manta, Ecuador.
June 2019: Course Director, Practical Bronchoscopy for Intensivists. Congreso Centroamericano y
del Caribe de Medicina Critica y Terapia Intensiva. Guatemala city, Guatemala.
August 2019: Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 26th Asia Pacific Symposium on Critical
Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
August 2019: Course Director: How to write a manuscript and get it published. 26th Asia Pacific
Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.
September 2019: Course Director, Practical Bronchoscopy for Intensivists. Sociedad Peruana de
Medicina Intensiva. Lima, Peru.
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Teaching Experience
Apr 1981 Participation in the Academic Personnel Training Course for Histology Professors.
Department of Human Histology at The National University of México (UNAM)
School of Medicine.
1981 Clinical Instructor at the chair of human anatomy at the National University of
México School of Medicine (UNAM). Under professor Fernando Trigo, MD.
1982 Clinical Instructor at the chair of human anatomy at the National University of
México School of Medicine (UNAM), under Guadalupe Nava, MD.
1983–1984 Honorary professor, at the chair of human anatomy. Under Dr. Nava. National,
University of México (UNAM), México City.
1985 Honorary professor at the chair of Introduction to Clinical Sciences. General
Hospital of México. México City (UNAM), México.
1986 Clinical Instructor at the chair of Cardiology. School of Physical medicine and
Rehabilitation of the American British Cowdray hospital. México City, México.
1994–present Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor. American Heart Association.
1994–1997 Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Medicine. The University
of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
1994–1997 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine. Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
1994–1997 Program Director, Intensive Care Unit Lecture Series. The University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
1995– Assistant Director, Emergency Medical Services Training Program. College of the
Mainland, Texas City, Texas.
1997–1999 Assistant Professor of Medicine. Pulmonary and Critical Care Section. Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
1999–2003 Associate Professor of Medicine. Pulmonary and Critical Care Section. Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
1999–present Professor of Medicine and Surgery. Universidad de Monterrey. Nuevo León,
Mexico.
1999–present Professor of Medicine. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas School of Medicine.
Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
2003–present Professor of Medicine. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Tijuana,
Mexico.
2005–present Professor of Medicine. Universidad Popular Aútonoma del Estado de Puebla.
Puebla, Mexico.
2005–2019 Clinical Professor of Medicine. The University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, Texas.
2006–present Professor of Medicine, Universidad del Noreste, Tampico, Mexico.
2008–present University ward teaching attending. Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Program. The Methodist Hospital. Houston, Texas.
2008–present Professor of Medicine. Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico.
2008–present Professor of Medicine. Universidad Anahuac del Norte. Mexico DF, Mexico.
2011–present Adjunct Professor of Medicine. Oceania University of Medicine. Apia, Samoa.
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2013–present Professor of Medicine and Surgery. Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro.
Queretaro, Mexico.
2013–present Professor of Medicine and Surgery. Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de
Puebla. Puebla, Mexico.
2015–present Preceptor, General Internal Medicine Statewide Preceptorship Program, Texas
Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Austin, TX.
2015 Director of Administration and Education. Promise Hospital of Houston. Houston,
TX.
2016–present Director of Critical Care and Education. Pine Valley Hospital of Houston. Houston,
TX.
2016–present Preceptor, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Walden University. Minneapolis,
MN.
2016–present Preceptor and Clinical Asst. Professor, Patient, Physicians, and Society.
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, TX.
2017–present Professor Emeritus (Medicine), Anahuac University, Cancun Campus.
2020–present Professor of Medicine. Caribbean Medical University. Curacao.
Administrative Activities
1982–1984 Assistant Director, Medical services of the IX electoral district of the PRI. México
City, México.
1985 Director, Medical Services of the IX electoral district of the PRI. México City,
México.
1993 Membership Director, Greater Houston Society of Critical Care. Houston, Texas.
1994 Secretary Interim. Greater Houston Society of Critical Care. Houston, Texas.
1994 President-elect. Greater Houston Society of Critical Care. Houston, Texas.
1994–1997 Assistant Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit. The University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
1994–1997 Assistant Director, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). The University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
1995–1996 President, Greater Houston Society of Critical Care Medicine.
1995–1997 Assistant Director, Respiratory Care Services. The University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
1996–1999 Advisory Board Member, Internal Medicine Section, Society of Critical Care
Medicine.
1997–1998 President (re-elected), Greater Houston Society of Critical Care
1997–1999 Treasurer, HispanoAmerican Biomedical Association.
1997 Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
1997–2001 Research Director, Department of Emergency Services. The Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Texas.
1999–2000 President (re-elected), Greater Houston Society of Critical Care. Houston, TX.
2000–present President, Dorrington Medical Associates, P.A., Houston, Texas.
2000–2001 President (re-elected), Greater Houston Society of Critical Care, Houston, TX
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2001–2006 Honorary Co-Chairman, Physician’s Advisory Board. National Republican
Congressional Committee.
2001–2002 President (re-elected), Greater Houston Society of Critical Care, Houston, Texas
2002–2005 President (re-elected), Greater Houston Society of Critical Care, Houston, Texas
2006–present Program Director, Medically Complex Program. Select Specialty Hospital.
Houston, Texas.
2006–2010 Medical Director, Merc Medical Corporation, Inc., Houston, Texas
2007–2009 Medical Director, Good Samaritan Home Health Care, Inc. Houston, Texas
2009–2010 Hospital International Liaison. St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. Houston, Texas
2010–2015 Medical Director, Cardiopulmonary Services, University General Hospital.
Houston, Texas.
2010–2013 Medical Director, Alphamed Home Health Services. Houston, Texas.
2010–present Member, Board of Directors, Indonesian Foundation of Critical Care Medicine and
Nutrition. Jakarta, Indonesia.
2010–2011 Director, Department of Emergency Services. Acuity Hospital of Houston.
Houston, Texas.
2010–present Co-Chairman, Board of Directors. Comprehensive Research Associates, Inc. Bay
Village, Ohio.
2010–2015 Chief of Critical Care Services, University General Hospital. Houston, Texas.
2011–present Medical Director of Critical Care and Flight Services. Acute Medical Services, LLC.
Houston, Texas.
2012–2013 Chief of Staff, University General Hospital. Houston, Texas.
2013–present Associate Director, Event Response First Med, Inc. Houston, Texas.
2015 Director of Administration and Medical Education. Promise Hospital. Houston, TX.
2016 Chief of Critical Care Services, Foundation Surgical Hospital of Houston. Houston,
Texas.
2016–2017 Director of Critical Care and Medical Education. Pine Valley Hospital. Houston,
Texas.
2016 Medical Director, Cardiopulmonary Services, Foundation Surgical Hospital of
Houston. Houston, Texas.
2016–2018 Medical Director, Pulmonary Services. Cornerstone Hospital. Houston, Texas.
2017–present Chief of Critical Care Services, United Memorial Medical Center. Houston, Texas.
2018–present Chairman of the Board, United General Hospital, Houston, Texas.
2019–present Chief of Staff, United Memorial Medical Center. Houston, Texas.
2019–present Chief of Staff and Chief of Critical Care Services, UMMC Providence Hospital of
North Houston. Houston, Texas.
2019–present Chief of Staff. United Memorial Medical Center Sugarland. Sugarland, Texas.
Committees
1994–1996 Vice-Chairman, CPR Advisory Committee. The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
1994–1995 Nicardipine I.V. Educational Board. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. Philadelphia, PA.
1996–1997 Co-Chairman, Surgical Intensive Care Unit Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement
Committee. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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1996–1997 Antimicrobial Educational Board. Wyeth-Ayerst laboratories. Philadelphia, PA.
1996–1997 Internet Steering Committee, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center.
1996–1997 Specialty Review Awards Committee. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Anaheim, CA.
1998–2001 CCSAP/Comp Review Committee. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Anaheim, CA.
1998–2001 Electronic Communications Committee. Society of Critical Care Medicine,
Anaheim, CA.
1998–2001 International Liaison Committee. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Anaheim, CA.
1998–2001 American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Committee: Management of
spontaneous pneumothorax.
1999 Vice President, Scientific Committee: First International Congress on Critical Care
Medicine in Internet.
2000–2001 Management utilization committee. The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
2000–2002 Quality assurance neuromuscular and skeletal committee. The Methodist
Hospital, Houston, Texas.
2000– Organization of nutritional support committee. Asio-Pacific Consensus on Critical
Care Medicine, Bali, Indonesia.
2000–2002 Web oversight committee. American College of Chest Physicians.
2001– present Co-Chairman, Physician Advisory Board, National Republican Congressional
Committee.
2002–present Electronic Communications Committee. Society of Critical Care Medicine,
Chicago, IL.
2002–present Organizing Committee. Asociación de Medicina de Urgencias del Noreste.
Monterrey, Mexico.
2002–present Hemorrhagic Shock Guidelines Consensus Committee. Asio Pacific Consensus on
Critical Care. Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
2003–2005 Internal Medicine/Family Practice Record Screening Committee. St. Luke’s
Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX.
2003–2010 International Steering Committee. St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. Houston, TX
2004–2006 Endoscopic Laboratory Advisory Committee. St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital.
Houston, TX.
2004 Management of Community Acquired Respiratory Infections Consensus
Committee. Texas Academy of Family Physicians.
2007–present Hypertension Registry Steering Committee. University of Massachusetts Medical
School, Center for Outcomes Research.
2007–2016 Medical Executive Committee. Select Specialty Hospital. Houston, Texas.
2009–2016 Organizational Improvement Committee. Select Specialty Hospital. Houston, TX.
2010–2011 Medical Executive Committee. Acuity Hospital of Houston. Houston, Texas.
2010–2016 Ethics Committee. Select Specialty Hospital. Houston, Texas.
2010–2013 Sedation Medical Staff Quality Management Subcommittee. The Methodist
Hospital, Houston, Texas.
2011–2015 Medical Executive Committee. University General Hospital. Houston, Texas.
2016 Medical Executive Committee. Foundation Surgical Hospital of Houston.
Houston, TX.
2013–present Harris County Medical Society Health Information Technology Committee.
Houston, Texas.
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