Surgery Education - Our Residents & Fellows
Elizabeth P. Scherer, MD
General Surgery Resident
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Education:
MD, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, 2010
Other Postgraduate Training:
Master's Degree in Public Health (MPH), Yale University School of Epidemiology & Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006.
Concentration in Health Policy and Administration
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Salamanca, Spain. Non-Degree Study Abroad Program, Summer 2002.
Publications:
Snyder S, Hamid K, Roberson C, Rai S, Bossen, A, Luh J, Scherer E, Song J.
Outpatient Thyroidectomy Is Safe and Reasonable: Experience With Over 1000 Planned Outpatient Procedures.
Southern Surgical Association 2009 Annual Meeting. Publication Status: Accepted.
Snyder S, Hamid K, Roberson C, Rai S, Bossen, A, Luh J, Scherer E, Song J. Outpatient Thyroidectomy Is Safe and Reasonable: Experience with More than 1,000 Planned Outpatient Procedures. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2010 May; 210(5): 575-582.
Presentations:
Professional organizations:
American Medical Association
American Medical Association Political Action Committee
Texas Medical Association
Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Emergency Physicians
American Medical Student Association
American College of Surgeons
Research experience:
Clinical Lab Quality: CMS and Survey Organization Oversight Should Be Strengthened. GAO-06-416, June 16, 2006.
M.D. Anderson Science Park Research Division, Smithville, Texas, January 2002
Skin Cancer Research Intern under Drs. Sury Vulimiri and John DiGiovanni
Honors and Awards:
Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society, April 2009-May 2010
Dean-Appointed Student Ambassador, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Spring 2006-May 2010
Louisa Stone Stevenson Award for Excellence in Chemistry, Mount Holyoke College, May 2003
National Dean's List, 2002-2003
Biosketch: Dr. Scherer was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She attended Mount Holyoke College in Western Massachusetts where she earned a BA in Chemistry in 2004. She moved to New Haven, Connecticut following college where she attended Yale University School of Epidemiology and Public Health. She completed an internship between her first and second year at the Government Accountability Office in Washington, DC. In 2006, she earned her MPH with a focus in Health Policy and Administration. She completed her basic science courses for medical school in College Station, Texas at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. She had the opportunity to complete her clinical years at Scott & White in Temple. She earned her MD in May of 2010. Dr. Scherer is pleased to begin her General Surgery Residency at UTHSCSA in July 2010.
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