Professor and Chief of Division of Acute Care Surgery
Memorial Hermann Hospital Red Duke Trauma Institute
Houston, Texas, United States
Lillian S. Kao, MD, MS is Professor and Division Chief of Acute Care Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. She holds the endowed Jack H. Mayfield, MD, Chair in Surgery, and she is Vice Chair for Quality for the Department of Surgery. She is faculty for the Masters Program in Clinical Research at UTHealth, and she is the co-founder and co-director for the Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (C-STEP). Dr. Kao is the quality pillar lead for the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors and has been part of the development group for the ACS QI Course: The Basics. She is the social media editor and a deputy editor for JACS and she sits on five other journal editorial boards. Dr. Kao’s interests include quality improvement, dissemination and implementation research, and development of a learning healthcare system and learning healthcare scholars.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
9:20 AM – 9:40 AM MST