Assistant Professor, Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Thoracic Surgery

William Smythe works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He went to medical school at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACS)". William Smythe is a published doctor as well. He has 19 publications published. The latest was: Enhancing surgical safety using digital multimedia technology.

Publications

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• Enhancing surgical safety using digital multimedia technology.
• Doxycycline attenuates burn-induced microVascular hyperpermeability.
• Surgical Safety Checklist compliance: a job done poorly!
• Surgical safety checklist and operating room efficiency: results from a large multispecialty tertiary care hospital.
• Thymic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Producing Ectopic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Cushing's Syndrome.
• Quick Response codes for surgical safety: a prospective pilot study.
• Surgical resection of giant fibrous dysplasia for near respiratory collapse.
• Surgical care improvement project and surgical site infections: can integration in the surgical safety checklist improve quality performance and clinical outcomes?
• Are Commercial Negative Pressure Systems Worth the Cost in Open Abdomen Management?
• MicroVascular endothelial cell hyperpermeability induced by endogenous caspase 3 activator staurosporine.
• Inhibition Of Fas-fas Ligand Interaction Attenuates MicroVascular Hyperpermeability Following Hemorrhagic Shock.
• Inhibition of VE-cadherin proteasomal degradation attenuates microVascular hyperpermeability.
• Cyclosporine A prevents Vascular hyperpermeability after hemorrhagic shock by inhibiting apoptotic signaling.
• 17beta-estradiol mediates protection against microVascular endothelial cell hyperpermeability.
• A possible association between aprotinin and improved survival after radical surgery for mesothelioma.
• Radiation injury to the liver after intensity-modulated radiation therapy in patients with mesothelioma: an unusual CT appearance.
• Induction of p53-regulated genes and tumor regression in Lung cancer patients after intratumoral delivery of adenoviral p53 (INGN 201) and radiation therapy.
• Implementation of a surgical safety checklist: impact on surgical team perspectives.

Schools

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• Texas AampM University Main Campus

Procedures Preformed

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• Decortication and Pleurectomy
• Lobectomy, Open
• Lung Removal (Partial or Complete): Open, or Resection of Lung Tumor: Open
• Lung Removal, Open
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Conditions Treated

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• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Empyema
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Lung Cancer
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Humana
• Medicare MCR
• Scott & White Health Plan
• Tricare
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Scott & White Memorial Hospital

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