Francisco G Cigarroa, M.D.
Senior Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Health System
Professor of Surgery and Director, Alvarez Transplant Center
Malú & Carlos Alvarez Distinguished University Chair
Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa is a national renowned transplant surgeon. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Yale University and his medical degree from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He completed fellowships in pediatric surgery and transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Cigarroa became a faculty member at UT Health San Antonio in 1995. He was part of a surgical team that performed the first split liver donor transplant between two recipients in Texas.
In 2003, President George W. Bush appointed Dr. Cigarroa to serve on the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science.
In 2009, Dr. Cigarroa became the first Hispanic to be named Chancellor of The University of Texas System. After five years, he returned full-time to his passion for patient care to perform Transplant Surgery, Pediatric and Adult Hepatic and Pancreatic Surgery.
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Professional Background
Education
- 1995 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Abdominal Transplants, Instructor in Surgery - Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1994 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Abdominal Transplant Fellow - Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1993 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Pediatric Surgery, Instructor in Surgery - Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1992 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Pediatric Surgery Fellow - Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1991 - Residency - Chief Resident, General Surgery and Trauma - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- 1990 - Residency - General Surgery - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- 1988 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Pediatric Surgery Research Fellow - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- 1986 - Residency - General Surgery - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- 1984 - Internship - General Surgery - Massachusetts General Hospital
- 1983 - MD - Medicine - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- 1979 - BS - Biology - Yale University
Appointments
- 1/2019 – Present - Director of University Transplant Center - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery & Organ Transplantation, San Antonio, TX
- 1/2016 - Present - Director of Liver Transplantation Surgery - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery & Organ Transplantation,San Antonio, TXSan Antonio
- 1/2016 - Present - Director of Tumor Bank of Transplant Center - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery & Organ Transplantation, San Antonio, TXSan Antonio
- 1/2015 - 12/2020 - Ashbel Smith Professorship in Surgery - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery & Organ Transplantation, San Antonio, TXSan Antonio
- 9/2015 - Present - Professor of Surgery: Cross Appointment - The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyBrownsville
- 6/2015 - Present - Professor: Cross Appointment - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Cellular & Structural Biology, San Antonio, TXSan Antonio
- 5/2015 - Present - Clayton Research Scholar - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio
- 4/2015 - Present - Director of Pediatric Transplantation - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery & Organ Transplantation,San Antonio, TX, Transplant, San Antonio
- 01/2016 - Present - Director of Liver Transplantation Surgery - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery & Organ Transplantation, San Antonio, TX
- 01/2009 - 01/2015 - Chancellor - The University of Texas System, Austin, TX
- 10/2000 - 1/2009 - President - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
- 10/2000 - Present - Professor of Pediatric and Transplantation Surgery, and Pediatrics (Tenured) - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Surgery, San Antonio
- 9/2000 – 10/2000 - Associate Professor (Tenure Track) - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of. Surgery, Division of General Surgery & Organ Transplantation, San Antonio, TX
- 09/1999 - 10/2000 - Trauma Director - Christus Santa Rosa NorthwestSan Antonio
- 12/1998 - Present - Medical Staff - Christus Santa Rosa Children's HospitalSan Antonio
- 5/1998 - Present - Consultant - Methodist Children's HospitalSan Antonio
- 5/1998 - Present - Medical Staff - Baptist Healthcare SystemSan Antonio
- 3/1997 - 2015 - Medical Staff - Christus Santa Rosa HospitalSan Antonio
- 08/1995 - 08/2000 - Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of. Surgery, Division of General Surgery & Organ Transplantation, San Antonio, TX
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