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Elizabeth Scherer, M.D.
Associate Professor/Clinical
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Director
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, Dr. Scherer 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 and earned her MD in May of 2010. Dr. Scherer completed her General Surgery Residency at UT Health San Antonio in June 2015 after spending her last year as one of two peer-elected Administrative Chief Residents. Dr. Scherer completed the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in June 2016 and subsequently joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Trauma & Emergency Surgery.
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Professional Background
Education
- 2016 - Clinical Fellowship - Surgical Critical Care - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 2015 - Residency - General Surgery - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 2011 - Internship - General Surgery - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 2010 - MD - Medical Doctor - Texas A&M College of Medicine
- 2006 - MPH - Health Policy and Administration - Yale University School of Epidemiology & Public Health
- 2004 - BA - Major: Chemistry; Minor: Spanish - Mount Holyoke College