Ashraf A. Hilmy, MD, MBA, CHE, FACS
2121 Pease Street, Suite 604
Harlingen, Texas 78550
Office: (956) 440-9110
Fax: (956) 440-9801

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Attending Physician, Valley Baptist Medical Center 03/04 - Present
Harlingen, Texas
Private Practice - General/Vascular/Bariatric Surgery
Harlingen, Texas

OTHER APPOINTMEMTS
Chief of Staff, Knapp Medical Center 07/01 – 06/02
Chief of Surgery, Knapp Medical Center 07/98 – 06/99
Clinical Assistant Professor 2002 – Present
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Surgery
Clinical Preceptor 1996 – Present University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston, Texas

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Attending Surgeon, Pac Med Clinics 09/03 - 02/04
Teaching Attending Surgeon
Swedish Hospital Surgical Residency Program
Seattle, Washington

Attending Physician 07/94 - 06/03
Knapp Medical Center
Weslaco, Texas
Private Practice - General/Vascular/Bariatric Surgery 07/94 – 06/03

Staff Anesthesiologist 04/89 - 06/90
Scott & White Memorial Hospital
Temple, Texas

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia 04/89 - 06/90
Texas A&M College of Medicine
Director, Neuroanesthesia
Scott & White Memorial Hospital
Temple, Texas

Attending Anesthesiologist 02/85 - 03/89
Rio Grande Anesthesia Ass.
Valley Baptist Medical Center, Harlingen, Texas
Knapp Memorial Hospital, Weslaco, Texas

FELLOWSHIP-CARDIAC ANESTHESIA & CHIEF RESIDENT
Department of Anesthesia 07/84 - 12/84
Westchester County Medical Center
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

RESIDENCY
1- Anesthesiology: 07/82 - 06/84
Department of Anesthesia
Westchester County Medical Center
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

2- Surgery: 07/90 - 06/94
Department of Surgery
Scott & White Memorial Hospital
Temple, Texas

INTERNSHIP
1- Categorical Internship in Medicine 07/81 - 06/82
Department of Medicine
Westchester County Medical Center
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

2- Rotating Internship 03/80 - 02/81
Ain Shams University Hospital
Cairo, Egypt

MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
University of Texas – Pan American 05/2000
Beta Gamma Sigma Honors

MEDICAL SCHOOL
Ain Shams University graduated - 03/80
Cairo, Egypt
Honors: Pediatrics - Forensic Medicine & Toxicology - Ophthalmology -
Ear, Nose & Throat

PRE-MEDICAL
Delhi University graduated - 05/74
Dyal Singh College
New Delhi, India

STUDENT CLERKSHIP PROGRAM
Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital 06 - 07/75 & 06 - 07/76
New York, New York

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / FELLOWSHIPS
- Texas Medical Association
- Hidalgo/Starr County Medical Society
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- American Society for Bariatric Surgery
- Member of the American College of Healthcare Executives

BOARD CERTIFICATION
- Diplomate American Board of Surgery 02/16/95
- Diplomate American Board of Anesthesiology 04/10/87
- Certificate of Special Qualifications in Critical 10/25/91
Medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology
- Diplomate American Board of Healthcare Executives 04/06/02
- Re-Certification by the American Board of Surgery 12/16/02

CERTIFICATION - OTHER
- ACLS - PALS - BLS - ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support)
- ACLS - PALS - ATLS Instructor
- Certificate of Stent Training 08/31/94
Palmaz Balloon Expandable Stents
Johnson & Johnson Peripheral Systems
- Certificate of Rotablator Peripheral Vascular Training 08/95 & 10/95
Heart Technology
- Certificate of Hyperbaric Medicine 10/12/96
Team Training Course
Jefferson C. Davis Wound Care &
Hyperbaric Medicine Center
- Certificate of Lap-Band Placement Training 11/15-17/01
BioEnterics Adjustable Gastric Banding System

LICENSURE
- E.C.F.M.G., Cairo, Egypt - #324-586-7 1980
- F.L.E.X., Trenton, New Jersey 1982
- New Jersey State License #42022 (Inactive) 1982
- Texas State License #G7824 1985

RESEARCH
Participation in the following research:
* Pediatric Sedation in the Emergency Department
* Out Patient Mastectomy
* Hemodynamic Effects of High Dose Fentanyl and Valium Anesthesia
* Hypotensive Anesthesia - Comparative Hemodynamic Effects of Nipride, Forane,
and Nitroglycerine Techniques
* CO2 Production Under High Dose Fentanyl and Sufentanyl Anesthesia
* Right Heart Catheterization - Complications Associated with Insertion
* Involvement in Dog Lab Research Projects

PUBLICATIONS
* Southern Medical Journal - Submitted
Brunner’s Gland Adenoma: Unusual Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

MEETINGS AND CME (2000 to Present)
- American College of Surgeons-South TX Chapter Annual Meeting (7 hrs. Category 1/AMA) 02/00
- Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and the Role of Tamoxifin in Prevention (1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 02/00
- Current Concepts: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus - Journal Club (1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 02/00
- Laparoscopic Ventral Incisional Herniorrhaphy Course/ACS So. TX Chapter (5 hrs. Category 1/AMA) 02/00
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Course
(14.75 hrs., Category 2/AMA) 02/00
- Physician Stress/Burnout
(1 hr., Category 1/AMA – Ethics) 04/00
- Delirium in Hospital Older Patients – Can It Be Prevented? A Study Review
(1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 04/00
- Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
(12.5 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 05/00
- Current Topics in General Surgery 2000
(19 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 05/00
- Contemporary Management of Venous Thromboembolic Disease
(1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 08/00
- What Does It Mean to be a Professional?
(1 hr., Medical Ethics/TMA @ KMC) 10/00
MEETINGS AND CME (2000 to Present) - con’t.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Course
(14.75 hrs., Category 2/AMA) 11/00
- ATLS Faculty/Teaching Credits
(19 hrs., Category 2/AMA) 12/00
- Gov’t. Initiatives Relative to Physician Compliance
(1 hr., Medical Ethics/TMA @ KMC) 12/00
- Audio-Digest Foundation
(14 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 01-12/00
- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity
(No CME Issued) 01/01
- New Pharmacologic Therapies for the Treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease
(1.5 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 02/01
- 18th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
(22.8 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 06/01
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider Course
(8 hrs., Category 2/AMA) 09/01
- Long Term Treatment with Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Refractory
Epilepsy - Journal Club
(1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 10/01
- Improving Patient Satisfaction
(1hr., Medical Ethics/TMA @ KMC) 10/01
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider Course
(19 hrs., Category 2/AMA) 10/01
- Case Presentation – Journal Club
(1hr., Category 1/AMA) 11/01
- MultiMedia Reviews in General Surgery
(12 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 12-11/01
- Audio-Digest Foundation
(22 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 01-12/01
- Current Issues In Organ Donation – What the physician needs to know
(1hr., Medical Ethics/TMA @ KMC) 01/02
- Trauma Grand Rounds
(1hr., Category 1/AMA) 03/02
- Responding to Medical Events during Commercial Airline Flight
(1hr., Medical Ethics/TMA @ KMC) 07/02
- ACS 11th Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program
(60 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 10/02
- New Approaches to Treating Radiocontrast Nephropathy
(1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 10/02
- MultiMedia Reviews in General Surgery
(56 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 01-11/02
- SESAP 11 Audio Companion
(24 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 04-12/02
- Billing and Documentation for Teaching Attendings
(2 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 12-16/02
- SESAP 11 Audio Companion
(10 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 03-11/03
- Multimedia Reviews in General Surgery
(48 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 02-25/03
- Tumor Conference for Thyroid Cancer
(1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 03-16/04
- Surgical Options in Obesity Treatment
(1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 03-25/04
- Surgery Mortality & Morbidity Review
(1:30 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 03-31/04
- Tumor Conference for Newly Diagnosed Cancers
(1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 04-22/04
- Surgical Mortality & Morbidity Review
(1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 06-04/04
- Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider Course
(10 hrs., Category 1/AMA) 06-11-12/04
- Tumor Conference for “Discussion of Leukemia”
(1 hr., Category 1/AMA) 07-20/04
- Surgical Mortality & Morbidity Review
(1.5 hr., Category 1/AMA) 09-03/04
- Surgical Mortality & Morbidity Review
(1.5 hr., Category 1/AMA) 10-01/04
- ASBS Advanced Bariatric Surgery and Laparoscopic Suturing
(15 Credits, Category 1/AMA) 10-08-09/04

PRESENTATIONS
- Chymopapin
- Allergic Reactions
- Anesthesia & the Kidney
- Pulmonary Embolism - Clinical Conference
- Hemodynamic Effects of PEEP
- Pulmonary Embolectomy - Presentation & Case Conference
- Aldomet, Droperidol, & Inderal Induced Dementia & Hypertension
- Neonatal Apnea and Anesthesia
- Neonatal Fluid & Electrolyte Management
- Pregnancy Induced Hypertension and the HELLP Syndrome
- Coagulation, DIC, & Fibrinolysis
- Airway Management in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit
- Clinical Exam of the Cardiovascular System
- Series on Critical Care Medicine for ICU & PACU Nurses
- Didactic Lectures to Anesthesia Residents
- Large Bowel Lymphoma
- CT vs. DPL in Trauma
- Soft Tissue Tumors
- Gastric Lymphoma
- Imperforate Anus
- Pitfalls of CVP & PA Monitoring
- Chylothorax
- Post Gastrectomy Syndromes
- Congenital GI Malformations
- Periampullary Masses
- Update on Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Pancreatic-Duodenal Injuries
- Esophageal Perforations
- Aorto-Enteric Fistulas
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Diabetes and The Risk Of Circulatory Complication
- Nursing In-service Talks
- ICU - Critical Care Lecture Series
- Ischemia of The Lower Extremities
- Mesenteric Ischemia
- Acute Pancreatitis - When to Operate
- Esophageal Carcinoma
- Aspects of Private Practice
- Islet Cell Tumors
- Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Vascular Disease: The Valley Perspective
- Shock
- Obesity A World-Wide Epidemic

MEDICAL REFERENCES

S. Murthy Badiga, M.D.
902 S. Airport Dr., Suite 6
Weslaco, Texas 78596
(956) 973-2446

Rodolfo Guerrero, M.D.
1402 East 8th Street, Suite 1
Weslaco, Texas 78596
(956) 968-2117

Randall W. Smith, M.D.
Scott & White
Dept. of Surgery
2401 S. 31st St.
Temple, Texas 76508
(254) 724-2111

Clifford J. Buckly, M.D.
Scott & White
Dept. of Surgery
2401 S. 31st St.
Temple, TX 76508
(254) 724-2111

Richard E. Symmonds, M.D.
Scott & White
Dept. of Surgery
2401 S. 31st St.
Temple, Texas 76508
(254) 724-2111

Dennis J. Lynch, M.D.
Scott & White
Dept. of Surgery
2401 S. 31st St.
Temple, Texas 76508
(254) 724-2111

John W. Roberts, M.D.
Scott & White
Dept. of Surgery
2401 S. 31st St.
Temple, Texas 76508
(254) 724-2111