The Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Surgery

Faculty Biography

Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery


Daniel James Freet, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Back

EDUCATION

UNDERGRADUATE

Bachelor of Art, University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts
Iowa City, Iowa
1986-1990

GRADUATE

Doctorate of Medicine
University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
1991-1995

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

Resident in General Surgery
The University of Texas Medical School - Houston, Houston, Texas
1995-1998

Dr. Thomas D. Cronin Fellow in Plastic Surgery
The University of Texas Medical School - Houston, Houston, Texas
1998-1999

Resident in Plastic Surgery
The University of Texas Medical School - Houston, Houston, Texas
1999 – 2001

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The University of Texas Medical School - Houston
2001 - present

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

Memorial Hermann Hospital
6411 Fannin
Houston, TX 77030

Lyndon B. Johnson
5656 Kelley
Houston, TX 77026

LICENSURE

Texas – K2021

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Burn Association
American Society of Plastic Surgery

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Association for Surgical Education – 2003-current
Surgical Education Research Fellowship (2003-04)
American Society of Plastic Surgery – 2003-current
Texas Society of Plastic Surgery – 2003-current
Harris County Medical Society – 2002-current

HONORS AND AWARDS

Albert and Constance Anderson Scholarship
B.A. Conferred with High Distinction
Phi Beta Kappa
Lambda Alpha (Anthropological Honors Society)
Dean’s List – 7 semesters
President’s List – 2 semesters

PUBLICATION

Schlosser, S.; Black, D.W.; Repertinger, S.; Freet, D. “Compulsive Buying: Demography, Phenomenology, and Comorbidity in 46 Subjects.” General Hospital Psychiatry 16: 205-212, 1994

RESEARCH

“Psychosocial and Cosmetic Self-Assessment of Breast
Reconstruction Comparing TRAM Flap with Implant
Placement.” Advisers: A.E. Cram, M.D. and P. Cederna,
M.D. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

ACTIVITIES

Medical School Volunteer Examiner, Iowa City Free Medical Clinic, 1994
Medical Student Counsel Representative, 1994
Graduate and Professional Student Senator, 1992-1994
Member, Preventative Medicine Course Liaison Committee, 1992

Contact Information

  • Daniel James Freet, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

  • Department of Surgery

  • The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
    6431 Fannin, MSB 4.150
    Houston, TX 77030

  • phone: (713) 500-7185
    e-mail: Daniel.J.Freet@uth.tmc.edu

Sr. Staff Assistant:
Essie Gonzalez