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

Department of Surgery,
Division of Acute Care Surgery,
Trauma and Critical Care


Drue Neelley Ware, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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EDUCATION

Undergraduate Education

1976 - 1980 B.S. - Animal Science, Production Option Texas A & M University College Station, Texas

Graduate Education

1981 - 1985 M.D. - The University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center

Postgraduate Training

1985-1986 Internship: General Surgery Charity Hospital, New Orleans Tulane Affiliated Hospitals New Orleans
1986-1988 Residency: General Surgery Charity Hospital, New Orleans Tulane Affiliated Hospital New Orleans
1988-1989 Basic Science Research The University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center Houston, Texas
1989-1990 Residency: General Surgery Tulane Affiliated Hospital Tulane School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana
1990-1991 Chief Surgical Resident: General Surgery Tulane Affiliated Hospitals Tulane School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana
1997-1998 Fellowship: Critical Care Department of Surgery University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center Houston, Texas

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1992-Present Assistant Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center Houston, Texas

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

1992-Present Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital Houston, Texas
1991-Present Memorial Hermann Hospital

CERTIFICATIONS

1995 American Board of Surgery

LICENSURE

H1028 - Texas

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American College of Surgeons
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American Medical Association
Harris County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
Society for Critical Care Medicine

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HONORS AND AWARDS

Deans Teaching Excellence Award, 1993
Outstanding Teacher in Surgery, 1994
Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, 1994
Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, 1995
Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, 1996
Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, 1997
Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, 1998

COMMITTEES

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL AFFILIATED HOSPITALS

LBJ Blood Usage Committee, 1992-1995
LBJ Infection Control Committee, 1992-1995
LBJ Operating Room Committee, 1992-1995
LBJ Medical Records Committee, 1993-1995
LBJ Morbidity & Mortality Committee, Director 1993- 1995
LBJ Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, 1993 - 1995
LBJ Radiology Committee, 1994-1995
LBJ Standardization Committee, 1992-1995
LBJ Utilization Review Committee, 1995
LBJ Trauma Committee- Director, 1994-1995
Hermann Hospital Surgical Reporting Line Committee, 1997 -
Hermann Hospital Emergency Medicine Physician Advisory Committee, 1997 -
Faculty Senate, 1998 -
Hermann Hospital Medical Staff Quality Review Committee, 1997 -
Physician Advisory Committee (SETTRAC), 1997 -
Chairman of Subcommittee of Emergency Medicine Physician Advisory Committee for Radiology Technician Staffing of Hermann Hospital, 1997-

DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES:

Education Advisory Committee, 1995 -

MEDICAL SCHOOL COMMITTEES:

Faculty Senate, 1992 - 1995
Faculty Senate, 1998 -

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES:

Search Committee for Chairman of Emergency Medicine, (1994).
Internal Review Committee for Department of Emergency Medicine, (1994).

RESPONSIBILITIES

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Multi disciplinary Breast Clinic, Director, 1993-1995
Harris County Jail Clinic, Director, 1992 -

EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Medical Student Trauma Curriculum - 1997 -
Clinical Coorelates in Department of Physiology - 1999
Instructor/Course Coordinator ATLS - 1996 - Present
ATLS State Instructorship (Pending)

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Director of Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center 1995 - Present
Director of Education Prevention and Outreach for Hermann Hospital Level Trauma Center. 1995- Present
Director - ATLS Hermann Hospital Trauma Department
Co-Director of "The Dr. "Red" Duke Professorship Day Hermann Hospital - U.T. Medical School at Houston

PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED JOURNALS
  1. Ware, DN: Trauma Rounds: Complications of radial artery catheterization. Emerg Med 22(1):50-52, 1990.
  2. Chong, CL; Ware, DN. Harris, JH Jr. " Is Cervical Spine Imaging Indicated in Gunshot Wounds to the Cranium." Journal of Trauma, 44(3):501-502, 1998.
  3. Cocanour, CS; Moore, FA; Ware, DN; Marvin, RG, Clark, JM, Duke, JH. Delayed complications of nonoperative management of blunt adult splenic trauma. Archives of Surgery, 133:619-625, 1998.
  4. McKinley, BA, Ware, DN, Marvin, RG, Moore, FA: Skeletal Muscle pH, Pco2, and Po2 during Resuscitation of Severe Hemorrhagic Shock. Journal of Trauma, 45(3), 633-636, Sept. 1998.
  5. Cocanour, CS; Moore, FA; Ware, DN; Marvin, RG; Duke, JH: Age should not be a consideration for nonoperative managemetn of blunt slenic injury; Publication pending in the Journal of Trauma.
ABSTRACTS
  1. Ware, DN, Duke, JH, Fischer RP: Factors affecting mortality in penetrating trauma of the elderly. Submitted: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
  2. Cocanour, CS; Hankins, L; Gregoric, I; Moore, FA; Ware, DN, Marvin, RG; Duke, JH; Clark, JM. Submitted: Southwestern Surgical Congress; Blunt Carotid Trauma.
  3. Cocanour, CS; Moore, FA; Clark, JM; Ware, DN; Marvin, RG; Duke, JH. Delayed Complications of Nonoperative Management of Blunt Adult Splenic Injury.
  4. Peden, EK; Duke, J.H, Byers, D.J; Paterson, BL; Ware, DN; Marvin, RG; Cocanour, CS; Moore, FA. Distraction from the Clinical Diagnosis of Cervical Spine Injury.
  5. Cocanour, CS; Moore, FA; Allen, GS; Cox, CS; Ware, DN; Marvin, RG Duke, JH. Blunt Trauma to the Pancreas - A Rare and Potentially Devastating Injury.
  6. Cocanour, CS; Moore, FA; Arteaga, JR; Ware, DN; Marvin, RG; Duke, JH: Age Should Not Be A Consideration For Nonoperative Management of Blunt Splenic Injury
  7. McKinley, BA; Marvin, RG; Cocanour, CS; Marquez, A; Ware, DN; Moore, FA: Blunt Trauma Resuscitation: Can the Old Respond?
  8. Cocanour, CS; Pousman, RM; Kapusta, M.; Marvin, RG; Moore, FA; Ware, DN: Pneumonectomy for Blunt Trauma-A Case Report. Western Trauma Association Meeting, February 27-March 4, 2000.
  9. McKinley, BA; Marvin, RG; Cocanour, CS; Pousman, DO, Marquez, A.; Ware, DN; Moore, RA. Nipride in Resuscitation of Major Torso Trauma., Western Trauma Association Meeting, February 27-March 4, 2000.

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BOOKS:

McSwain, NE, Ware, DN: Atlas of Trauma Surgical Procedures. Iqaku Shoin Publishing Company, New York, New York. Published 1994.

CHAPTERS:

Ware, DN: James H. Duke, M.D. The History of Surgery in Houston - Houston Surgical Society 5th Annual Addition.
Ware, DN: Hernia Repair, Atlas of Ambulatory Surgery, 1999.

Presentations:

  1. Ware, DN: Review of Ogilive's syndrome and toxic megacolon. Presented: Tulane General Surgery Grand Rounds, April 21, 1990, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  2. Ware, DN: Intra abdominal vascular injuries: Recognition and management. Presented: Tulane General Surgery Grand Rounds, September 15, 1990, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  3. Ware, DN: Intra abdominal vascular injuries: Recognition and management. Presented: University of Texas Medical School General Surgery Grand Rounds, August 6, 1994, Houston, Texas.
  4. Ware, DN: Acute Abdomen: Recognition and management. Presented: Texas Medical School Department of family Practice Grand Rounds, November 14, 1994, Houston, Texas.
  5. Ware, DN: Life Flight Symposium. Snake Bite: Voo Do, Who Do, and What To Do., August 7, 1996, Houston, Texas.
  6. Ware, DN; Initial Approach to the Injured Patient. Presentation at Northeast Houston Texas, February 26, 1997, Hospital, Houston, .
  7. Ware, DN; Hepatic Trauma; An Overview, Presentation at Northwest Houston Hospital, June 25, 1997,Houston, Texas.
  8. Ware, DN; Wound Ballistics, Presentation at Life Flight Symposium, September 6, 1997, Houston, Texas.
  9. Ware, DN; Initial Approach To Blunt Abdominal Trauma," Presented at Southeast Memorial Hospital, March 10m 1999, Houston, Texas.
  10. Freed, P; Ware, DN; Snake Bites: Voo Do-Who Do-What To Do, Presented at Surgery Grand Rounds,, April 21, 1998, Houston, Texas
  11. Cocanour, CS; Moore, GA; Allen, GS; Cox, CS; Ware, DN; Marvin, RG; Duke, JH: Blunt trauma to the pancreas a rare and potentially devastating injury. Poster presentation at the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, September 26, 1998, Baltimore, MD.

Contact Information

Drue Neelley Ware, M.D.
  • Drue Neelley Ware, M.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery

  • Department of Surgery

  • The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
    6431 Fannin Street MSB 4.264
    Houston, TX 77030

  • phone: (713) 500-6362
    fax: (713) 500-0651
    e-mail: Drue.N.Ware@uth.tmc.edu

Administrative Coordinator:
Monique Nunley