Professional Activities

Credentials
Board Certification

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 9/1991−10/2022, Recertification Date:10/2012
• American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Medicine, 1992
• American Board of Internal Medicine - Critical Care, 1992

Licensures

• Texas State Board of Medical Examiners License, TX, G7762, 5/1988−5/2099
• Missouri State Board Medical Examiners License, MO, R6H04, 5/1988−5/2008

Experience / Service
Academic Appointments

• Instructor, Division of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1/1990−1/1993
• Attending Physician, Medical Service, Veteran Administration Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, 1/1991−1/1993
• Attending Physician, Division of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1/1991−1/1993
• Attending Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1/1991−1/1993
• Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 3/1993−9/1998
• Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 9/1998−8/2006
• Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care, Division of Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 9/1998−8/2006
• Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 9/2006−present

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

• Women Faculty & Administrators Organization, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1/1995
• Administrative Director, Section of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1/1998−1/2001
• Co-Director - Medical Specialties Clinic, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1/1998−1/2001
• Director of the Pulmonary Fellowship Program, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1/1998−1/2001

Other Appointments/Responsibilities

• Mentor, King Foundation, Houston, TX, 1999−present
• Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2005−present
• Member, ACCP Women's Health Network Steering Committee, Chicago, IL, 2007−present
• Member, The Chest Foundation, Chicago, IL, 2007−present
• Panelist appointment, Texas Medical Board, Houston, TX, 2009−present

Institutional Committee Activities

• Minority Faculty Committee, Member, 1/1993−8/2004
• Medical Records Subcommittee, Member, 1/1997−8/2002
• Antibiotic Task Force, Member, 1998−present
• Clinical Ethics Committee, 1/1998−1/2001
• Sedation Credentialing Committee, Member, 1999−2005
• Sedation and Procedures Committee, Co-Chairperson, 1/1999−8/2002
• Intensive Care Unit Planning Committee, Member, 1/1999−8/2007
• Faculty Senate, Member, 2001−present
• Credentials Committee for Medical Staff, Member, 2001−present
• Clinical Credentialing Medical Staff Committee, Member, 9/2003−present
• Multi-Year Award Committee, Member, 2004−present
• Ethnics Committee, Member, 9/2007−8/2008
• CFRC Committee, Member, 2008−2012
• IRB Committee, Member, 2008−present
• PRS Budget & Finance Committee, Member, 2010−present
• PRS Leadership & Institutional Service Award Committee, Member, 10/2012−present
• Medical Student Summer Program Committee, Chair, 2/2013−present
• Clinical Faculty Review Committee, Vice Chair, 9/2013−present

Honors And Awards

• Smith College Scholastic Achievement Award, Smith College, 1978
• History of Medicine Award, University of Texas, 1985
• NIH (Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) Minority Investigator Award, NIH, 1990
• Alfred Soffer Research Award, American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Foundation, 2011