Meet Our Faculty

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Faculty

Manuel Lorenzo, MD
Program Director, ICU Director
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Residency: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Fellowship: UCSF Fresno in Trauma/Critical Care

Instructors

Darryl Amos, MD, FACS
Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Residency: University of Mississippi
Fellowship: Methodist Hospitals of Dallas, Surgical Critical Care

Jennifer Burris, MD
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Residency: Tulane Medical School (Internship); Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (Residency)
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine, Surgical Critical Care

Vanessa Shifflette, MD
Medical school: University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Residency: Methodist Hospitals of Dallas
Fellowship: University of Hawaii, Surgical Critical Care

Phillip Sladek, MD, FACS
Medical school: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara – Mexico
Internship: Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, New York
Residency: Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Surgical Critical Care / Trauma

Michael Truitt, MD, FACS
Medical school: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Residency: University of Colorado
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Surgical Critical Care