
Dean B. Andropoulos, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, TCH
6621 Fannin, WY19345H, Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5831; FAX 832-825-1903
e-mail:
dra@bcm.tmc.edu Hospital affiliation: TCH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. California, San Diego.
Specialty training: U. California, San Francisco.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics, Am. Board Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Pediatric and congenital cardiovascular anesthesia and intensive care.

LiQian Chen, MD
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
E-mail:
lchen@heart.thi.tmc.edu Hospital affiliations:SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Assist. Prof., UTHSCH.
Medical school: Shanghai First Medical School, 1983.
Specialty training: PhD, Department of Physiology,
UTHSCSA; U. North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Emory U.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, National Board of Echocardiography–Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography.
Specialty interests: Transesophageal echocardiography, cadiovascular anesthesiology

Charles D. Collard, MD
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
E-mail:
ccollard@heart.thi.tmc.edu Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Academic appointments: Professor and Vice Chair, Baylor.
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine, 1991.
Specialty training:Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, National Board of Echocardiography–Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography.
Specialty interests: Genomics, inflammation, and cardiothoracic surgery.

John R. Cooper, Jr., MD
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
jcooper@heart.thi.tmc.edu Hospital affiliations: SLEH, TCH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Asst. Prof., UTHSCH.
Medical school: Tulane U., 1972.
Specialty training: U. Tennessee, U. Mississippi, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Anesthesiology (Critical Care Med.).
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular anesthesiology, pulmonary bypass, echocardiography.

Noel Martin Giesecke, MD
Interim Chief, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, THI
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
mgiesecke@heart.thi.tmc.edu Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Asst. Prof., UTHSCH.
Medical school: UTMB, 1985.
Specialty training: UTMB, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Anesthesiology.
Specialty interest: CV anesthesiology, perioperative transesophageal echocardiography, perioperative coagulopathies, critical care.

Wanda C. Miller-Hance, MD
6621 Fannin, WT 19345 H, Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5824; FAX 832-825-1903
e-mail:
wmh@bcm.tmc.edu Hospital affiliation: TCH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Wisconsin, 1991.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics–Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology, Am. Board Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiology, pediatric cardiology.

Stephen A. Stayer, MD
6621 Fannin, WT 19345 H, Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5831; FAX 832-825-1903
e-mail:
sstayer@houston.rr.com Hospital affiliation: TCH.
Academic appointment: Baylor.
Medical school: UTSWMS, Dallas.
Certification: Am. Board Pediatrics, Am. Board Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiology and intensive care.

Byron E. Tsusaki, DO
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
btsusaki@heart.thi.tmc.edu Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Assist. Prof., UTHSCH.
Medical school: U. of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, Iowa, 1991.
Certification: Am. Board Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular anesthesiology.