Education:
Residency:
Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals
Texas Medical Center
Houston, Texas 77030
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
July 1, 1983 to June 30, 1986
Chairman: Bobby R. Alford, M.D.
Internship:
University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas
Southwestern Medical School
Parkland Memorial Hospital
General Surgery-2 years
July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1983
Chairman: William Fry, M.D.
Medical School:
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX 77030
July 1977 to May 1981
Degree: Doctor of Medicine with Honors
College:
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
1973-1977
High School:
Bellaire Senior High School
Bellaire, Texas
Graduated 1973
Certification:
Diplomat, American Board of Otolaryngology, October 3, 1986
Medical Society Memberships:
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Diplomat 1986 to present
Texas Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
Houston Society of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
Harris County Council of Specialty Societies, 1994-1995
HONORARY SOCIETIES AND AWARDS:
Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Society
Awarded Honors for Basic Science Studies at Baylor College of Medicine, 1978
Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society (post baccalaureate scholarship recipient)
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:
Houston Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Secretary – Treasurer:1992-1993
Vice-president: 1993-1994
President: 1994-1995
Memorial Southwest Hospital
Bylaws Committee, 1998
Otolaryngology Section Chairman, 1992, 1994, 1995
Executive Committee, 1992, 1994, 1995
Day Surgery Committee, 1992-1996
Operating Room Committee, 1992, 1994, 1995
Credentials Committee, 1991, 1999, 2000
Laser Committee, 1989-1991
Bylaws Committee, 1998-1999
Harris County Medical Society
Credentials Committee, 1996
Doctor’s Surgical Center
Governing Board, 2003-Present
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Supervision of University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston Otolaryngology Training Program
Resident – 1986 to Present
Supervision of University of Texas Medical Center Houston Family Practice Training Program
Resident – 1986 to Present
Teaching Assistant in Cell Biology and Histology at Baylor College of Medicine, 1978.
Teaching Assistant in Organic Chemistry at Tulane University, 1976
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Shoss, S.M., Ashe, H., and Donovan, D.T., “Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Involving the Head and Neck.” Presented at the Annual American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, October 1985.
Shoss, S.M., Donovan, D.T., and Alford, B.R., “Tumors of the Parapharyngeal Space.” Presented to the Fifth Joint meeting of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery and the Society of Head and Neck Surgeons, Cerromar, Puerto Rico, May 1985. Published: Archives of Otolaryngology, 111:753-757,198
Bennett, J.W., Lee, L.S., Shoss, S.M., and Boudreaux, G.H., “Identification of Averantin as an Aflatxin B1 Precursor: Placement in the Biosynthetic Pathway, “Applied and Environmental Microbiology 39:835 – 839, 1980.
“Binding of mRNA of Novikoff Hepatoma, Normal Liver and Regenerating Rat Liver to c DNA-cellulose,” presented at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in May 1977
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