CURRICULUM VITAE Ashraf A. Hilmy, MD, MBA, CHE, FASMBS, FACS 614 Maco Drive Harlingen, Texas 78550 Office: (956) 440-9110 Fax: (956) 440-9808 Email: ash.hilmy@gmail.com / ash.hilmy@utrgv.edu CURRENT EMPLOYEMENT. Professor of Surgery, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Surgical Clerkship Director, Cameron County 02/18-Present Attending Physician 03/04-Present Harlingen Medical Center-Harlingen, Texas Platinum Surgery Center-Harlingen, Texas Consulting Physician 03/04-08/13 Affiliate Physician 08/13-07/15 Private Practice-General/Vascular/Bariatric/ 03/04-02/18 Advanced Laparoscopic/Robotic Surgery RGV Surgery, PA-Harlingen, Texas OTHER APPOINTMEMTS Bariatric Surgery Director 09/09-Present Clinical Associate Professor/Clerkship Site Director 10/04-06/18 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Regional Academic Health Center-Harlingen, Texas Robotic Surgery Proctor 7/11-12/13 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Chief of Staff 01/09-12/10 Clinical Preceptor 1999-2010 University of Texas Pan American Physician Assistant Program-Edinburg, Texas
Administrative Consultant to Dept. of Surgery 02/08-12/09 Chief of Staff 07/01-06/02 Chief of Surgery 07/98-06/99 Clinical Preceptor 1996-1999 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Physician Assistant Program-Galveston, Texas Assistant Professor of Anesthesia 1989-1990 Texas A&M College of Medicine-Temple, Texas Director, Neuroanesthesia 1989-1990 PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT Attending Surgeon 09/03-02/04 Pac Med Clinics-Seattle, Washington Teaching/Attending Surgeon 09/03-02/04 Swedish Hospital Surgical Residency Program-Seattle, Washington Attending Physician 07/94-06/03 Private Practice - General/Vascular/Bariatric Surgery 07/94-06/03 RGV Surgery, PA-Weslaco, Texas Staff Anesthesiologist 04/89-06/90 Attending Anesthesiologist 02/85-03/89 Rio Grande Anesthesia Associates Knapp Memorial Hospital-Weslaco, Texas
EDUCATION Masters of Business Administration 05/2000 Beta Gamma Sigma Honors University of Texas Pan American-Edinburg, Texas Residency: Surgery 07/90-06/94 Department of Surgery Fellowship-Cardiac Anesthesia & Chief Resident 07/84-12/84 Department of Anesthesia-Westchester County Medical Center New York Medical College-Valhalla, New York Residency: Anesthesiology 07/82-06/84 Department of Anesthesia Westchester County Medical Center New York Medical College-Valhalla, New York Internship: Categorical Internship in Medicine 07/81-06/82 Department of Medicine Westchester County Medical Ctr. New York Medical College Valhalla, New York Internship: Rotating Internship 03/80-02/81 Ain Shams University Hospital-Cairo, Egypt Medical School 03/80 Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt Honors: Pediatrics - Forensic Medicine & Toxicology- Ophthalmology - Ear, Nose & Throat Student Clerkship Program 06/75 & 06/76 Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital-New York, New York Pre-Medical Degree 05/74 Delhi University Dyal Singh College-New Delhi, India PUBLICATIONS Guajardo-Salinas GE, Hilmy A. Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Utility of FIBROspect II to Detect Liver Fibrosis in Morbidly Obese Hispano-American Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery. 2010; 20(12):1647-1653.
Guajardo GE, Hilmy A, Martinez, M. The use of FIBROSpect II score avoids liver biopsy in gastric bypass patients with NASH. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2009;209(3):S21. Guajardo-Salinas GE, Hilmy A, Martinez-Ugarte M. Predictors of Weight Loss and Effectiveness of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in the Morbidly Obese Hispano-American Population. Obesity Surgery. 2008;18(11):1369-1375. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / FELLOWSHIPS Texas Medical Association Fellow of the American College of Surgeons Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery BOARD CERTIFICATION. Re-Certification by the American Board of Surgery 12/15 Re-Certification by the American Board of Surgery 12/02 Diplomate American Board of Healthcare Executives 04/02 Diplomate American Board of Surgery 02/95 Certificate of Special Qualifications in Critical 10/91 Medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology Diplomate American Board of Anesthesiology 04/87 CERTIFICATION OTHER ACLS - BLS - ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) Current ACLS - ATLS Instructor Current Robotic Surgery Certification 07/08 Intuitive Surgical, Inc./Memorial Herman Hospital-Houston, Texas Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Mini-Fellowship 2007 Dr. John Pilcher-San Antonio, Texas Certificate of Lap-Band Placement Training 11/01 BioEnterics Adjustable Gastric Banding System Certificate of Hyperbaric Medicine 10/96 Team Training Course Jefferson C. Davis Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Center Certificate of Rotablator Peripheral Vascular Training 08/95 & 10/95 Heart Technology Certificate of Stent Training 08/94 Palmaz Balloon Expandable Stents, Johnson & Johnson Peripheral Systems
LICENSURE Texas State License #G7824 1985 F.L.E.X., Trenton, New Jersey 1982 New Jersey State License #42022 (Inactive) 1982 E.C.F.M.G., Cairo, Egypt - #324-586-7 1980 AWARDS Annual Outstanding Faculty/Teaching Award 07-18 Medical Students/Residents MEDICAL REFERENCES Available upon request.