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Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Addresses

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Clinic)

6720 Bertner Ave.
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-9910

Education

MD from Universidad La Salle

01/1978 - Ciudad, Mexico

Residency at Instituto Nacional de Nutricion

01/1984 - Mexico City

Internal Medicine

Fellowship at ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú

01/1987 - Houston

Pulmonary Medicine

Internship at Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta

Certifications

Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine

Critical Care Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

• Pulmonary Disease
• Critical Care Medicine

Professional Statement

Dr. Jose Gregorio Casar received his medical degree from the Universidad La Salle School of Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico, in 1978. He completed an internship at Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta in 1979, and returned to Mexico to complete additional studies at the Universidad La Salle, Physiology Department and the Instituto Nacional De Nutricion, Critical Care Medicine in 1980. Dr. Casar then completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Instituto Nacional de Nutricion in 1984. Following this, he came to ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú in Houston to do a fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine which he completed in 1987.

Dr. Casar is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine. He sees inpatients only on the Cardiothoracic, General Thoracic and Vascular services at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Casar G, Wilson RK "Respiratory Acid Base Disorders. In Suki, W.N., Massry, S.G.: Therapy of Renal Diseases and Related Disorders." Martinus Nijhuff Publishings.;
• Harati Y, Kinkan E, Casar G "Adult onset of nemaline myopathy - Presenting as diaphragmatic paralysis." Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psycho.;