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Charles S. Cox, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained general and thoracic surgeon specializing in critical care. He treats children up to 18 years old and adult patients with congenital problems. Cox manages highly complex, multidisciplinary problems in children, providing long-term continuity of care for complex conditions.
He’s a professor and vice president of strategy and development for Children’s and Surgical Services, the George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Neurosciences, and the Glassell Family Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, where he also directs the Pediatric Surgical Translational Laboratories and Pediatric Program in Regenerative Medicine. Additionally, Cox directs the Pediatric Trauma Program at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center and is the James H. Red Duke, Jr., Distinguished Professor in Surgery.
Cox has served on scientific study sections/review groups for the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, Veterans Affairs Merit Awards, the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, and national research programs in Canada, Singapore, and the Czech Republic. He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and 20 book chapters and editor of the textbook “Progenitor Cell Therapy for Neurological Injury.”
Outside of work, Cox enjoys spending time with his family and cycling.
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