Brian Bethea M.D.
Brian is in his third and final year of cardiothoracic surgery training, after having already spent almost six years in surgical training residency. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma medical school. During a two-year research fellowship in cardiac surgery at Hopkins, he won awards for his techniques in fixing aortic aneurysms and preventing injury to lung tissue during transplantation.
Originally from Oklahoma City, Brian is an avid athlete. In high school he set scoring records in basketball, and today concentrates on tennis. Brian attended Trinity University in San Antonio where he was twice selected as an All-American tennis player. In 1995, he was a finalist for the Arthur Ashe Award.
Brian credits his father, who happens to be a cardiologist back in Oklahoma, as his hero in life. “I think my brothers and I are all very close and we always really looked up to my father. One of the things that was exciting when we were growing up - he would take us up to the hospital and we’d go on rounds with him on Saturday mornings,” says Brian. Although his father worked long hours and actually discouraged his children from going into medicine, Brian jokes, “I was the only one who probably wasn’t smart enough to listen to him.” But seeing the mark his father left on people’s lives made an impression on Brian and he says that, more than anything else, motivated him to go into medicine.
Brian is married and has three daughters. He recently accepted a position at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. In his spare time, he enjoys playing 'Curveball', recently reaching level nine with a score of 22850 -- another reason why he cannot be checked.
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Medical Articles Related to This Doctor
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Emphysema
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Septic Shock
- Valvular Heart Disease
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- Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center
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