Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas
Steven Brooks, MD, FACS ( graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California and detoured from advanced education for five years to play professional football in the NFL for the L.A./St. Louis Rams, San Francisco 49’ers, New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins. In the off-season Dr. Brooks was also a professional actor, appearing in several episodes of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Beverly Hills 90210, HBO’s Arliss and the movie Space Jam.
Dr. Brooks followed his passion to become a doctor and matriculated to AUC School of Medicine in 2001. He completed general surgery residency at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, where he was named the Raleigh-Ross Outstanding Resident by the Texas Surgical Society. While chief resident, he was the recipient of the 2010 American College of Surgeons Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching. Although the American College of Surgeons (ACS) had met annually for the previous 96 years, Dr. Brooks was only the 8th recipient of the award.
Brooks completed two additional years of fellowship at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he trained in Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery. He received the Vanderbilt University Adult Emergency Department Advocate Award for “representing the highest ideals of patient advocacy and professionalism with patients and Emergency Department Physicians.” He twice recieved “South Plains Emergency Medical Service (SPEMS) Physician of the Year” award from Trauma Area B Regional Advisory Council (B-RAC) in West Texas.
Dr. Brooks returned to Texas Tech University Medical Center, where he is Associate Professor of Surgery with Tenure and Vice Chair, Acute Care Surgery Division Chief, and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program Director.
Dr. Brooks is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), International College of Surgeons (FICS), and professional member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM).
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