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Professor and Chairman
Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas
Dr. Coburn is Professor and Chairman of the Scott Department of Urology at Baylor College of Medicine, and Vice President of Education, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of Cornell University and obtained his medical degree with Honors from the New York University School of Medicine in 1982. He completed his urology residency and an American Foundation for Urologic Disease Scholar fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. In the 1990s, Dr. Coburn was the founding Director of the AUA Surgical Learning Center, the first hands-on surgical education program of the AUA.
Dr. Coburn served as Chief of Urology at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston for 23 years, focusing on resident education, urologic trauma, and genital and urethral reconstruction. Dr. Coburn first described the urological approach to damage control surgery for trauma. Dr. Coburn has served on the faculty for the Trauma Course at the AUA Annual Meeting for the past 17 years and has been a frequent contributor to the plenary and scientific programs of the AUA, the South Central Section.
Dr. Coburn served on the American College of Surgeons Urology Advisory Council and on the Board of Governors, and later as the Urology representative on the Committee on Trauma where he chaired the Advocacy Pillar on the Executive Committee from 2014-2020. He is a Past President of the Society of Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgeons and is a former Chair of the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Urology, leading the Urology Milestone development effort and serving as Vice Chair of the Council of Review Committee Chairs.
Dr. Coburn is the recipient of many awards for his educational, clinical, and advocacy work, including the ACS SurgeonsPAC Warshaw Award for Trauma Advocacy, and the Robertson Presidential Educator Award for lifetime achievement in educational leadership at Baylor Medicine.
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Saturday, May 14, 2022
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM