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Francisco Cigarroa, M.D.

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Specialties

    • Pediatric Surgery
    • Surgery

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  • Spanish
Dr. Francisco Cigarroa

Dr. Francisco Cigarroa is a nationally-renowned transplant surgeon. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Yale University and his medical degree from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He completed fellowships in pediatric surgery and transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dr. Cigarroa became a faculty member at UT Health San Antonio in 1995. He was part of a surgical team that performed the first split liver donor transplant between two recipients in Texas.

In 2003, President George W. Bush appointed Dr. Cigarroa to serve on the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science.

In 2009, Dr. Cigarroa became the first Hispanic to be named Chancellor of The University of Texas System. After five years, he returned full-time to his passion for patient care.  

Education

Bachelor's degree in biology
Yale University

Medical School
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Postdoctoral
Massachusetts General Hospital

Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Fellowship in Transplantation Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Medical School: 
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Residency: 
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowship: 
Massachusetts General Hospital
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Qualifications

Board Certification:
  • American Board of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery

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