Dr. Salim Surani serves as Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Houston. He has also served as the program director for the Pulmonary Medicine and Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Program at Bay Area Medical Center, Corpus Christi. He has done his fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Dr. Surani holds a Master's degree in Public Health & Epidemiology from Yale University and a Master's degree in Health Management from the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Surani has also served as a board trustee and secretary of THE CHEST Foundation. He has served as a chair for the ACCP practice operations steering committee and the Chest Infection & Disaster Response network. He also serves as the vice chair for the FCCP sub-committee. Dr. Surani has authored more than 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has written several books and book chapters. He has been involved in teaching residents for more than two decades. He has been instrumental in starting the Emergency Medicine residency program, the Pharmacy residency program, and the pulmonary and critical care residency program. He has been named the Faculty of the Year award numerous times. He has served as an independent grant reviewer for the Government of Australia, as well as the European Nations via Rannis. He also serves as an ad hoc reviewer for more than 20 journals. He has served as a speaker in several regional, national, and international scientific conferences. His area of expertise includes critical care, sleep medicine, ICU infections, and practice operations. Dr. Surani has served as a Resident Medical Expert for KIII news Corpus Christi (ABC affiliate) for more than a decade. He has also served on committees for several national organizations and has received several community and teaching awards, including the Health Care Hero Award, Humanitarian awards by the American College of Physicians, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Texas Medical Association. Dr. Surani is highly regarded among his peers and is very well respected as a mentor, clinician, and humanitarian.

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