Dr. Brian Camazine, M.D.



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BRIAN CAMAZINE, M.D.

1933 Eastwood

Henderson, TX 75652

254-718-0659

bcamazine@mac.com

www.CamazineMD.com

 

 

Personal

            Born:  10/18/56

            Married:  Susan 1989

            Children:  Maraya (1992), Deryk (1995), Kaiden (2001)

 

Education

            Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Thoracic Surgery and Oncology Fellowship, 1991-1992

            University of Arizona-Tucson Hospitals, General Surgery Residency, 1987-1991

            University of California, San Francisco, General Surgery Internship, 1986-1987

            Harvard Medical School (M.D.), 1986

            Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude, Biology (B.A.), 1981

 

Board Certification

            American Board of Surgery, 1994, 2003

 

Additional Training

            Surgical Education:Principles and Practice (ACS October, 2004)

            Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 2002

            Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery, 1997

            Laparoscopy/Laser Training, 1991

            Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor, 1991

 

Employment

            Camazine Surgical Clinic at Henderson Memorial Hospital, Henderson, TX, 2006-present

 

Previous Employment

Staff Surgeon, General and Thoracic Oncology, Central Texas Veterans Health  Care System    

   (CTVHCS),  Temple,  TX, 1993-2005

VA  Residency Coordinator, CTVHCS,  Temple, TX, 2004-2005    

            Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, CTVHCS, Temple, TX, 1995-2005    

            Thoracic Surgery Consultant, Darnell Army Community Hospital, Killeen, TX, 1995-2005

            Staff Physician Emergency Medicine, Central Texas Medical Center, San Marcos, TX, 1994-2003

 

Other Professional Positions

            Chief of Surgery, Henderson Memorial Hospital, 2008

            Preceptor, Surgical First Assistant, 2005

President/Founder, Earthwide Surgical Foundation, 2004-present

 

Awards and Honors

            Wrestling ÒParent of the YearÓ, Henderson High School, 2007

            PresidentÕs Call to Service Award, PresidentÕs Council on Service and Civic Participation, 2006

            Gold Star Award for Patient Satisfaction, CTVHCS, 2003

            Special Contribution Award , CTVHCS, 2002

            Illustrious Person, City of San Lucas, Bolivia, 2001

            Commendation for Exceptional Performance-Department of the Army, 1998

            American Academy of Family Physicians Teaching Award, CTVHS, 1993

            Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, 1987

            American Heart Association-Medical Student Research Fellowship, 1985

 

Memberships

            Bell County Medical Society

            Cum Laude Society

Semmelweis Society

            Southwest Oncology Group

            Texas Medical Association

            Texas Medical Foundation

 

Committees

            Henderson Memorial Hospital Foundation (2007)

            Wound Care Committee,  Henderson Memorial Hospital, (2006)

            Surgery Review Committee,  Henderson Memorial Hospital, (2006)

            ÒPhysician ChampionÓ SCIP (Surgical Care Improvement Program), Henderson Memorial

                 Hospital, (2006)

            Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee-CTVHCS (2005)

            Cancer Liason Physician of the Commission on Cancer-CTVHCS (2005)

Cancer Committee-CTVHCS (2005)

Research and Development Committee-CTVHCS (2004-2005)

VISN Workgroup for Surgical Infection Prevention (2004)

Critical Care Committee-CTVHCS (1995-2005)

           

Editorial/Peer Review

            Contemporary Surgery

            Federal Practitioner

            Rural and Community Health Institute, Texas A & M Health Science Center

            Texas Medical Foundation

           

Medical Licensure

            Texas

 

Research Experience

            Co-Investigator, CTVHCS, Department of Surgery, Lung Cancer and EUS,  2004-2006

            Research Assistant, Cardiac Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard
                Medical
School,1985-1986

            Research Assistant, Thrombosis and Hemostasis Unit, Beth Israel Hospital and  Medical

                School, 1982

            Research Assistant,  Departments of Biology and of Psychology and Social Relations       

                Harvard University, 1978-1981

 

Teaching Experience

            Instructor in Surgery, Nigerian Christian Hospital, 1998-present

            Instructor, Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider Course, University of Arizona, 1991

            Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard  University

                Extension School, 1981

            Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Organismal and Evolutionary Zoology, Harvard                               

                University Extension School, 1980

            Teaching Assistant, Structure and Physiology of Vertebrates, Harvard University,    1979

 

Invited Presentations

            American Society of Cytopathology Annual Meeting, Role of on site cytopathology assessment

                of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration in lung tumors; San Diego, November,    

                 2005

            American Society of Cytopathology Annual Meeting, Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle

                 aspiration of adrenal glands for detection of metastatic lung carcinomas-A large, prospective

                study; San  Diego, November, 2005

American Society of Cytopathology Annual Meeting, Endoscopy ultrasound guided FNA  for the

    detection of distant metastasis to the celiac axis lymph nodes in lung cancer; San Diego.

    November, 2005

American Society of Cytopathology Annual Meeting,Role of immunohistochemistry in   

    Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration of lung tumors-A large, prospective study;

    San Diego. November, 2005

American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting Proceedings, Impact of the endoscopic       

                 ultrasound on the management of the lung carcinoma: A single center experience; Orlando,

                 FL, May, 2005   

            American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting Proceedings, Comparison of the accuracy   

                 of endoscopy ultrasound (EUS) versus positron emission tomography (PET) scan for the 

                 staging  of  lung carcinoma-A prospective study; Orlando, FL, May, 2005

            Southern Medical Association, Metastatic lung carcinoma presenting as bowel obstruction;

                  Washington, DC.  November, 2002

            ASCP/CAP Annual Meeting, Detection of occult lymph node metastases of pulmonary

                 non-small cell carcinoma by reverse transcription-polymerase  chain reaction; Washington, DC,        

                 October, 2002

            Jornadas Internacionales Boliviano Americanas de Cirugia General, Thoracoscopic  Surgery;

                 Bolivia, South American, August, 2001

            The Southwestern Surgical Congress, 53rd Annual Meeting, Esophagogastric fistula  as a rare 

                 cause of failure in laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication: A case report;  Cancun, Mexico, April,

                 2001

            The Southwestern Surgical Congress, 53rd Annual Meeting, Primary extragonadal anaplastic
               
 seminoma presenting as gastric outlet obstruction-the first report case; Cancun, Mexico,
                 April, 2001

            Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine and Central Texas Veterans Health

                 Care System, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Temple, TX,  August,1995

            Association of Veterans Administration Surgeons, Prophylaxis against contrast-induced
                 nephropathy with verapamil and dopamine; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May, 1991

            Association of American Physicians/American Society for Clinical Investigation/ American
                 Federation for Clinical Research, The mechanism of neurogenic  vasodilation in skeletal

                 muscle produced by central alpha 2-adrenoceptor stimulation; Washington, D.C., May, 1986

 

Publications (Medical)

            Camazine, B (2007) Skin flaps for the general surgeon-the rhomboid flap. Contemporary    

                Surgery  (submitted)

            Williams, C, Camazine, B (2007) The Z-plasty solution for pilonidal disease. Contemporary

                Surgery 63:70-71

Singh, P, B Camazine, J Yashodeep, R Gupta, P Mukopadhyay, A Khan, R Reddy, Q Zheng, R   

    Khode, B Bhatt, S Bhat, Y Yaqub, R Shah, A Sharma, R Ericson (2006) Endoscopic  

    ultrasound  (EUS) as a first test for the diagnosis and  staging of lung cancer-A prospective   

    study.  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.  175:345-354.

            Camazine,B (2005) The persistent problem of the retained foreign body.  Contemporary Surgery

                61: 398-400

Camazine,B (2005) The pitfalls of appendicitis, Contemporary Surgery 61: 199-201

Camazine,B, J Lang (2004) Medicolegal misadventures in colorectal cancer:Misdiagnosis and  

    missed diagnosis, Contemporary  Surrgery 60: 474-475

Camazine, B (2004) Medicolegal fallout from laparoscopic bowel inury, Contemporary Surgery 60:

    350-352    

            Camazine, B (2004), Iatrogenic spinal accessory nerve injury; Contemporary Surgery 60:272-275

           Camazine B, J Antkowiak, M Nava, B Lipman,  H Takita (1995), Herpes simplex viral pneumonia   

                 in  the post- thoracotomy patient; Chest 108:876-879

            Camazine B, S Melcer, C Zukoski (1993), Traumatic splenic pseudocyst; Surgical  Round

                16:61-64

            Hall A, R Wong, G Hunter, B Camazine, W Rappaport, S Smythe, D Bull, K McIntyre, V Bernhard,

                R  Misiorowski (1992), Contrast induced nephrotoxicity:  The effects of vasodilator therapy;
               
Journal of Surgical Research 53:317-20

            Camazine B (1992), Paraesophageal hiatal hernia; Surgical Rounds 15:276

            Camazine B, H Takita, J Antkowiak (1991), The natural history and pathophysiology  of the                 

                 post- pneumonectomy space; Tracks Medical Surgical Journal 4:21-23

            Camazine B (1991), Liposarcoma of the right adductor compartment; Surgical  Rounds 14:1088

            Camazine B (1985), Transfusion-associated malaria; Lancet 2:37

            Camazine B (1985), Delaying the diagnosis of disease; Journal of the American Medical            
                
Association 254:1176

            Camazine B (1983), Breathing patterns in asthma; New England Journal of Medicine 308:224

 

Publications (Basic Science)

            Camazine B, R Shannon J Guerrero, R Graham, W Powell (1988), Neurogenic histaminergic

                vasodilation in canine skeletal muscle: Mediation by central alpha 2-  adrenoceptor stimulation;
                Circulation Research 62:871-883

            Crews D, M Grassman, W Garstka, A Halpert, B Camazine (1987), Sex and seasonal differences

                in metabolism in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis; Canadian Journal of    

                Zooloogy 65:2362-2368

            Camazine B, Guerrero, R Graham, W Powell (1986), The mechanism of neurogenic
                vasodilation in skeletal muscle produced by central alpha 2-adrenoceptor stimulation;

                Clinical Research 34:627A

            Crews D, B Camazine, M Diamond, R Mason, R Tokarz, W Garstka (1984),  Hormonal
                independence of courtship behavior in the male garter snake;  Hormones and Behavior

                18:29-41

            Garstka W, B Camazine, D Crews (1982), Interactions of behavior and physiology during the
                annual reproductive cycle of the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis;
                Herpetologica 38:104-123

            Camazine B, W Garstka, D Crews (1981), Techniques for gonadectomizing snakes,
                Thamnophis; Copeia 884-886

            Camazine B, W Garstka, R Tokarz, D Crews (1980), Effects of castration and androgen
                replacement on male courtship behavior in the red-sided garter snake,  Thamnophis sirtalis                  

                parietalis; Hormones and Behavior 14:358-372

 

Publications (Volunteerism)

            Camazine B (2006) The Rewards and Risks of Surgical Missions: Contemporary Surgery

                 62: 415-418

            Camazine B (2006) A SurgeonÕs Tale: Back to West Africa: Texas Medicine 102:47-51

            Camazine B (2005) Sound Off, The Emissary: Federal Practitioner 22:20

Camazine B, A Camazine, S Camazine (2005), Notes from the Field, Surgery in Nigeria:    

                 Federal Practitioner 22:42-50

            Camazine B (2002), Have Blade, Will Travel: A SurgeonÕs Adventures in Bolivia: Federal

                Practitioner 19:34-40

 

Volunteer Surgical Trips

            Esperanca: Bolivia: 2001, 2002, 2002

            Health Talents International: Guatemala: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007

International Healthcare Foundation: Nigeria: 1985, 1986, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,

                 2002, 2003, 2004

            Earthwide Surgical Foundation: Nigeria: 2005, 2006, 2007                  

 

 

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