Jeffrey Horwitz, M.D., FACS

Jeffrey R. Horwitz, M.D., M.P.H. grew up in Houston, Texas.  He is board certified in pediatric surgery, general surgery and surgical critical care.  Dr. Horwitz received his undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Texas.  He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.  He completed a general surgical residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.  He returned to Houston for a fellowship in surgical critical care and E.C.M.O. at the University of Texas Medical School.  He then moved to New Haven, CT. where he completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Yale University.  His interests include correction of congenital anomalies and the use of minimally invasive surgery.
 
Dr. Horwitz is a member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Surgeons, the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, the Texas Medical Association and the Travis County Medical Society.
 
He and his wife, Treva, have a daughter named Aiden.  He enjoys playing golf and listening to live music.

University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX -  M.P.H.  1983

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX  - M.D. 1987

Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL – Resident in Surgery1987-1990

University of California at San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA – Research Fellow in Trauma/Burn Surgery 1990-1991

Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA – Resident in General Surgery 1991-1993

University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX – ECMO/Pediatric Surgery Fellow 1993-1997

University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX – Surgical Critical Care Fellow 1996-1997

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT – Pediatric Surgery Fellow 1997-1999

Dean’s Honor List, University of Texas 1980-1982

Second Place, Rosencrantz Resident Paper Competition Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics 1995

First Place, Resident Trauma Paper Competition Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons 1998