Education

2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
2007-2017 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine Subspecialty
2007-2017 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases Subspecialty
2005 Fellow of The American College of Geriatrics Specialists
2005 Diplomate of The American Board of Geriatrics
1998 Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine
1997 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine Subspecialty
1997 Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
1996 Fellow of the American College of Physicians
1996-2006 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases Subspecialty
1992 Fellow of the American College of Angiology
1991 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine

Biography

Dr. Joseph Varon is the Chief of Critical Care at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston. In addition, he is the Former Chief of Critical Care Services and Past Chief of Staff at University General Hospital. He is a Professor of Acute and Continuing Care at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He is also Professor of Medicine, Surgery, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at several universities in Mexico, the Middle East, and Europe. After completing medical training at the UNAM Medical School in Mexico City, Mexico, Dr. Varon served an internship in internal medicine at Providence Hospital/George Washington University, Washington, DC. A subsequent residency in internal medicine was completed at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California. Dr. Varon also served fellowships in critical care medicine and pulmonary diseases at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. An avid researcher, Dr, Varon has contributed more than 725 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10 full textbooks, and 12 dozen book chapters to the medical literature. He is also a reviewer for multiple journals and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for Critical Care and Shock and Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews. Dr. Varon has won many prestigious awards and is considered among one of the top physicians in the United States. Dr. Varon is also known for his groundbreaking contributions to Critical Care Medicine in the fields of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and therapeutic hypothermia. He has developed and studied technology for selective brain cooling. He is also a well-known expert in the area of hypertensive crises management. With Dr. Carlos Ayus, he co-described the hyponatremia associated with extreme exercise syndrome also known as the “Varon-Ayus syndrome”. Dr. Varon has lectured in over 56 different countries around the globe. Along with Professor Luc Montagnier (Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine in 2008), Dr. Varon created the Medical Prevention and Research Institute in Houston, Texas, where they conduct work on basic sciences projects. Dr. Varon has appeared on National and International television and radio show with his techniques and care of patients. He is well known for his academic and clinical work in the management of acute hypertension and has published extensively on this subject. In addition, he has worked on studies related to ethical issues in acute care medicine and has several peer-reviewed publications on this controversial subject.


Research Interests

  • General Pulmonary Medicine.
  • Critical Care Medicine.
  • Sleep Medicine.

Scientific Activities

Teaching Experience
2017-Present Professor Emeritus (Medicine), Anahuac University, Cancun Campus, Mexico
2016-Present Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA
2013-Present Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Benemerita Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
2013-Present Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico
2011-Present Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Oceania University of Medicine, Apia, Samoa
2008-Present Professor of Medicine, University Anahuac del Norte, Mexico DF, Mexico
2008-Present Professor of Medicine, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico
2006-Present Professor of Medicine, Northeastern University, Tampico, Mexico
2006-2011 Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Texas, USA
2005-Present Clinical Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas, Texas, USA
2005-Present Professor of Medicine, Popular University Aútonoma of the State of Puebla. Puebla, Mexico
2003-Present Professor, Acute and Continuing Care, The University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing, Texas, USA
2003-Present Professor of Medicine, Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico
1999-Present Professor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
1999-Present Professor of Medicine, Autonomous University of Tamaulipas School of Medicine, Tamaulipas, Mexico
1999-2003 Clinical Associate Professor ofAcute and Continuing Care, The University of Texas School of Nursing, Texas, USA
1999-2003 Associate Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA
1997-1999 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA
1996-1998 Clinical Assistant Professor of General Instruction, The University of Texas, School of Nursing, Texas, USA
1994-1997 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA
1994-1997 Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Medicine, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA
1985 Honorary professor at the chair of Introduction to Clinical Sciences, General Hospital of México, UNAM, Mexico
1983-1984 Honorary professor, at the chair of human anatomy, under Dr. Nava. National University of México (UNAM), Mexico
Professional Activities

Membership For Professional Organizations

2005-Present Member of European Resuscitation Council
2004-Present Member of American Academy of Sleep Medicine
1998-Present Fellow in Society of Critical Care Medicine
1997-Present Member of Latin American Association of Thorax
1997-Present Member of Hispano American Biomedical Association
1997-Present Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians
1996-Present Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians
1995-Present Active member in Texas Medical Association
1994-Present Active member in Mexican Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery
1994-Present Member of Harris County Medical Society
1994-1995 Member of Houston Medico-Legal Society
1993-Present Member of Greater Houston Society of Critical Care
1992-Present Fellow in American College of Angiology
1992-Present Member of Society of Critical Care Medicine
1992-Present Active member of American College of Physicians
1992-2002 Active member of Houston Society of Emergency Physicians
1991-1999 Active member of Texas Society of Internal Medicine
1991-1994 Affiliate member of American College of Chest Physicians
1990-1999 Active member of American Medical Association
1990-1991 Active member in Society of General Internal Medicine
1989-1992 Affiliate member of American College of Physicians
1989-1992 Active member of California Society of Internal Medicine
1989-1994 Active member of American Society of Internal Medicine
1984-1986 Active member of New York Academy of Sciences
1983-1989 Active member of Mexican Anatomy Society
Honors & Awards
2017 Patients’ Choice Award: Texas Favorite Physicians
2017 America’s Best Physicians in critical care
2016 America’s Best Physicians in Pulmonary Medicine
2014 Patients’ Choice Award
2014 Most Compassionate Doctor Award
2013 Patients’ Choice Award
2013 Sleep Medicine Physicians
2013 Award for Excellent and Unconditional Teaching of Health Care Providers
2013 Most Compassionate Doctor Award
2013 Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
2012 Patients’ Choice Award: Texas Favorite Physicians
2012 Most Compassionate Doctor Award
2011 Most Compassionate Doctor Award
2011 Outstanding Achievement Award for Extraordinary Service and Dedication to the Medical Profession
2011 Patients’ Choice Award
2010 America’s Top Physicians
2009 America’s Top Physicians
2008 Outstanding Achievement Award to the Medical Profession
2005 Elected Fellow of The American College of Geriatrics Specialists
2004 Physician of the Year Award
2003 Award for teaching performance
2002 Humberto Filizola Award
2002 Atenógenes Saldivar Award for outstanding service in education and research
2001 National Leadership Award
2001 Joseph Varon Award for Clinical Research
1999 Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine
1997 Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
1996 Elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians
1991 Jr. Awardfor excellence in research
1990 Jr. Awardfor excellence in research

Publications

  1. Surani Z, Hirani R, Elias A, Quisenberry L, Varon J, Surani S: Healthcare workers and social media: Where do we stand? Submitted for publication to PlosONE.
  2. Garcia I, Ocegueda-Pacheco C, Surani S, Varon J: The diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Submitted for publication to Hosp Phys.
  3. Urquieta E, Varon J: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation during air medical transport of trauma patients. Submitted for publication to J Trauma.
  4. Polderman K, Varon J: Confusion around therapeutic temperature management - Hypothermia following in-hospital cardiac arrest?. Submitted for publication to Circulation.
  5. Einav S, Kaufman N, Varon J: Barriers to effective in-hospital resuscitation: Lessons learned during implementation of a hospital-wide code system. Submitted for publication to J Hosp Med.
  6. Polderman K, Bajus D, Varon J: Clevidipine is safe and effective for rapid blood pressure control in patients with acute neurological injuries. Submitted for publication. (Abstract) Intensive Care Med.
  7. Szczech LA, Granger CB, Dasta JF, Alpesh A, Peacock WF, McCullough PA, Devlin JW, Weir MR, Katz JN, Naderson FA, Wyman A, Varon J, for the STAT Investigators: Acute kidney injury and cardiovascular outcomes in acute severe hypertension. Submitted for publication to Circulation.
  8. Herrero S, Varon J, Cajavilca C, Braña A, Suárez Fernandez S: Delirium in critically ill patients: Prediction of the methodology for the evaluation of the confusional state in an intensive care unit (CAM-ICU) in Spain. Submitted for publication to Am J Psych.
  9. "Peacock FW, Varon J, Ebrahimi R, Dunbar L, Pollack CV: Clevidipine for severe hypertension in patients with renal dysfunction: A VELOCITY trial analysis. Submitted for publication to J Clin Hyper.
  10. Peacock F, Alpesh A, Granger C, Wyman A, Gore J, Pollack C, Kleinschmidt K, Varon J: Hypertension emergencies presenting as acute heart failure. The Studying the Treatment of Acute hyperTension Registry. Submitted for publication to Acad Emerg Med.
  11. Aronson S, Avery EG, Dyke C, Varon J, Levy JH: Blood pressure lability during cardiac surgery is associated with adverse outcomes. Submitted for publication to Anesthesiology.
  12. Pollack C, Varon J, Ebrahimi R, Peacock WF on behalf of the VELOCITY investigators: Clevidipine for acute hypertension in African Americans. Submitted for publication to J Am Coll Cardiol.
  13. Pollack C, Varon J, Garrison N, Ebrahimi E, Dunbar L, Peacock W: Clevidipine, a novel intravenous third generation calcium channel antagonist for the treatment of acute severe hypertension. Submitted for publication to Eur Heart J.
  14. Doheny C, Gonzalez L, Duchman SM, Varon J, Bechara CF, Cheung M, Lin PH: Echocardiographic assessment with right ventricular function improvement following ultrasound-directed thrombolytic therapy in submassive pulmonary embolism. Vascular. 2017.
  15. "Riley RM, Varon J: Neurological outcome after cardiac arrest managed with targeted temperature management: Are hemodynamic variables useful?Resuscitation. 2017.
  16. Chavez LO, Einav S, Varon J: When terminal illness is worse than death: A multi-center study of healthcare providers’ resuscitation desires. Submitted for publication to Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2017.
  17. Avalos M, Surani S, Varon J: Pleural metastatic melanoma: A case report and literature review. Curr Respir Med Rev. 2017
  18. Surani S, Varon J: Health care waste prevention: Are guidelines the solution or the problem? Am J Emerg Med. 2017
  19. Urquieta E, Poi MJ, Varon J, Lin PH: Reversal of spinal cord ischemia following endovascular thoracic aneurysm repair with hyperbaric oxygen and therapeutic hypothermia. Vasc Endovasc Surg 2017
  20. Arnaud D, Surani Z, Varon J, Surani S: Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia: A case report and literature review. Am J Case Rep. 2017
  21. Varon J: Hypertensive emergencies. First Consult.2017
  22. Avila A, Romero C, Varon J: Comparison of forgotten surgical techniques for pulmonary tuberculosis. Curr Respir Med Rev 2017; 13(2): 1
  23. Leon M, Chavez LO, Einav S, Varon J: Hospital workers confidence and reciprocity for end-of-life decisions in their family: A multi-center study. Ind J Pall Supp Care. 2017; 23(4): 363-367.
  24. Espina I, Varon J, Lin P: Thrombolytic therapy of acute massive pulmonary embolism using Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter. Ann Vasc Surg 2017; 315: e9-12.
  25. Varon J: Nutritional requirements for patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia. Proceedings of the 24th Asia Pacific Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine 2017. Indonesia Critical Care Society. Jakarta; 2017: 261- 262.
  26. "Varon J: Ethical issues in critical care and withdrawing and witholding therapy in the United States of America. Proceedings of the 24th Asia Pacific Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine 2017. Indonesia Critical Care Society. Jakarta; 2017: 58-60.
  27. Varon J: The management of the morbidly obese critically ill patient. Proceedings of the 12th Symposium of Nutri Indonesia in Conjunction with 4th International Nutrition Symposium. Jakarta. 2017: 18-20.
  28. Varon J: How to write a manuscript: Printed or electronic journal? Proceedings of the 12th Symposium of Nutri Indonesia in Conjunction with 4th International Nutrition Symposium. Jakarta. 2017: 15-16.
  29. Riley RM, Varon J: Premenstrual syndrome and dyspnea: Where is the data? Curr Respir Med Rev 2017; 13(1): 1.
  30. Riley RM, Varon J: When and how to freeze: It is all about SPAME! Resuscitation. 2017; 116: A1-A2.
  31. Arnaud D, Almaguer A, Mendez Y, Garcia I, Einav S, Varon J, ETHICS Study Investigators:.Does religion affect the care given by providers of sexual offender patients? Respiration 2017; 94 (1): 54 (P202).
  32. Mendez Y, Garcia I, Einav S, Surani S, Varon J, ETHICS Study Investigators: Race as a factor of providing care. Respiration 2017; 94 (1): 54 (P201).
  33. Urquieta EF, Varon J: Air medical transportation of the trauma patient in cardiac arrest. Aerosp Med Hum Perf 2017; 88(3): 309.
  34. Arnaud D, Varon J, Surani S: An unusual presentation of congenital lobar emphysema. Case Rep Pulm. 2017; 2017: 6719617.
  35. Varon J: Postoperative nausea and vomiting: A practical guide. Crit Care Med. 2017; 45(5): e539-e540.
  36. Silva-Perez LJ, Benitez-Lopez MA, Varon J, Surani S: Management of critically ill patients with diabetes. World J Diabetes. 2017; 8(3): 89-96.
  37. Mendez Y, Surani S, Varon J: Diabetic ketoacidosis: treatment in the intensive care unit or general medical/surgical ward?”. World J Diabetes. 2017; 8(2): 40-44.
  38. Urquieta E, Anjum H, Zanoria S, Varon J, Surani S: mediastinal lipoma with vascular compression. Crit Care Shock 2017; 20: 3.
  39. Bustamante-Mata S, Khan AA, Varon J, Surani S: Ureteral stents, sepsis and acute kidney injury: Iatrogenic imperfecta!. Crit Care Shock 2017; 20: 1-2.

     
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