GALVESTON, Texas - Dr. Vicente A. Resto has been named interim chairman of the department of otolaryngology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
"Dr. Resto is a nationally recognized and respected otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon, whose work includes comprehensive medical and surgical care of adults and children with disorders of the head and neck," said Dr. Garland D. Anderson, executive vice president and provost.
Resto joined UTMB in 2006 and serves in several leadership positions, including director of reconstructive surgery, director of the Center for Cancers of the Head and Neck and Area Medical Director. He also holds joint appointments in the departments of surgery and biochemistry and molecular biology.
In 2007, Resto was selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as a recipient of the prestigious Physician Scientist Early Career Award for his ground-breaking research into how cancer tumors might seek out certain parts of a body.
Resto earned both his Ph.D. (human genetics) and M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 2000. He completed an internship in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and a residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, where he also served as a fellow in skull base and reconstruction surgery.