Lillian S. Kao

Lillian S. Kao, MD, MS, MBA is Professor and Division Chief of Acute Care Surgery at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). She holds the Jack H. Mayfield, MD, Chair in Surgery, and she is Vice Chair for Quality for the Department of Surgery. She is faculty for the Masters Program in Clinical Research at UTHealth, and she is the co-founder and co-director for the Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (C-STEP). Dr. Kao is a past president of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS). Dr. Kao’s interests include quality improvement, dissemination and implementation research, and development of a learning healthcare system and learning healthcare scholars.