Personal Biography:
Dr. Fairchild is a board-certified general and critical care surgeon who earned a medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. He completed a surgical internship at Charity Hospital, Louisiana State University and residency training at Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. He also completed fellowship training in dialysis access and transplant surgery at Boston University and in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, dialysis access and liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation at Harvard University.
Postgraduate studies reflect Dr. Fairchild’s surgical interests in endoscopy, dialysis access, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and laparoscopy. In Sept. 2011, he was certified by The American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology in surgical and interventional dialysis access procedures. Earlier in 2011, he completed the American College of Surgeons Fundamentals of Laparoscopy Surgery exam with a score of 713 out of 800; significantly exceeding the minimum passing score of 356. Dr. Fairchild is also certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support.
Dr. Fairchild has participated in numerous research projects as the principal investigator, as well as being published in several books and professional journals during his career. He is a member of many prestigious organizations including the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons and the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. He was a founding member of The Cell Transplant Society.
Medical Education and Training:
Medical degree: University of Texas Medical School
Residency: Ochsner Clinic
Fellowship: Boston University, Harvard University
Board certification: General surgery and surgical critical care