Chris
Rangel MD

Board Certified in Internal Medicine by the ABIM*

Currently licensed to practice
medicine by the state of Texas.

Born in Brownsville,
Texas in 1968.
Education/Research:

• Homer
  Hanna High School School class of 1987 among the top 5% of a class
  of 680 and a member of the National Honor Society.
• The University of Texas at San Antonio
  for my freshman year in college 1987-88.
• Texas Southmost College in Brownsville
  from 1988 -1989.
• The
  University of Texas at Austin  for the rest of my undergraduate
  education 1989-92. There I majored in biology  as well as philosophical
  studies.
• The
  University of Texas Southwestern  Medical School at Dallas MD
  degree in May, 1997.  UTSWMS is ranked as among the top ten medical
  schools in the United States, home to four Nobel prize winners, and along
  with the faculty of Parkland Hospital, home to the original publication
  of  Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine (The faculty
  at Southwestern continue to be major contributors to the current edition
  of Harrison’s as well as to countless other journals and texts).
• Molecular Biology Research Summer
  1993 I was involved in research in developing a probe for detecting
  the mRNA of tumor necrosis factor in clonal lines of ovarian tumor cells.
  This was done in the department of Gynecological Oncology under my mentors
  Dr. Michael Mathis and Dr. David Miller at UTSWMS.
• Internal Medicine residency 1997-2000
  at  Allegheny
  General Hospital  (affiliated with MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine) in Pittsburgh, PA 
  Graduation June 2000. Contact information for AGH; Internal
  Medicine Residency Director Dr. Scott Miller 412 359-4970.
• 
  *Board
  Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
  2000 - 2010 - Listed as a Diplomate in Internal Medicine by the ABIM.

Extracurricular Activities:

• Mexican
  American Health Professions Organization A campus student social and
  professional organization at UT at Austin. It promotes interests in the
  health professions among students of Hispanic ethnicity. I served as treasurer
  from 1991-92 and was co-winner of the “Member of the Year” award for 1992.
• Latin American Student Organization
  (LASO)
  at Southwestern Medical school 1992-1997.
• Texas Association of Latin American
  Medical Students Vice President for 1994-95 (TALAMS) - a state wide
  organization of student representatives from all seven Texas medical schools.
• Leader of the Texas delegation of
  the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) in its lobbying efforts
  on Capital Hill for health care reform during its 1995 annual meeting in
  Washington DC.

Interests and Non-medical
Activities:

• General Aviation Private Pilot’s
  License (single engine, fixed wing, land aircraft). Earned in 1987
  while training at Brownsville/South Padre International Airport.
• Multi-engine rating Earned in
  1988 while working for M and S Aviation at Brownsville, TX.  I hope
  to continue my training in instrument flight (possibly earning a commercial
  license in the near future).
• Internet Web Page Design and Internet
  Resources Involved with computers since the “dark ages” before MS Windows,
  I have designed several web pages and continue to strive to develop and
  promote the Internet as a valuable and interactive source of general medical
  information.

Employment History:

• IPC - The Hospitalist Company
  Dallas Texas July 2001 to September 2003.
• InPatient Management - SunBelt Hospitalists PA in El
  Paso October 2003 to September 2005.
• Sun City Medical Practice PA. Starting September
  2005

Future Plans:

•  I am very interested in practicing
  medicine as  a "hospitalist" and managing medical  patients on
  the regular nursing floors, telemetry, and in the intensive care unit. 
  Throughout my education in medical school and residency, I have enjoyed
  interacting with and teaching students and residents, and am also interested
  in continuing this through affiliation with an academic hospital-based
  program. If you have any questions or would like to contact me please do
  so through one of the options below. References are available upon request.