Sergio Huerta, M.D.

Sergio Huerta M.D., F.A.C.S. obtained an A.A. in biology from West Los Angeles College, he earned a B.S. also in biology from the University of California, Los Angeles. He continued on as a medical student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA School, earning his M.D. with thesis on June 15, 1998. During medical school, he co-wrote a review text for the United States Medical Licensure Exam Step II (Classical Presentations and a rapid review for the USMLE II, J&S publications 1999) and a review book for medical students on surgery (the Pocket Review of Surgery, J&S publications 2000). He completed his surgical residency at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center. After completing two years of surgical training, he embarked on a two year hiatus to engage in research in the fields of clinical nutrition and nutritional oncology. During this period, he wrote and published numerous articles in the fields of surgery, oncology and nutrition. He is currently the surgery clerkship director at UTSW.  He teaches medical students and residents. He was the inaugural chairman of an annual scientific forum for residents interested in research, which he chaired from 2000-2005. Dr. Huerta completed his residency in general surgery at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in June 2005 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the editorial board of multiple medical journals.

Medical School	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (1998)
Internship	University of California Irvine Medical Center (1999), Surgery
Fellowship	UCLA Center for Human Nutrition (2002), Nutritional Oncology
Residency	University of California Irvine Medical Center (2005), Surgery

• Surgery

• Apoptosis
• Cell death
• Cell proliferation and metastasis
• Colon Cancer
• Rectal Cancer

Featured Publications

Gene expression profile of metastatic colon cancer cells resistant to cisplatin-induced apoptosis.

Huerta S, Harris DM, Jazirehi A, Bonavida B, Elashoff D, Livingston EH, Heber D. Int J Oncol. March 2003 22(3) 663-70.

PC-SPES inhibits colon cancer growth in vitro and in vivo.

Huerta S, Arteaga JR, Irwin RW, Ikezoe T, Heber D, Koeffler HP. Cancer Res. September 2002 62(18) 5204-9.

1alpha,25-(OH)(2)-D(3) and its synthetic analogue decrease tumor load in the Apc(min) Mouse.

Huerta S, Irwin RW, Heber D, Go VL, Koeffler HP, Uskokovic MR, Harris DM. Cancer Res. February 2002 62(3) 741-6.

Alternative mRNA splicing in colon cancer causes loss of expression of neural cell adhesion molecule.

Huerta S, Srivatsan ES, Venkatesan N, Peters J, Moatamed F, Renner S, Livingston EH. Surgery November 2001 130(5) 834-43.

A strategy for reducing surgical backlogs: lessons from a veterans administration hospital.

Murray BW, Huerta S, Anthony T Am Surg 2011 May 77 5 597-601

Radiosensitizing agents for the management of rectal cancer.

Huerta S Anticancer Drugs 2011 Apr 22 4 305-7

Oxaliplatin as a radiosensitizing agent in rectal cancer.

Huerta S, Hrom J Anticancer Drugs 2011 Apr 22 4 317-23

Murine orthotopic model for the assessment of chemoradiotherapeutic interventions in rectal cancer.

Huerta S, Gao X, Saha D Anticancer Drugs 2011 Apr 22 4 371-6

Evaluating an evidence-based bundle for preventing surgical site infection: a randomized trial.

Anthony T, Murray BW, Sum-Ping JT, Lenkovsky F, Vornik VD, Parker BJ, McFarlin JE, Hartless K, Huerta S Arch Surg 2011 Mar 146 3 263-9

Surgical site infection in colorectal surgery: a review of the nonpharmacologic tools of prevention.

Murray BW, Huerta S, Dineen S, Anthony T J. Am. Coll. Surg. 2010 Dec 211 6 812-22

• Surgery Core Clerkship Teacihng Award
  (2010)
• Surgery Core Clerkship Teacihng Award
  (2009)
• Faculty Medical Student Teaching Award
  (2007)
• Surgery Core Clerkship Teacihng Award
  (2007)
• American Institute for Cancer Research Scholarship Award
  (2002)

• American Association for Cancer Research
• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• American Gastroenterology Association
• Association for VA Surgeons
• Society of University Surgeons