Joseph Minei, M.D., M.B.A.

Biography

Joseph P. Minei, M.D., MBA, is a Professor and the Executive Vice Chair of Operations in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in emergency surgery. 

Dr. Minei earned his medical degree at Cornell University Medical College. He completed his residency in surgery and fellowship in surgical research at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. 

Board certified in surgery and surgical critical care, Dr. Minei joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1991. He holds the C. James Carrico, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Surgery for Trauma and Critical Care. 

Dr. Minei has written hundreds of academic articles and scores of book chapters and delivered dozens of presentations across the country. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Infections.

In addition to his leadership roles at UT Southwestern, Dr. Minei is Co-Chair of the Healthcare Economics Committee for the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. In addition, he’s a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Critical Care Medicine and a member of other professional organizations, including the American Surgical Association, the Southern Surgical Association, the Texas Surgical Society, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

In 2013, he earned the UT Southwestern Department of Surgery Resident Teaching Award.