Erwin R. Thal, M.D. Professor, Department of Surgery UT Southwestern Medical Center of Dallas
Dr. Thal received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1962, followed by a rotating internship at Parkland Memorial Hospital in 1962-63. He completed his general surgery residency at Parkland in 1969. Dr. Thal joined the faculty at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School as an instructor in the department of surgery in July 1969 and was promoted to professor in September 1982. He was in charge of the surgical emergency room from July 1970 through June 1994. He was appointed medical director of the Day Surgery Unit at Parkland in January 1995. He was the chairman of the surgical postgraduate course for the department from 1981-2001 and was coordinator of surgical continuing medical education from 1993-2002. He is a former chairman of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma and past vice president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Western Surgical Association. He now serves as a governor-at-large for the North Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Thal continues to serve as the Director of the Willed Body Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
