Department Chair of Surgery
University of North Texas Health Science Center
UNTHSC
Albert H. O-Yurvati, DO, PhD, DFACOS, FICS, FAHA, is a 1986 graduate of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his Internship and General Surgery residency at Tulsa Regional Medical Center at Tulsa. He then completed a residency in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at the Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is AOA board certified in Cardiothoracic-Vascular and General Surgery, and he is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as the International College of Surgeons. He was one of the inaugural Distinguished Fellows of he American College of Osteopathic Surgeons.
He completed a PhD in Education with a concentration of Organizational Leadership from Northcentral University. Other educational activities include a Graduate Certificate from the University of North Texas Toulouse School of Education in Teaching and Adult Learning.
Currently Dr. O-Yurvati is a tenured DSWOP Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Medical Education at the TCOM. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland, in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
He has received numerous awards from the UNTHSC in addition, he received the Academic Commendation of Excellence (ACE) Award for superior post-tenure review.
On a national level, Dr. O-Yurvati was the Executive Director of the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery. In 2013, he received the highest award from the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons the Orel F Martin Medal. In 2016, he received the ACOS Guy D Beaumont Education Award
Dr. O-Yurvati has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, three book chapters, and numerous abstracts.
