Maryann Mbaka, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Maryann Mbaka is an assistant professor within the Department of Surgery and serves as a trauma surgeon within the Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery & Burns. She graduated with honors from Northwestern State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Biology. 

After completing undergraduate studies, she completed a one year research program at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. In 2010, she matriculated into University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, and earned her Doctor of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Mbaka started her residency in general surgery at University of South Carolina/Palmetto Health in Columbus, South Carolina, and completed her training at University of California San Francisco East Bay program. She completed her trauma/surgical critical care fellowship at University of Florida Gainesville in Gainesville, Florida. She is interested in cardiopulmonary trauma research and enjoys abdominal wall reconstruction and studying the outcome of the burn patient with regards to quality of life. She enjoys soccer, running, traveling to new places and spending time with her family and her church family. 
 

Honors

• Committee on Trauma (COT) - South Carolina/North Carolina - Second place – oral presentation (2017)
• University of South Carolina – Medical Scholarship Day - Third place - Oral Presentation (2017)
• University of South Carolina/Dorn VA Medical Center  - Outstanding Resident Teaching Award (2015)
• UTMB Honor’s Research Program - Cum Laude (2014)
• National Student Research Forum (NSRF) First Place Oral Presentation in Microbiology and Immunology (2014)
• Gold Humanism Honor Society
• Norma Rubin Excellence in Research Award - Medical Student Summer Research Program Poster Presentation (MSSRP) (2011)
• The Herzog Scholarship (Academic scholarship) (2010-2014)
• Jesse H. Jones Academic Scholarship (2005)

Board Certifications

• American Board of Surgical Critical Care
• American Board of Surgery

Professional Memberships

• Residency:
  • Association for Academic Surgery
  • Society of Black Academic Surgeons
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • South eastern Surgical Congress – Resident member
• Medical School
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society
  • Association of Women Surgeons
  • American Medical Association
  • American Physician Scientist Association
  • American Medical Women's Association
  • Christian Medical and Dental Association
  • Student National Medical Association
  • Texas Medical Association
  • Women's Surgical Society
• Undergraduate
  • Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc
  • Order of Omega Honor Society
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • Blue Key Honor Society

1. M. Mbaka, E. Robl, J. Camps. Laparoscopic versus Robotic-Assisted Splenectomy in the
   Pediatric Population: Our Institutional Experience. Am Surg. 2017 Sep 1;83(9):358-359.
2. M. Mbaka, M. Parrott, A. Good, L. Galluzzi, J. Reeves. Cervical Spine Fractures and Swallowing Dysfunction in Trauma Patients treated with Semi-Rigid Collars: Our Institutional Experience
3. Cabada, M.M., Malaga, J.L., Castellanos-Gonzalez, A., Bagwell, K.A., Naeger, P.A., Rogers, H.K., Maharsi, S., Mbaka, M. and White, A.C., 2016. Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Compared to Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Test for the Detection of Fasciola hepatica in Human Stool. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, pp.16-0601.
4. Li, Guangyu, Mark A. Endsley, Anoma Somasunderam, Sonia L. Gbota, Maryann I. Mbaka, James L. Murray, and Monique R. Ferguson. "The dual role of tetraspanin CD63 in HIV-1 replication." Virology journal 11, no. 1 (2014): 23.
5. Sean P Marrelli, Mikhail Y Kochukov, Rebecca C Noel, Maryann M Mbaka and Jie Chen. Role of endothelial canonical transient receptor potential channels in ATP-mediated vasorelaxation. April 2010 The FASEB Journal vol. 24 no. 1 Supplement 976.11 Experimental Biology 2010, Anaheim, CA (April 2010). (Abstract publication and Poster presentation)
6. Mbaka, M., J. Bray and Z. Hatahet. Base excision repair genes in E. coli are regulated by the ArcAB two component signal transduction system. The Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting; Natchitoches LA (Abstract published 2008).

Poster Presentations:

1. CervicalSpine Fractures and Swallowing Dysfunction in Trauma Patients treated with Semi-Rigid Collars: Our Institutional Experience. Poster presentation at The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma – 2018
2. Laparoscopic versus Robotic Splenectomy an Institutional Experience. Poster presentation at South Eastern Surgical Congress – 2017
3. CervicalSpine Fractures and Swallowing Dysfunction in Trauma Patients treated with Semi-Rigid Collars: Our Institutional Experience. Poster presentation at South Eastern Surgical Congress – 2017
4. The Use of Intraoperative Nerve Monitors during Thyroid and Parathyroid Related Surgeries: Helpful or Not? Poster presentation at South Eastern Surgical Congress – 2016
5. Wandering Spleen. Poster presentation at South Eastern Surgical Congress – 2015
6. Gender Differences in the Anatomy and Ligaments of the Knee, and their Effects on Functions and Rate of Injury. Poster presentation at the National Student Research Forum (NSRF) – 2014
7. Role of CD63 Signal Transduction in HIV-1 Infection of Macrophages. Poster presentation at the Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP) 2011
8. Role of endothelial canonical transient receptor potential channels in ATP-mediated vasorelaxation. Poster presentation at the Experimental Biology meeting – 2010
9. Base excision repair genes in E. coli are regulated by the ArcAB two component signal transduction system. Poster presentation at The Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting - 2008

Oral Presentations:

1. CervicalSpine Fractures and Swallowing Dysfunction in Trauma Patients treated with Semi-Rigid Collars: Our Institutional Experience. Oral presentation at Committee on Trauma – 2017
2. Development of a novel Molecular Tool for the Diagnosis of Human Fascioliasis. The National Student Research Forum (NSRF) – 2014
3. The Role of TRPC3 Ion Channel in Constriction and Relaxation of the Mouse Aorta. Oral presentation at Baylor College of Medicine SMART PREP presentations - 2010
4. Determining the 9-mer Core Region that Binds to MHC II Molecules Using Bayesian Theory/Statistical Method. Oral presentation/thesis defense - 2009