Dr. Holcomb is vice chair and professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Acute Care Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where he also serves as the director of the Center for Translational Injury Research. In 2009 he was named the University of Texas Chancellor’s Fellow for Trauma and Injury.

Dr. Holcomb attended Centenary College; received his MD from the University of Arkansas Medical School; completed his residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center and his surgical critical care fellowship at the University of Texas at Houston. Dr. Holcomb served as Commander of the US Army Institute of Surgical Research, where he led the only surgical research laboratory in the Department of Defense. He also served as trauma consultant for the Army Surgeon General, and during active service deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan numerous times. Dr. Holcomb is involved in both patient care and clinical medicine, with interests in trauma, hemostasis, and coagulopathy. He serves on multiple committees and editorial boards, and is the chair of the Trauma and Injury Subcommittee of the Defense Health Board Committee.