Peter Allen Dysert II, MD: a conversation with the editor

From the Department of Pathology (Dysert) and the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute (Roberts), Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Corresponding author: Peter A. Dysert II, MD, Department of Pathology, Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75246 (e-mail: pa.dysert@BaylorHealth.edu).

Pete Dysert (Figure 1) was born in Dallas, Texas, on July 8, 1954. Growing up, he spent time in several Texas cities and also in New York City before settling in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he completed his sophomore through senior years of public high school. He then entered the University of Oklahoma (OU) in Norman on a scholastic scholarship. After 3 years in college majoring in chemical engineering, he received early acceptance and entered the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, graduating in 1979. In medical school he was president of his senior class in Tulsa, a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, and a graduate of distinction with honors. His internship and residency in pathology were at Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC), where he completed the 4-year program in 1983. He served as chief resident his last year. Thereafter, he remained on the pathology staff and has been here ever since, gradually acquiring more responsibilities including directorship of the core laboratory and finally chief of the Department of Pathology.

Dr. Dysert has become a major force in the Baylor hierarchy. In addition to his responsibilities in the Department of Pathology, he also currently serves as the chief medical information officer for Baylor Health Care System (BHCS) and serves on Joel Allison's executive management team. He has served as president of the BUMC medical staff and chairman of the BUMC medical board and presently is chairman of the BHCS physician leadership council. He has also served as one of the first physician members of the BHCS board of trustees. He and his lovely wife, Linda, have 2 children. Baylor is fortunate to have one of his caliber, and he is still a young man!