Charles W. Bailey Jr. M.D.
Charles W. Bailey, Jr., MD, a third-generation physician, brings to TMA a record of excellence and participation in organized medicine for his tenure as president of the association in its sesquicentennial year.
Dr. Bailey received his medical degree from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1967, after earning a bachelor of arts degree at The University of Texas at Austin. He served his internship at Memorial Baptist Hospital in Houston and his residency in the city's Hermann Hospital under the auspices of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School. Dr. Bailey also has achieved honors from the American Board of Medical Examiners in surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics.
Dr. Bailey also graduated from South Texas College of Law where he was Assistant Editor of the Law Review. He has been a member of the State Bar of Texas since 1980.
Dr. Bailey has practiced plastic surgery in Houston since 1973. Town & Country Magazine named him as one of the top cosmetic surgeons in the United States and one of the top five cosmetic surgeons in Houston. He was been listed in Best Doctors in America, Central Region, for six consecutive years.
In his more than 30 years as a member of TMA, Dr. Bailey has served the association in many roles. He has been a member of the TMA Board of Trustees for four years, including service on the group's executive committee. He also has worked with numerous TMA committees and is a delegate to the American Medical Association.
In addition, Dr. Bailey has held the office of president in various other medical societies, including the Houston Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Harris County Medical Society, and the Houston Academy of Medicine. He also is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and of the International College of Surgeons (FICS).
Dr. Bailey's reputation has resulted in appointments by the state of Texas to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel and appointments by the Texas Supreme Court to the Supreme Court Jury Task Force. As a recognized expert in plastic surgery, Dr. Bailey lectures extensively from coast to coast to other plastic surgeons, government agencies, and civic organizations. He also is adjunct assistant professor of neurophysiology and anatomy at The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston Medical School.
Dr. Bailey is a surgeon at The Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery in Houston. He and his wife, Sue, reside in Houston.
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Sharpstown General Hospital
Chief of Staff (1986); Governing Board (1985, 1986); Quality Assurance (19831985), Chairman (19831985); Executive Committee (19831987), Chairman (1986); Nutrition Committee (19851986); Credentials Committee (19821985), Chairman (1985); Ambulatory Care (1983); Surgical Committee (1983); Laser Committee (1983); Bylaws Committee (1980, 19831986), Chairman (1980, 1985); E.R. & Disaster (19761982), Chairman (19801981); Tissue Committee (19741975)
COURTESY STAFF Courtesy Staff
Bailey Square Surgery Center
Methodist Hospital
St. David's Hospital
Spring Branch Memorial Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital
Twelve Oaks Medical Center
PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
American College of Surgeons (1976)
International College of Surgeons (1999)
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc. (1982), Membership Committee (1996-1999); Judicial Council (19921995); Committee on Legislation (19911992)
American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (1975)
FDA Panel on Saline-filled Breast Prostheses Witness (2000); Professional Liability Insurance Committee (1992-1995; 2003-present), Chairman (1993-1995; 20032005); Professional Liability Committee (19811993), Chairman (19891992); Representative - Council of Medical Specialty Societies (19821983); National Patient Injury Prevention Program Speaker's Bureau (19811982)
American Medical Association (1968); Delegate (1997present); Alternate Delegate (19951997)
Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons (1976)
President (19951996); Vice President (19941995); Secretary/Treasurer (19921994)
Texas Medical Association (1968)
President (2003-04); President-Elect (2002-03); Executive Committee (20012005); Board of Trustees (19982005); Delegate to AMA (1997present); Alternate Delegate to AMA (1995 1997); Advisory Committee on Practice Management (1996 present); Managed Care Negotiating Team Chairman (1993-1994); Consulting Member, Council on Socioeconomics (19911997); Consultant, Professional Liability Committee (19911997); Advisory Committee on Risk Management (19921995); Committee on Liaison with the State Bar of Texas (19871995), Chairman (1987 1995); Delegate from Harris County (19891994); Alternate Delegate from Harris County (19831988); TMA Foundation Board of Directors (20022003, 2005-present); Recipient, Dr. C. Frank Webber Leadership and Dedication to Medical Student Award - to honor a Texas Physician for outstanding service on behalf of Medical Students (2004)
Texas Medical Center
Board of Directors (1993-1996); Forward Planning Committee (1993-1996)
Doctors' Club of Houston
President (1996); Board of Governors (1994-1996)
Houston Society of Plastic Surgeons (1976)
President (1986-1987); Vice President (1985-1986); Secretary (1984-1985); Treasurer (1983-1984); Chairman - Standing Bylaws Committee (1983-1985); Representative-Medical Malpractice Committee of Harris CMS (1979)
Houston Surgical Society (1982)
Harris County Medical Society (1968)
AMA Delegate and Alternate Delegate - Ex officio (1994-present); Chairman Ad Hoc Committee International Affairs (1994-1995); President (1993); President-Elect (1992); Ad Hoc Committee on Trauma Care Alternatives (1992); Council of Committee Chairmen (1991, 1985-1989); Strategic Planning Committee (1988-1989), Chairman (1989); Liaison with Houston Bar Association Committee (1985-1989), Chairman (1985-1989, 1991); Executive Board Member (1985-1989); Council of Medical Specialties (1985-1991), Chairman (1985); Council of Hospital Chiefs of Staff (1985); Delegation from HCMS to Texas Medical Association (1983-present), Chairman of Delegation (1989-1991), Vice Chairman (1988), Alternate Delegate (1983-1988); Museum of Medical Science Major Gifts Committee (1993-1996), President (1989), Vice President (1988); Board of Trustees (1992-1993 ; 1986-1989); Harris CMS Southwest Branch, President (1988), President-Elect (1987), Vice President (1986), Secretary/Treasurer (1985), Executive Board (1984-1989)
Houston Academy of Medicine (1968); President (1989); Vice President (1988); Treasurer (1987); Secretary (1986); Bylaws Committee (1986-1987); Board of Trustees (19851989), Chairman (1989); Health Care Partnership (formerly Memorial Physicians of Houston) Board of Directors (1993-1994)
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Bank
Board of Directors (1992-1998)
MEDSERV
Board of Directors (1985-1991); Vice President
Areas of Practice
- Healthcare Law
- Personal Injury
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1980
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1980
Education
- South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas
- J.D. - 1980
- Honors: Order of the Lytae
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Recipient, Towries Award, 1980
- Law Review: South Texas College of Law Review, Lead Articles Editor, 1980
- University of Texas
- M.D. - 1967
- University of Texas
- B.A. - 1962
Classes/Seminars
- University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy, 1988 - 1993
- South Texas College of Law, Adjunct Professor of Legal Medicine; Legal Medicine Institute, Faculty, 1986
- Baylor College of Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, 1987 - 1990
- University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Plastic Surgery Research Foundation (82-85); Clinical Associate in Plastic Surgery (7379); Chief Resident of Plastic Surgery (72-73)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Supreme Court of Texas, Supreme Court Jury Task Force Executive Committee, 1996 - 1997
- Texas Department of Health, Texas Medical Disclosure Panel, 1988 - 1991
- Admitted to Federal Bench, Southern District of Texas
- American Board of Plastic Surgery
- National Board of Medical Examiners with Honors in Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Diplomate, 1968
- Licensed by State of Texas as Insurance Claims Adjuster, Class 17-02
- Mediation Panel for Federal District Courts, Southern District of Texas, Member
- Listed in Best Doctors in America: Central Region, 2000-2001, 1998-1999 & 1996-1997 Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith (Aiken, SC: Woodward/White, Inc., 1996)
- Named by Town & Country Magazine as one of the top Cosmetic Surgeons in the United States
