Dr. Steven Carl Agle

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• Correlation of cerebral oximetry with internal carotid artery stump pressures in carotid endarterectomy.

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Get to know highly respected physician, Dr. Steven Agle, MD, specializing in advanced surgery at Moore County Hospital District (MCHD).

Dr. Agle is a board-certified surgeon at MCHD, one of only 405 hospitals in the US earning the distinction of top performer on key quality measures for attaining and sustaining excellence. Additionally, of the 592 hospitals in Texas, MCHD in Dumas is one of only 34 hospitals achieving the “Top Performer” designation. 

Dr. Agle performs surgery for a wide range of diseases which require surgery. He performs surgery to treat ailments in multiple parts of the body and is trained to treat the full spectrum of the disease. In addition to general surgery, he specializes in breast surgery, breast surgical oncology, colorectal surgery, endocrine surgery, gastroenterological surgery, hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery, laparoscopic surgery, oncoplastic surgery and surgical oncology.

Educated by some of the best schools in the country, Dr. Agle, earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School, now known as the Dell Medical School. He completed his residency at the Brody School Of Medicine, the medical school at East Carolina University, located in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the newest of the four medical schools in North Carolina and a national leader in family medicine. He completed his fellowship with the University Of Louisville Hospital, an academic teaching hospital in the heart of the Louisville metro area. 

Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and a fellow in Surgical Oncology and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Vascular Surgery, the Southeastern Surgical Congress, the Christian Medical and Dental Associations, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, and other professional organizations. 

His work has been published in medical journals including: ‘The correlation of cerebral oximetry with internal carotid artery stump pressures in carotid endarterectomy.’ 

Dr. Agle contributes his success to always treating patients like family. 

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