1978
Dr. Curley receives a Bachelor of Science in biology and chemistry from The University of New Mexico.
1982
Dr. Curley receives a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
1982
Dr. Curley becomes a clinical resident in surgery at the University of New Mexico Hospitals.
1988
Dr. Curley becomes a fellow in surgical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
1988
Dr. Curley becomes a professor of surgical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
1990
Dr. Curley joins the American Society of Surgical Oncology.
1999
Dr. Curley writes a paper which, for the next three years, is the most surgically cited paper in the world.
2001
Dr. Curley develops two FDA-approved devices for invasive radio-frequency ablation needles to treat unresectable liver cancers.
2005
For 12 years, Dr. Curley is listed in America’s Top Doctors for Cancer Database.
2006
Dr. Curley becomes Charles B. Barker Endowed Chair in Surgery in the Division of Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
2006
Dr. Curley becomes an adjunct professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Rice University.
2012
Dr. Curley is named to Top One Percent of Physicians by U.S. News and World Report.
2014
Dr. Curley becomes a professor and chief of surgical oncology at Baylor College of Medicine.
2015
Dr. Curley becomes oncology service line medical director at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.
2018
Dr. Curley becomes director of the CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Oncology Institute.
2018
Dr. Curley authors “In My Hands: Compelling Stories from a Surgeon and His Patients Fighting Cancer.”