Distinguished Alumni
David Rex
Awarded 2002
David Rex received the Bachelor of Science degree in biology and chemistry, graduating Magna Cum Laude, at Sam Houston State University in 1982. He continued his education at The University of Texas health Science Center in San Antonio and was awarded the doctor of medicine degree in 1986.
He completed a diagnostic radiology residency at the Health Science Center in 1990, and is certified as a diplomat by the American Board of Radiology. His interventional training was attended by Dr. Stuart Reuter, pioneering father of visceral angiography, and Dr. Julio Palmaz, inventor and developer of the Palmaz intravascular stent---the most widely used endoluminal stent in medical practice. After residency, Rex was awarded a body imagining fellowship at the University of Texas Medical School, Texas Medical Center, Houston. His further post graduate trining concentrated in magnetic resonance imaging, computerized tomography and ultrasound. Rex participated in radiology resident teaching as a clinical radiology instructor at Hermann Hospital and LBJ Hospital.
He is a general diagnostic radiologist and serves as president and general partner of Texas Radiology Associates in Plano. He serves the medical staff of Medical Center of Plano, Presbyterian Medical Center of Plano, Baylor/Richardson Medical Center, and Medical Center at Las Colinas. Rex is director of MRI and Ultrasound at North Central medical Center, McKinney.
As a Sam Houston State University undergraduate, Rex worked as a lab teaching assistant, a nursing assistant, and an operating room orderly for world-renowned heart surgeon Denton A. Cooley. He was awarded a number of scholarships from both the music and biology departments. He served as president of Alpha Lambda Delta National Freshman Honor Society, was a charter founding officer for the SHSU Golden Key National Honor Society chapter, and was named to "Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities" for his junior and senior years.
He is a member of numerous medical professional organizations including the American College of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the Texas Radiological Society, and the Texas Medical Association.
Rex has been an active member of the United Methodist Church and has served on a number of committees within the church. He also provides free health care to the indigent population of Collin County through the Bridge Breast Center.
Rex has served as a medical staff leader for many years, serving on numerous committees and serving for four years on the Medical Executive Committee of North Central Medical Center in McKinney. Rex recently completed serving as chief of the medical staff in McKinney and presently serves on the hospital board of trustees for North Central Medical Center.
In addition to his medical career, Rex is an accomplished musician. He was awarded first chair, Texas All State Band, both junior and senior years of high school, the prestigious John Phillip Sousa Award, and was elected "Most Talented" of his senior class.
At Sam Houston State, he was a member of the Bearkat Marching Band, the Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, Symphonic Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble. He has been a member of the Houston Super Sax Jazz Society, the Houston, Huntsville, and Pasadena Municipal Concert Bands, the Huntsville Gilbert and Sullivan Performing Society, and the Huntsville Community Chorale and Fine Arts Society.
A long time supporter of Sam Houston State University, Rex has served on the Alumni Association Advisory Board and is a Life Member of the SHSU Alumni Association. In 2001, he and his wife, Paula, established the SHSU Harley E. Rex Endowed Music Scholarship to honor his father.
He and Paula have three children---Travis, Natalie and Harley.
As profiled at the October 25, 2002 Distinguished Alumni Banquet