Dr. Larson joined the Medical College in 1986 as Professor and Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery, assuming the role of Chair when that division became a department in 2001. In 2007, he was named George J. Korkos Professor in Plastic Surgery, as the department’s first endowed chair. During the two decades he directed the department, he served as program director and specialized in plastic and reconstructive surgery for patients with injuries from trauma, cosmetic surgery, and cancer-related problems. He was previously the only plastic surgeon at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston from 1979 to 1985.