Undergraduate:
    University of Texas; Austin, Texas

Medical School:
    University of Texas Medical Branch;
    Galveston, Texas

Internship:
    University of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah

Residency in Internal Medicine:
    University of Utah; Salt Lake City Utah

Board Certification:
    American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Memberships:
    American College of Physicians; Texas State Medical Association;
     Nueces County Medical Society

Professional Interests:
    Preventative medicine; Health maintenance; Travel medicine;
    Endoscopy (Gastroscopy/Colonoscopy) for the prevention / early detection
     of colon cancer and other gastrointestinal disorders.

Activities and Honors:
Graduated with high honors form the University of Texas Medical Branch; highest honors from the University of Texas; member if Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society; He practiced medicine as a volunteer physician for a year in Kenya, East Africa in 1989 and subsequently spent 2 years in Saipan, Micronesia. He has worked as a past Board Member of Clinica Corpus
    Christi, located in Patzum, Guatemala.

Personal:
    Dr. Howell is married with three children. His interests Include spending
    time with his children, windsurfing, and overseas travel. He is active in
    Scouting and served 5 years before joining the leadership of
    Boy Scout Troop 949.