Wang wins SMSNA Distinguished Service Award
The Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) presented Run Wang, MD, FACS, professor and Cecil M. Crigler, MD, Chair in Urology, with the Distinguished Service Award at the 24th Annual Meeting of the society in November. “I am truly…
Reading program integrates books into child care
Young patients and their families at a UTHealth Houston subspecialty clinic for children with developmental differences will soon experience the benefits of Reach Out and Read Texas, which is part of a national program that incorporates books into pediatric care…
Women in Medicine & Sciences Feature: Mary Aitken, MD
Each month, the Women Faculty Forum presents its Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature, highlighting the women faculty at McGovern Medical School who are leaders in medicine, research, and education. This month’s feature is Mary Aitken, MD, professor and chair,…
Furr-Stimming named HSG Outstanding Investigator
The Huntington Study Group has named Erin Furr-Stimming, MD, professor, and Memorial Hermann Chair in the Department of Neurology, as its 2023 Outstanding Investigator of the Year at the 30th Annual meeting, HSG 2023, in November. Furr-Stimming won the award…
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Join McGovern Medical School in honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on Monday, Jan. 15.
Joint Military Training
Photos by Gregory Metoyer Jr, Department of Emergency Medicine The United States Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) joined the McGovern Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine’s Mobile Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Team for an intensive, hands-on skill training session…
Let’s Have a Look
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Students in the McGovern Medical School Doctoring 1 program participate in a Neuro Skills Session as part of the program’s curriculum. Doctoring 1 introduces students to the basic clinical skills of interviewing patients and…
Panamanian award named in Rios’ honor
In a special ceremony in San José, Costa Rica, Adan Rios, MD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, witnessed the awarding of the Adan Rios Abrego Merit Medal Award, named in his honor for over 50 years of professional…
OBGYN to host fetal and placenta accreta symposium
The McGovern Medical School Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences hosts the 2024 Fetal Center & Maternal-Fetal Medicine Symposium, Jan. 27-28. The two-day symposium will run be held in a virtual format and is free, although registration is required….
McGovern Medicine: Bridging the mental health workforce gap
This story was originally featured in McGovern Medical School’s annual McGovern Medicine Magazine. View the full issue of the magazine here. When the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at UTHealth Houston opened its doors to patients in March 2022,…