Walking With Docs
Photo by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School hosted the return of Walk With A Doc Houston, Oct. 20 with a trek around the Medical School campus. A doctor-led group, Walk With A Doc is a fun and safe…
No Flu For You
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School faculty and staff receive their flu vaccines Oct. 3 in MSB B.645. Another session of flu shots will be available to faculty and staff from noon-3 p.m., Friday Nov. 3 in…
A Chat with the Surgeon General
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School welcomes Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, 20th U.S. Surgeon General, for the 2023 Dean’s Lecture, Oct. 11 in MSB 3.001. Adams joined his longtime friend George W. Williams, MD, FASA, FCCM, FCCP,…
Newest Faces of McGovern: Travis Johnston
What inspired you to want to pursue a career in medicine? My parents suffered from various chronic health conditions that unfortunately led to both of them dying at relatively young ages while I was an undergraduate student. Because of their…
Students pen haikus for Doctoring 3
Faculty for the McGovern Medical School Doctoring Courses hosted a Doctoring 3 Haiku Contest to increase student engagement among second-year medical students participating in the neuroscience courses and curriculum. Interested students submitted an original haiku in the standard 5-7-5 format…
Koerich receives grant from Alzheimer’s Association
Suélyn Koerich, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Neurology, has been awarded a 3-year, $200,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to study the therapeutic effect of plasma exchange in amyloid beta pathology. “I am honored to receive this…
Saver to present Fields Lecture Nov. 17
The Department of Neurology welcomes Jeffrey Saver, MD, professor of vascular neurology at UCLA Health in Los Angeles, to present the 2023 William S. Fields Lecture. Saver’s lecture titled “The Shape of Things to Come: Advances in Ischemic Stroke Management…
Percutaneous assist device in heart failure and cachexia
A case series from the Center for Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies & Transplantation sheds light on a groundbreaking approach to addressing cardiac cachexia in patients with advanced heart failure. The case series titled, “Use of Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device Before…
Take a Look
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School students participate in an ultrasound skills session as part of the Doctoring 1: History and Physical Exam program. Doctoring 1 introduces students to the basic clinical skills of interviewing a patient…
Medical Student Research Week
Graphic by Roy Prichard/Office of Communications The Medical Student Research Office will host Medical Student Research Week Oct. 30-Nov. 2. The week is a combination of events that have a history at McGovern Medical School as well as new expansions…