28 faculty named Champions of Clinical Learning Environment
As a continual acknowledgment of the work it takes to create a positive and professional learning environment, the Directors of Learning Environment announced 28 faculty members who have earned the title of 2023 Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment. The…
Cannabis use associated with increased risk of surgical complications
People who are regular cannabis users are at an increased risk of experiencing complications before, during, and after surgery, according to a study by researchers with UTHealth Houston published in JAMA Surgery. Nearly 16.3 million people had a cannabis use…
McGovern, Memorial Hermann host Quality Symposium
McGovern Medical School and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center held the annual UTHealth Houston & Memorial Hermann-TMC Quality Symposium, May 12. The daylong event featured presentations from 2023 Clinical Safety & Effectiveness (CS&E) program graduates. The event featured a keynote address…
On The Sidelines
Photo courtesy of the Department of Family and Community Medicine Irvin Sulapas, MD, assistant professor; Bahrom Firozgary, MD, primary care sports medicine fellow; and Rod Turner, MD, assistant professor; pose for a photo while covering a Houston Roughnecks XFL football…
Otorhinolaryngology Frontiers
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery hosts its annual ORL Frontiers, June 23 at the Brown Foundation Institute for Molecular Medicine. ORL professionals gathered to discuss technological advances in the field…
EM in Ecuador
Video courtesy of the McGovern Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine In late May 2023, the McGovern Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine Ultrasound and Global Health sections collaborated with faculty and residents from Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Pontifica…
TX-CARES working to improve emergency care
Since 2019, the McGovern Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine has been working to optimize patient outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) through the Texas-Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (TX-CARES). Prior to 2019, Texas was the largest state in…
Disser wins 2023 Kuckein Student Research Fellowship
The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society has named Nathaniel Disser, MS4, as a 2023 recipient of the Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship. “This award has been a culmination of the support from the Molecular and Translational Medicine Scholarly…
Different areas of the brain activated depending on structural complexity of music, language
Distinct, though neighboring, areas of the brain are activated when processing music and language, with specific sub-regions engaged for simple melodies versus complex melodies, and for simple versus complex sentences, according to research from UTHealth Houston. The study, led by…
Know the Benefits
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The UTHealth Houston Office of Benefits hosts its annual Employee Benefits Fair, July 12 in the atrium of the Fayez S. and Susan K. Sarofim Research Building. Open to all active and retired employees,…