Casa Esperanza
Photo courtesy of Adan Rios, MD Adan Rios, MD, visits sites of Casa Esperanza (Hope House) in the Republic of Panama. Casa Esperanza is a not-for-profit organization that provides care, education, and a home to children and adolescents at high…
Spotlight: Kim Edmonsond
Graphic by Omar Aguado/Office of Communications Don’t miss the latest edition of Spotlight, featuring Kim Edmonsond, manager, revenue cycle, in the Department of Pediatric Surgery.
Emergency Medicine leads in latest national traumatic brain injury guidelines
A national team of 22 medical experts, including senior author Ben Bobrow, MD, FACEP, professor and John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine, has published in Taylor & Francis the third edition of…
LaPar honored for dedication to improving lives of children with congenital heart defects
Damien J. LaPar, MD, MSc, a leader in pediatric cardiac surgery at McGovern Medical School, UT Physicians, and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, is an inaugural honoree of the Children’s Heart Foundation for his commitment to excellence in academic pediatric and…
Applications open for 2023 Pruessner Scholarship
The Harris County Academy of Family Physicians is accepting applications for the Harold T. Pruessner, MD, Medical Student Scholarship. The deadline is May 19. Applicants must be a third-year medical student in good standing, have a strong interest in practicing…
In memoriam: Mohammed Mouaz Al Nass
Mohammed Mouaz Al Nass, lan manager for the Children’s Learning Institute, died April 23, 2023. He was 34 years old. He joined MSIT and the Children’s Learning Institute at McGovern Medical School more than 10 years ago. “Mouaz was very…
Hands-on Outreach
Photos Jack Burns/Student Clinical Skills Society The McGovern Medical School Student Clinical Skills Society hosts an outreach day for Fort Worth High School students in the Upward Bound program, March 26. The federally-funded program helps high school students excel in…
Aortic Nursing Symposium
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications For the fifth consecutive year, the Houston Aortic Nursing Symposium serves as the kickoff event for the Houston Aortic Symposium Frontiers in Cardiovascular Diseases. The event is designed to help teach attendees proper care…
Goodine and Murphy Family Medicine Award
Photo by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School students Bethany Russell, Charles Counselman, and Laura Pennington (not pictured) receive the 2022 Glenda M. Goodine and Thomas J. Murphy Award, April 19. The award, established by Glenda Goodine, MD, and…
Women Faculty Forum honors four with Excellence Awards
The Women Faculty Forum at McGovern Medical School has awarded four faculty with the 2022-23 John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Excellence Awards. The WFF Excellence Awards recognize outstanding contributions made by women faculty at the Medical School. Awards are…