ACGME accredits Allergy and Immunology Fellowship
The Department of Internal Medicine has received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for its Allergy and Immunology Fellowship – only the second such fellowship program in Houston. The fellowship received ACGME accreditation last month for…
In Memoriam: Paul H. Dahm, MD, MS
Paul H. Dahm, MD, MS, died April 14, after a battle with cancer. He was 49. Working as an associate professor of pediatric critical care medicine at McGovern Medical School, Dahm also served as the medical director of the Pediatric…
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Disease
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery hosts the 17th Annual Houston Aortic Symposium, March 6-8. The three-day symposium is designed to present and discuss the diagnosis and treatment of paradigms for aortic and…
Coloring A History
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications McGovern Medical School students, faculty and staff participate in an interactive coloring book mural, commissioned in honor of the 20th anniversary of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics. Designed by artist-in-residence Laura Spector, the…
Thank You for Giving
We would like to extend a special thank you to all who donated and helped make UTHealth Houston Giving Day great!
Research on gut microbiota published in Nature Communications
An imbalance in ligands, which are molecules produced by the body and the gut microbiota, can affect a key receptor protein that plays a role in brain inflammation after stroke, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston, who recently published their…
New perioperative institute launches to make surgery safer
UTHealth Houston announced the establishment of the Institute of Perioperative Medicine, which will span different schools, including McGovern Medical School and McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston. The institute is a research initiative dedicated to improving surgical outcomes…
Neurology project takes AHA/ASA Stroke Data Challenge prize
A paper from the team of Amanda Jagolino-Cole, MD, associate professor; Sushanth Aroor, MD, assistant professor; Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH, professor; and Sunil Sheth, MD, associate professor in the Department of Neurology, won the 3rd Place Prize in the American…
Psychiatry hosts Eating Disorders Update May 3
The Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, will host the UTHealth Houston Center for Eating Disorders Update Conference: Bridging the Gap, May 3 at TMC3 Helix Park (1885 Old Spanish Trail). The conference will showcase presentations…
Showing Off Research
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications The McGovern Medical School Office of Research Affairs hosts the annual McGovern Medical School Research Retreat, March 4 at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine.