Alumni Association leadership stays in the family
As a new school year begins at McGovern Medical School, many around campus and throughout the McGovern community may not have noticed that the Alumni Association has a new president. This could be because the incoming president looks almost identical…
Distinguished Honors
A trio of McGovern Medical School physicians are honored as 2022 Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital Distinguished Physicians. Pictured recipients are H.V. Anderson, MD, and Mark A. Farnie, MD. Not pictured are Michelle S. Barratt, MD…
Throwback Thursday: Edible Abodes
Take a delicious trip down memory lane with these photos of the 1994 Gingerbread Village at Hermann Hospital.
New Recognition
Holders of the inaugural Memorial Hermann Chairs are honored at a Faculty Endowment Luncheon Dec. 8. Pictured are Roc Chen, MD; Manickam “Nicks” Kumaravel, MD; Erin Furr Stimming, MD; Emily Robinson, MD; and Kenneth Mathis, MD. Holders not pictured include…
Team-based learning: it takes a village
Team-based learning (TBL) is an active learning pedagogy used in medical schools across the world. In TBL, students complete an independent test and then are put in a pre-determined small group to complete a group test. Faculty are able to…
Lorenz named microbiology chair
Following an international search, Executive Dean John Hancock has announced that Michael Lorenz, PhD, is the new chair of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics for McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, effective Jan. 1, 2023. He also will…
Mackenzie wins inaugural Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award
The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics has named Chris Mackenzie, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, as the inaugural winner of the Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award. The Rebecca Lunstroth Faculty Service Award recognizes…
Melton, Arnold named 2022 Distinguished Alumni
McGovern Medical School has named Shelby D. Melton, MD ’04; and Lemuel Maxwell Arnold, MD ’77, as its 2022 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipients. The Distinguished Alumnus Award honors alumni of McGovern Medical School who have made significant contributions in the…
Final Week of Fall
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Winter is coming, so enjoy these photos from the final week of Fall. Winter officially begins Dec. 21.
Welcome, Dr. Narula
Photos by Dwight Andrews/Office of Communications Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, MACC, Phillip J. and Harriet L. Goodhart Chair of Medicine and chief of the Division of Cardiology at Mount Sinai Morningside in New York City presents the 2022 James T….