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…
In Memoriam: Diana A. Racusin, MD
Diana A. Racusin, MD, holder of the Berel Held, MD, Professorship in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, died Saturday, March 29, 2025, following a yearslong battle with cancer. She was 41. Joining the McGovern Medical School faculty…
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Jones, MD
Elizabeth Jones, MD, professor of emergency medicine, died Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at her home, following a battle with gastric cancer. She was 64. A graduate of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine, she completed residencies in internal medicine…
In memoriam: Jorge Quesada, MD
Jorge Quesada, MD, retired faculty member from the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, died July 31, 2024. He was 77. He joined the McGovern Medical School faculty in 2008 and retired in 2022. A graduate from…
In Memoriam: Cathy Doughty
Catherine Doughty, former DMO for the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, died Friday, May 24, 2024. She was 65. She earned her bachelor’s of arts degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and completed a master’s…
In Memoriam: Jan Hendrickson
Jan Hendrickson, senior administrative manager in the Office of Technology Management, died May 21, 2024. She was 67. She joined the Medical School staff in 1986. Her co-workers were like her family. “Jan was the embodiment of a team player…
In memoriam: Dr. Sam Kaplan
Samuel Kaplan, PhD, founding chair of the McGovern Medical School Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, died Saturday, May 25, 2024. He was 90. A world-recognized expert in the biology of photosynthetic bacteria, Kaplan is particularly well-known for fundamental discoveries…
In Memoriam: Dr. David Loose
David S. Loose, PhD, professor emeritus in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, died April 10, 2024. He was 71. He earned his bachelor’s of science degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and his PhD from Stanford University,…
In Memoriam: Dr. Barbara Murray
Barbara E. Murray, MD, J. Ralph Meadows Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, died April 11, 2024. She was 76. A member of the Medical School’s ID faculty since 1980, she was a…
In Memoriam: Anna Steinberger
Anna Steinberger, PhD, professor emerita of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, died Dec. 28, 2023, in Houston. She was 95. A native of Poland, she and her husband Emil emigrated to the United States after World War II, by way…