QI project studies unintentional weight loss in assisted living facilities
Data from a quality improvement project, led by Maureen Stabile Beck, DNP, APRN, GNP-BC, assistant professor in the Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, has been published in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. Throughout the COVID-19…
Rianon named associate dean for faculty affairs
Following an internal search, Executive Dean John Hancock has announced Nahid Rianon, MBBS, DrPH, as the associate dean for Faculty Affairs for McGovern Medical School, effective Sept. 1. Rianon is professor and vice chair for quality in the Department of…
University Ombuds Office expanded to assist staff
The University Ombuds Office is now available to all UTHealth Houston classified and A&P staff. Since its initiation in 2019, the University Ombuds Office (previously known as the Office of Academic Ombuds) has been a confidential resource available to the…
Newest Faces of McGovern: Neel Aligave
What inspired you to want to pursue a career in medicine? Growing up with parents who worked long hours, I often spent afternoons after school with my neighbors, the Andersons. I remember learning about the brain during middle school biology…
Journal opens discussion on medical education
A new journal aiming to serve as a discussion floor for people from different backgrounds of medical education has been created by Salih Selek, MD, professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Selek created…
Morcos named chair of neurosurgery
Executive Dean John Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD, announced that following an international search, Jacques Morcos, MD, a highly renowned neurosurgeon, will join McGovern Medical School as the new chair of the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, effective…
UTHealth Houston joins SATURN trial
A clinical trial evaluating the role of statins in the risk of recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in patients presenting with ICH, has opened for enrollment at UTHealth Houston. The study, led locally by C.J. Jared Chen, MD, assistant professor in…
Bhandari wins John P. McGovern Award
Karthik Bhandari, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, is the 2023 recipient of the John P. McGovern Award as the exceptional clinical teacher. The John P. McGovern Award is given annually to the outstanding clinical faculty member…
McGovern student published in JAMA Network Open
A review of evidence supporting the 2022 US Food and Drug Administration’s drug approvals conducted by Amanda Koong, MS, a second-year student at McGovern Medical School has been published in JAMA Network Open. This study was completed in collaboration with…
Meet McGovern’s newest faces
The 2022-23 school year is in full swing at McGovern Medical School, as the Class of 2027 wrapped up their orientation and students returned to campus Aug. 7. The incoming class features 240 medical school students from 71 different undergraduate…