Emergency Medicine faculty release award-winning ECG curriculum
A team of physician-educators in the Department of Emergency Medicine have released a novel application called ECG Stampede. Practicing emergency physicians are tasked with rapidly and accurately determining the acuity of electrocardiograms (ECG) obtained on arriving patients – generally with…
Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award: Sasha Adams, MD
Sasha Adams, MD, associate professor in the Department of Surgery, is the winner of the 2022 Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award. Established in 2001 and made possible by a gift from the DuPonts, the award…
Riggs receives Patricia and Ian Butler Endowed Professorship in Medical Professionalism
McGovern Medical School has announced John Riggs, MD, professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, and assistant dean for the Office of Professionalism, as the inaugural recipient of the Patricia and Ian Butler Endowed Professorship in Medical…
ORL Frontiers returns in person June 17
The Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (ORL) will host the 2022 ORL Frontiers medical education meeting from noon-6 p.m. June 17 at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine (1825 Pressler St.). ORL Frontiers is the culmination…
Whole blood for trauma resuscitation research published in JACS
Recent research led by Bryan Cotton, MD, professor in the Department of Surgery, on the impact of the use of whole blood for trauma resuscitation was featured in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. The abstract titled “Impact…
In Memoriam: Dr. Matthew John Bicocca
Matthew Bicocca, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, died March 28, 2022. He was 36 years old. Born and raised in California, he graduated from Willamette University and earned his medical degree at the…
Estrera named Texas Surgical Society president
Anthony Estrera, MD, FACS, professor and Hazim J. Safi, MD, Distinguished Chair in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, was introduced as the 106th president for the Texas Surgical Society at the 208th semi-annual spring meeting April 22-24 in…
Tran research wins multiple research awards
Recent research from Thu Tran, DO, neonatal-perinatal fellow, PGY-6, in the Department of Pediatrics, has garnered a pair of awards from the Southern Society for Pediatric Research and the Pediatric Academic Society. Tran was honored with the Southern Society for…
Benjy F. Brooks, MD Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award: Ritha Belizaire, MD
Ritha Belizaire, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, is the 2022 winner of the Benjy F. Brooks, MD, Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award. “I have never won an award like this, so after the initial shock wore off, I…
NIH grant funds novel hydrocephalus research
A five-year, $2.85 million grant to use novel technology to study babies with hydrocephalus has been awarded to a team of McGovern Medical School researchers by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of…