UTHealth Neurosciences opens first all-Spanish-speaking epilepsy clinic in Houston
About 70,000 Houstonians will develop epilepsy in their lifetime, and those who do not speak English as their first language can face challenges in getting care, which could contribute to poorer outcomes, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. To address that…
Four earn Women’s Faculty Forum Excellence Awards
The Women’s Faculty Forum (WFF) will present the 2020 Excellence Awards to four McGovern Medical School faculty members at a virtual presentation from 4:30-6 p.m., Dec. 2, via WebEx. The event code to join the presentation is 120 199 5152,…
McGovern names vice chairs for Diversity and Inclusion
McGovern Medical School has named eight faculty as the inaugural vice chairs for Diversity and Inclusion, an initiative which began under former dean Barbara J. Stoll, MD. “Having vice chairs for Diversity and Inclusion in some of our larger departments…
Researchers receive $3.1 million to fund four-dimensional work on Down syndrome
To better understand the molecular basis of Down syndrome, a genetic disease that affects 1 in 750 infants born in the U.S., researchers at McGovern Medical School have received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)….
Patton named American Medical Association alternate delegate
Eddie L. Patton, Jr, MD, MBA, MS, has been selected as one of the alternate delegates to the American Medical Association (AMA), by the Texas Medical Association House of Delegates at its 2020 TMA House of Delegates virtual session on…
Sharrief named to citywide COVID-19 response team
Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH, associate professor of neurology and director of stroke prevention for the Institute of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, recently was appointed to a citywide COVID-19 response task force. Established by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, the Health Equity…
Stroke team highlights changes sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic
In a special report published May 18 in Stroke, members of the McGovern Department of Neurology outline their novel approaches to stroke care in efforts to fight World War COVID. “Early Lessons from World War COVID, Reinventing Our Stroke Systems…
Faculty pivot during new normal
COVID-19 has wrought has unprecedented new normal to McGovern Medical School. School shutdowns, mandates from local governments, and a novel coronavirus are forcing faculty to reimagine clinical care and employ new technologies as the work-life balance boundaries stretch to the…
Sarraj earns Italian Society of Neurology Article of the Month
Amrou Sarraj, MD, associate professor of neurology earned the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN) Article of the Month for December 2019. Sarraj’s paper “Optimizing Patient Selection for Endovascular Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke (SELECT): A prospective, Multicenter Cohort Study of…
Medical School celebrates McGovern Day
Dean Barbara J. Stoll and students, faculty, and staff gathered in the McGovern Medical School Leather Lounge for the annual McGovern Day Celebration, March 2, to celebrate the transformational gift from the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Foundation in…