Transplant program’s growth gives new life, hope

The lack of donors for kidney transplants is a growing public health crisis in the United States, with more than 90,000 people waiting for a kidney but only 20,000 transplants performed annually. The Division of Immunology and Organ Transplantation in…


EBV-specific T-cells play key role in development of multiple sclerosis

The body’s immune response to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may play a role in causing damage in people with multiple sclerosis, according to a new study led by UTHealth Houston. EBV infection has long been associated with multiple sclerosis, but how…


Wang wins SMSNA Distinguished Service Award

The Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) presented Run Wang, MD, FACS, professor and Cecil M. Crigler, MD, Chair in Urology, with the Distinguished Service Award at the 24th Annual Meeting of the society in November. “I am truly…


Parks named Texas Legend

The Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons named Donald Parks, MD, clinical professor in the Department of Surgery, as its Texas Legend at its 2023 annual meeting in San Antonio. The Texas Legend award is a lifetime achievement honor given to…


Kao to lead ACS Board of Governors

Lillian S. Kao, MD, professor and Jack H. Mayfield, MD, Chair in the Department of Surgery, recently was elected chair of the Board of Governors Executive Committee of the American College of Surgeons. She has served the ACS Executive Committee as the…


Women Faculty Forum – Women in Medicine & Sciences Feature: Michelle McNutt, MD, FACS

Each month, the Women Faculty Forum presents its Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature, highlighting the women faculty at McGovern Medical School who are leaders in medicine, research, and education. This month’s feature is Michelle McNutt, MD, FACS, professor and…


SSRF efficacy studied in new research paper

Recent research from David Meyer, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, has been published in the Annals of Surgery, studying the effectiveness of surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF). Patients suffering from rib fractures, which tend to be…


Thosani appointed ASGE Committee chair

Nirav Thosani, MD, professor in the Department of Surgery and chief of the Center for Interventional Gastroenterology (iGUT), has been elected as the new chair of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Standards of Practice Committee. “ASGE guidelines are…


Professor’s son aids wounded on Ukraine frontline

A son’s spirit of adventure meant an early Thanksgiving for Emily Robinson, MD, professor of surgery, and her family this past year. “Chris told me two days before he left Houston that he was off to volunteer as a critical…


First Person: Mission to Vietnam

First Person is an occasional series, providing firsthand accounts of outreach programs involving our McGovern Medical School community.   I co-founded Nuoy Reconstructive International, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit in 2020 in order to provide a comprehensive international medical engagement with…


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