Benjy F. Brooks, MD Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award: Thaddeus Puzio, MD, FACS
Thaddeus Puzio, MD, FACS, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, is the 2023 winner of the Benjy F. Brooks, MD, Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award. “I was truly surprised and felt honored to win this award,” Puzio said. “Life is…
Surgery faculty receives junior faculty fellowship
Krislynn Mueck, MD, MS, MPH, assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Acute Care Surgery, received the Surgical Infection Society Junior Faculty Clinical Research Fellowship Award in Westlake Village, Calif., during the society’s 42nd annual meeting. The annual fellowship…
Chen, Holihan named AWS 40 Under 40
The Association of Women’s Surgeons has named Wendy Chen, MD, and Julie Holihan, MD, to the 2022 Class of the AWS 40 Under 40 Female Surgeons. “As AWS celebrates its 40th anniversary, we are highlighting 40+ outstanding women surgeons under…
Research on venous thromboembolism published in JAMA Surgery
Recent research on venous thromboembolism from Jessica Cardenas, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, has been published in JAMA Surgery. The paper titled, “Association of Changes in Antithrombin Activity Over Time With Responsiveness to Enoxaparin Prophylaxis and Risk…
Cardenas awarded $1.95 million NIH grant
A five-year, $1.95 million grant to research novel pathways through which endothelial cells, the inner cellular lining of blood vessels, control inflammation has been awarded to UTHealth Houston researcher Jessica C. Cardenas, PhD, by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Cardenas, assistant…
Chen, Rogg named Houston Business Journal 40 Under 40
The Houston Business Journal has selected Wendy Chen, MD, MS, and Jonathan Rogg, MD, MBA, to its 40 Under 40 Class of 2022. Each year, the Houston Business Journal receives hundreds of nominations and applications for the highly-competitive 40 Under…
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…
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…
Harvin appointed burn director
Richard Andrassy, MD, chair of the Department of Surgery and executive dean ad interim, has appointed John Harvin, MD, the burn medical director of the John S. Dunn Burn Center at Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center. Harvin, associate professor…
Kao helps lead study on antibiotics for appendicitis
Antibiotics are now an accepted first-line treatment for most people with appendicitis, according to final results of the Comparing Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial and an updated treatment guideline for appendicitis from the American College of Surgeons….