July 1, 2019

Dad of 10’s minimally invasive heart surgery cuts recovery time with Dr. Tom C. Nguyen

Dad of 10’s minimally invasive heart surgery cuts recovery time Original story by: Pooja Lodhia of ABC 13 (KTRK) HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A father of 10 is back at work less than a month after heart surgery. The Sontags’…


June 26, 2019

PAD/Limb Salvage Case Conference

Communication is key when it comes to limb salvage and amputation prevention. That is why, earlier  this year, Bruce Tjaden, MD, Assistant Professor at McGovern Medical School at The University Texas Health and Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Department of…


June 26, 2019

“Global Perspectives on Cardiothoracic, Cardiovascular, and Cardiac Surgical Trainings”, a summary

“It’s interesting that we all end up doing the same thing, but how we get there is very different depending on what country we are from,” says cardiac surgeon, Tom C. Nguyen, MD of McGovern Medical School at University of…


June 26, 2019

Long-term Benefits of EVAR, by Sheila Coogan, MD

Sheila Coogan, MD, FACS of McGovern Medical School, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at The University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston is finalizing a recent project focused on a case study surrounding Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA). …


June 26, 2019

2019 Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship Graduation

We are pleased to announce the recent graduation of Sophia Khan, MD and Zain Al-Rstum, MD from their respective training programs with the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School, UTHealth.  The evening of Friday, June 21st…


June 24, 2019

Grand Rounds, Special Guest, Mayo Clinic’s Gustavo Oderich, MD on “Towards Total Endovascular Aortic Repair”

Join us for a special Grand Rounds Presentation by Gustavo Oderich, MD, FACS as he presents on “Towards Total Endovascular Aortic Repair”.  Dr. Oderich joins us from the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine…


June 21, 2019

VAM 2019 – Recap

The 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) hosted by the Society of Vascular Surgery (SVS) in conjunction with the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) kicked off last week, June 12th in Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor,…


June 6, 2019

Vascular Annual Meeting, 2019

The 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) hosted by the Society of Vascular Surgery (SVS) in conjunction with the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) will be kicking off VAM on June 12th in Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in…


May 28, 2019

AATS Roundup – 2019

Early May, 2019 the faculty and trainees of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Science Center at Houston were in attendance representing the UTHealth banner at the 99th Annual American Association for Thoracic Surgery…


May 28, 2019

One of the First of Its Kind, Turner Syndrome Adult Comprehensive Care Center Earns National Recognition

Original Story by Amy Laukka, UTHealth News, May 23rd, 2019. The University of Texas Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and UTPhysicians Turner Syndrome Adult Comprehensive Care Center (TSACCC), has recently gained national recognition as one of the first adult designated clinics…


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