April 5, 2019

No-cost UT Physicians vein screenings could put a spring in your step

Written by: Victoria Tagg Swollen, achy, and cramping legs may not be an inevitable sign of growing older or yesterday’s long run. You could be 1 in 4 adults in the U.S. who has a venous disorder, which includes varicose…


April 5, 2019

Cristina Sola, RN receives the 2019 President’s Award for Leadership

We are proud to announce that Cristina Sola, RN, has been selected as the recipient of the President’s Award for Leadership, inspired by the late Michael Jimenez. Cristina is the clinical vascular nurse at our TMC location and was nominated…


March 15, 2019

HAS 2019 – A Success!

March 2019 witnessed the conclusion of another successful Houston Aortic Symposium (HAS).  As the twelfth in the series, HAS 2019 marked the symposium’s most attended event to date, and generated buzz throughout the Texas Medical Center (TMC), the largest medical…



March 13, 2019

UTHealth to Present and Compete at the 47th Annual SCVS Symposium

The faculty and trainees of Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery prepare for representing the UTHealth banner at the 47th Annual Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Symposium, being held in Boca Raton, FL March 16th through March 20th.  At this…


February 28, 2019

February, 2019 Department Newsletter

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February 27, 2019

January – February 2019 Publications Indexed on PubMed:

Congratulations to all authors for their academic work in January & February of 2019. Papers referenced below were found searching PubMed. Antonoff MB, Nguyen S, Nguyen TC, Odell DD. Conducting high-quality research in cardiothoracic surgical education: Recommendations from the Thoracic…


February 27, 2019

2018 Publications Indexed on PubMed

Congratulations to all authors for their academic work during the year 2018. Papers referenced below were found searching PubMed. Afifi RO, Sandhu HK, Zaidi ST, Trinh E, Tanaka A, Miller CC, et al. Intercostal artery management in thoracoabdominal aortic surgery:…


February 5, 2019

Research Awarded for BEST-CLI Investigators Meeting, Holiday Coordinator Challenge

Whitely Ausbie, MHA, Research Coordinator with the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Science Center Houston, has been selected to participate in the BEST-CLI clinical trial investigators meeting being held in Washington D.C. this…


February 5, 2019

Dr. Cesar Nahas Celebrates One Year Anniversary & Expansion of Heart Surgery Program at MHSE

Cesar Nahas, MD, FACS, with the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is celebrating his one year anniversary with UT Health.  Dr. Nahas is responsible…


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