Celebrating Women in Medicine Month
Established by the American Medical Association, Women in Medicine Month was created to highlight the contributions of women in the field of healthcare, and bring awareness to the under-representation of women physicians, and research surrounding women’s health issues. While progress…
Modern History of Aortic Surgery, by Hazim J. Safi, MD
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”—Sir Isaac Newton said 1642-1727. While the history of aortic surgery dates back to Greek surgeon Antyllus, who first performed surgeries for various aneurysms in the second…
Cambiaghi wins EndoWarrior Challenge at CVBootcamp
Congratulations to our third-year integrated vascular surgery resident, Tommaso Cambiaghi, MD, who was the winner of the #EndoWarrior Challenge at the Cardiovascular Fellows’ Bootcamp. The intensive-two day learning experience is hosted annually by Houston Methodist Hospital, DeBakey CV Education, in…
Oderich named chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Gustavo Oderich, MD, FACS, a noted leader in the field of vascular and endovascular surgery, has been named chief of the vascular surgery division with the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center…
Sandhu highlighted as the featured article for adult cardiac articles in JTCVS
Harleen Sandhu, MD, MPH Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Research and Development with the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School, has recently been featured in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (JTCVS), highlighted as…
March Case of the Month: Ascending Aortic Replacement for Treatment of Isolated Aortic Thrombus Causing Peripheral Emboli
Joseph M. Besho MD; Mehmet Alagoz, MD; Anthony L. Estrera, MD Introduction The presence of ascending aortic thrombus is a rare clinical entity. We present a case of peripheral embolization secondary to ascending aortic thrombus, successfully treated with aortic resection…
HAS, 2020 – Another Success!
March 2020 witnessed the conclusion of another successful Houston Aortic Symposium (HAS). As the thirteenth in the series, HAS 2020 brought together many of the world’s experts in the field of aortic disease including several UTHealth and McGovern Medical School…
February Case of the Month: Open Repair of descending thoracic aortic aneurysm is preferred in patients younger than 50 years
Naveed U. Saqib, MD, Hunter Ray MD, Gordon Martin MD and Hazim J. Safi MD Introduction: Acute Aortic dissection (AAD) remains the most common aortic emergency and results from intimal tear in the layers of the aorta. Without appropriate and…
Festschrift Lecture, Honoring Dr. Hazim J. Safi
Please mark your calendars for a special event honoring Founding Chair of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Hazim J. Safi, MD on the morning of Wednesday, March 4th, 7am to 11am, at McGovern Medical School, at UTHealth. A Festschrift, a German term translating…
Tanaka & Akers Selected for Annals of Thoracic Surgery Cover
Research published by integrated vascular surgery resident, Akiko Tanaka, MD along with the illustrated figure by Chris Akers were selected as the cover feature for the January 2020 issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Tanaka’s paper, “Intraoperative Intercostal Nerve…