2021 Vascular Surgery Residency & Fellowship Graduation

We are pleased to announce the recent graduation of Joseph Besho, MD, Kate Peng, MD, and Mehmet Alagoz, MD,  from...

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Afifi and Coogan Promoted in their Professorship

Congratulations to two of our faculty members for their recent promotions in their professorship with the Department of Cardiothoracic &...

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Memorial Hermann Ranks 2nd for Best Teaching Hospital in America

Congratulations to our hospital partners, Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center who placed second in a survey ranking the top...

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Memorial Hermann takes four spots in Top Ten Best Hospitals in Texas

Congratulations to our hospital partners, Memorial Hermann Health System, for taking four spots in the U.S. News & World Report’s...

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2020 Vascular Surgery Residency & Fellowship Graduation

We are pleased to announce the recent graduation of Hunter Ray, MD and Scott Ryan, MD from the vascular surgery training...

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Eisenberg Awarded John P. McGovern Award & Deans Teaching Excellence Award

Congratulations to Steven Eisenberg, MD Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, for being recognized and...

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Faculty Members Awarded for Outstanding Efforts in Teaching

Congratulations to four of our faculty members for being awarded the 2020 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, recognizing their exceptional efforts...

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Hazim J. Safi, MD Honored with a Festschrift

On the morning of Wednesday, March 4, 2020, founding chair and professor of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical...

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STS2020 Round-Up

On January 25th to 28th, 2020, over 4,000 medical professionals from over 65 countries around the world gathered in New...

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Charlton-Ouw, Estrera, Gibson, and Safi Voted Best-In-Houston

Each year, local Houston news and information sources ask residents to nominate and vote for their pick for Best Doctors...

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Cristina Sola, NP Honored for the Houston Chronicle’s Salute to Nurses

Since 2000, The Houston Chronicle has solicited nominations from the public for its Salute to Nurses awards.  15 nursing professionals...

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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...

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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...

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Dr. Hunter Ray Wins First Place Poster Award at SAVS

Congratulations to University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), vascular surgery resident, Dr. Hunter Ray for being awarded...

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Dr. Hazim Safi selected for the Honorary Homans Lectureship at VAM 2018

June 4th, 2018 Another crowning achievement for Dr. Hazim Safi, Department Chair of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department at...

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Dr. Tom Nguyen Awarded First Place for ACC’s Transcatheter Heart Valve Handbook

University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery professor, Dr. Tom Nguyen has received another accolade to...

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McGovern Medical School Student Awarded 2018 VESS Scholarship

January 29, 2018 The University of Texas McGovern Medical School Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery is excited to announce...

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Dr. Safi honored by the Academy of Athens

On Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 the Academy of Athens, the highest seat of honor for intellectual and cultural academies in...

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