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 in Houston. This year, it comes as no surprise that several of our surgeons have been nominated and selected by…
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 in the Houston area were nominated and selected as this year’s top 15 nurses of the Year. Our very own,…
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…
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…
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 first place at the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery 43rd Annual Meeting held in Boca Raton, Florida. Dr. Ray presented…
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 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Safi has been selected to present the Homans Lectureship at…
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 add to his collection – Dr. Nguyen and his two co-editors have been awarded first place for their work on…
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 that third year medical school student, Samuel Leonard has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Medical Student Scholarship…
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 Greece, inducted Dr. Hazim Safi, professor, chairman, and chief of department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School…