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…
Welcome, Dr. Gustavo Oderich
We are pleased to announce and officially welcome Gustavo Oderich, MD, FACS to the Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery at UTHealth. Oderich joins us as Chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, and will serve as Professor…
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 programs offered under the Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in partnership with Memorial…
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 in teaching medical students at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Rana Afifi, MD Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery Steven Eisenberg,…
Charlton-Ouw, Nguyen, and Sandhu Promoted in their Professorships
Congratulations to three of our faculty members for their recent promotions in their professorship with the Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery. Kristofer M. Charlton-Ouw, MD, FACS appointed Professor Tom C. Nguyen, MD FACS, FACC, appointed Professor Harleen K. Sandhu,…
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…
Keyhani Brothers to Join UTPhysicians Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery Department
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) is pleased to welcome vascular surgeons, Arash Keyhani, DO and Kourosh Keyhani, DO to the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. Houston’s vascular surgery duo, and brothers,…
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…
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 School, Hazim J. Safi, MD, was presented with a Festschrift, a German term defined as “a book or journal published…