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Programs Offer Mental Health Care to First Responders

“When everyone else runs away from a situation, first responders have to run toward it.” That’s according to Ron Acierno,...

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Dr. Prater Warns Against Carbon Monoxide Poisoning During Winter Storm

Memorial Hermann Health System has seen an increased amount of patients suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning within the past 24...

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Mandy Hill, DrPH, MPH One of America’s 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists

Mandy Hill, DrPH, MPH, Associate Professor and Director Of Population Health in the Department of Emergency Medicine was named to...

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Emergency Medicine team helps administer COVID vaccines to patients

On Monday, January 18th, UTHealth received over 5,000 doses of COVID vaccines and were in need of manpower to help...

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Dr. Ryan Huebinger receives AHA Young Investigator Award

Dr. Ryan Huebinger, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine in the McGovern Medical School of University of Texas Health Science Center...

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Dr. Prater – Trauma During the Pandemic

Dr. Samuel Prater was interviewed by KHOU-11 and ABC-13 about the drastic increase in traumatic injuries during the pandemic. Watch...

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Dr. Calderon – Pulse Oximeters

Dr. Camila Calderón, spoke to Univision Houston Channel 45 viewers about whether pulse oximeters are recommended for COVID-19 patients to...

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Dr. McCarthy – COVID Vaccine

Dr. McCarthy, former chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and current Chief Physician Executive of Memorial Hermann Health System...

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Spotlight On Yolanda Torres

Yolanda Torres, Senior Executive Assistant, has been a constant in the Department of Emergency Medicine since January 7, 1999. She...

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Trial for Investigational COVID-19 Drug Enrolls First Patient

The clinical trial studying vadadustat for the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in hospitalized patients with...

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Error Reduction in Emergency Medicine

The Department of Emergency Medicine at UTHealth is proud of our robust quality assurance program to continually improve the quality...

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NFL’s Houston Texans Physician to join Emergency Medicine Team

Please join us in welcoming Dr. William Spangler, MD to the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Spangler was originally the...

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Dr. Calderon – New COVID Treatment

Dr. Calderon on Univision Houston Channel 45 describes a new clinical trial led by Dr. Bobrow, MD and Dr. Holger...

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Dr. Doshi – COVID on PBS News Hour

Dr. Pratik Doshi talks about treating young people with COVID in the ICU on PBS News Hour. Watch Video

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Celebrating Women in Medicine Month: Dr. Lesley Osborn

In September, the AMA and McGovern Medical School are highlighting Women in Medicine. The McGovern Women in Emergency Medicine group...

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ACTS Trial in JAMA

Investigators from the department of emergency medicine contributed to a groundbreaking article published in the Journal of the American Medical...

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Annals Most-Cited

Dr. Bentley Bobrow, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine is a renowned researcher working to implement and measure systems...

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Social Distancing not Emotional Distancing During the Coronavirus: Strategies to reduce your anxieties

Hi, My name is Dr. Lauren Gorog and I’m a clinical psychologist.  In my private practice, I help people with...

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New COVID-19 drug trial

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston remains at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. Dr. Bentley...

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Dr. Andreea Xavier, Physician of the Year

Congratulations to Dr. Andreea Xavier for being named the Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center “Physician of the Year.” From...

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Racism is a Public Health Crisis

A message from Dr. Bentley Bobrow, Professor and Chair and John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair of Emergency...

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Dr. Bhandari – COVID Surge

Dr. Salil Bhandari talking on CNBC about the rising COVID-19 cases in Houston and the surge plans at the Texas...

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Dr. Cooper’s Treehouse

Dr. Benjamin Cooper, Associate Residency Program Director, had his own way of coping with the pandemic. Together with his family,...

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Dr. Prater – COVID

Dr. Prater talks about COVID-19 and Memorial Hermann’s response on Great Day Houston. Watch Video

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COVID-19 Telemedicine

COVID 19 has put unprecedented strain on patients within the Houston area. Doctors offices are closed and high-quality urgent care...

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Emergency Medicine COVID-19 Response

To our Houston community, Your adherence to social distancing is working – thank you. As emergency medicine physicians, we have...

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A Sentinel COVID‐19 Case in Houston

Drs. Monica Lopez, Samuel Luber, Samuel Prater, Jamie McCarthy and Bentley J. Bobrow from the Department of Emergency Medicine share...

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Dr. Christine Koerner announced as Ambassador of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

After 30 years of outstanding service, we are honored to announce that Dr. Christine Koerner will be transitioning into a...

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Dr. Bhandari – CPR

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Dr. Walia – Staying Hydrated

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Houston Marathoners

Drs. Bobrow, Lapus, Prater and Tupchong, collectively known as Team Emergency Medicine for McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, ran in...

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Dr. James Langabeer – Opioid Epidemic

Watch Video Related Stories Local group waging battle on opioid-related overdoses HEROES program awarded more than $2 million to continue...

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Dr. Fairbrother – Alcohol Poisoning

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Dr. Bhandari – Walk With a Doc

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Dr. Mandy J. Hill – HIV research study

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Addressing Disparities in Bystander CPR

“What we found was that children are less likely to survive if they have a cardiac arrest in a neighborhood...

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UTHealth House Calls: Emergency Medicine

Join Drs. Bobrow, Bhandari and Schulz in ABC13’s House Call: Emergency Medicine where they taught the proper steps to take...

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Memorial Hermann-TMC: first accredited geriatric emergency center in Houston

From TMC News: Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center has received a Level 3 designation, becoming the first hospital in Houston and...

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Dr. Hill named Director of Population Health

Houston is a “hot spot” for HIV with more than 20,000 people currently living with HIV in our community. Our...

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ACEP Launches Open Access Journal with Dr. Henry Wang, Editor-in-Chief

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) announced the launch of a new open access journal for emergency medicine research....

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Department Publications in JETem

The Department of Emergency Medicine at McGovern Med at UTHealth published two articles in the latest issue of JETem. First,...

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James Langabeer, PhD, named new Vice Chair of Population Health

Please join us in welcoming and congratulating James Langabeer, PhD as the new Vice Chair of Population Health in the...

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Dr. Hill Receives Ebony Award

Dr. Mandy Hill, DrPH, MPH, Associate Professor and Assistant Research Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine was recently recognized...

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McGovern Med EM at #SCSAEM19

The Department of Emergency Medicine was proud to be represented at the 2019 SAEM South Central Regional Meeting this weekend....

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Dr. Fairbrother, EMRA 45 under 45 influencer

We’re extremely proud and excited to announce that Dr. Hilary Fairbrother, Associate Professor and Director Of Undergraduate Education, has been...

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Speaking a Language of Caring

Last Thursday, a cardiac arrest survivor joined our weekly conference - sharing their heart-warming story of acceptance, resiliency, redemption and gratitude. Stories like these continue to inspire us towards excellence in emergency care, resuscitation and cardiac arrest management - but also serve to remind us of our department, hospital and discipline's unique opportunity to change our patients' lives for the better.

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Alumni Day

This Thursday, August 29th is Alumni Day. We’re excited to welcome all alumni to join us and catch up with...

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The summer edition of Q-ME-UP is brought to you by CORD and the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Similar to...

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Introducing Dr. Keegan Tupchong

The Department of Emergency Medicine continues to grow with more wonderful faculty members. We’re excited to introduce Dr. Keegan Tupchong...

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Dr. Henry Wang and the World Doctors Orchestra

McGovern Medical School hosts the World Doctors Orchestra as part of the Arts and Resilience Series providing an opportunity for...

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Walk With Our Docs

The Walk with a Doc program was started by Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio as a way...

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McGovern Med EM co-author Myths in Emergency Medicine

Congratulations to our faculty co-authors Drs. Dan Ostermayer and Ben Cooper (and chapter authors Giordano, Fadial, Lesnick, Patel, Stephens, Ugalde,...

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Dr. Lesley Osborn named Medical Director of Life Flight®

The Red Duke Trauma Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center announced two new leaders for the Memorial Hermann Life Flight®...

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HEROES in Houstonia

The Houston Emergency Opioid Engagement System (HEROES) program, directed by James Langabeer, PhD and Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, PhD work closely with...

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Welcome, Class of 2022

Tempering the sadness of watching the amazing class of 2019 graduate is the opportunity to welcome an equally amazing new...

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Class of 2019 Graduation

Congratulations to the class of 2019 who graduated from the McGovern Med Emergency Medicine residency program on June 27th. Pictured...

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Dr. Ben Bobrow joins Emergency Medicine as Chair

Following a national search, Dean Barbara J. Stoll has named Bentley J. Bobrow, MD, chair of the Department of Emergency...

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Dr. Sharma awarded 2019 Think Innovation Transformation Award

Congratuations to Dr. Kunal Sharma for winning the 2019 Think Innovation Transformation Award on April 4, 2019 at the 5th Annual Harris...

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Annals of Emergency Medicine releast their list of the 50 top reviewers for 2018 in their April 2019 ( Volume...

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We are delighted to announce that Ben Bobrow, MD, FACEP, FAHA has been named Chair of the UTHealth McGovern Medical School Department of...

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McGovern Med at CORD

On the heels of a successful showing at TCEP, our residents, program manager and faculty represented McGovern Med at UTHealth...

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Dean Barbara J. Stoll has announced that Samuel D. Luber, M.D., MPH, associate professor of emergency medicine, and Samuel J. Prater, M.D., assistant professor of...

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Memorial Hermann Health System is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. James “Jamie” McCarthy to Executive Vice President and...

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Dr. Henry Wang has joined the Department of Emergency Medicine as the Vice-Chair of Research.  Dr. Wang is one of the...

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Dr. Michael Van Meter has been appointed as Program Director of the Emergency Medicine residency program and will assume the...

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Dr. Jamie McCarthy has been designated by the NFL as an “unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant.” In this role Dr. McCarthy will...

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Dr. James McCarthy was recently honored by Memorial Hermann Health System with the Physician Leadership Award. Congratulation in winning such...

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Clerkship Director of the Year Award

Congratulations to our own Dr. Michael Van Meter. He was selected as this year’s recipient of the Clerkship Directors of...

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Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards! May is designated as teaching excellence month for McGovern...

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Welcome to the Class of 2019

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Welcome UTH EM Class of 2018

We are excited to introduce our incoming PGY-1 class and look forward to them joining us in July.  

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Nnaemeka (Emeka) Okafor, MD, MS, will join Memorial Hermann as the Director of Medical Informatics for Acute Care Services (hospital...

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Emergency medicine physician recognized by young physicians

Clinical professor of emergency medicine Dr. Arlo Weltge recently received the J.T. “Lamar” McNew, MD, Award for his service to...

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The Department of Emergency Medicine hosted the 1st Annual Resident Research Day on June 5, 2014.  Residents in the EM3...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 11am-12:00pm – Austin Ballroom 1 (Hotel – 2nd Floor) FOAM as a Means to Incorporate State-of-the-Art...

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Sarah Dendy, MD, Vice Chief Resident for Global Health, blogs in BMJ Emergency Medicine about the lessons that epidemics in...

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Welcome to the UT Houston EM Class of 2017!

Congratulations to the incoming Class of 2017!  We are looking forward to seeing you in June! Wendy Alcanter, MD University...

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PD Samuel Luber garners Best Faculty Presentation at CORD

Dr. Samuel Luber was chosen as the Best Faculty Presentation at the Research and Innovation Forum at CORD for his...

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Katrin Takenaka and colleagues have published guidelines on Social Media Best Practices in WestJEM.

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Dr. Rohith Malya has co-authored a pivotal article describing a research agenda for Global Emergency Medicine entitled “Global Health and...

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