2023 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award: EM Winners!
Congratulations to our selected EM Faculty for receiving the prestigious 2022-2023 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award! _______ We’d like to recognize the following Faculty: Benjamin Cooper Akshay Elagandhala Hilary Fairbrother Kayleigh Fischer Joseph Gill Ryan Huebinger Benjamin Karfunkle Adeola Kosoko Katheryn…
Recap: UTHealth Houston’s Space Medicine Program attends AsMA’s 93rd Annual Scientific Meeting
UTHealth Houston’s Space Medicine Program, the subject of this ACEP article, is presented at the 93rd Aerospace Medical Association’s Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, May 21 – May 26. Dr. Nicolas Heft’s research, entitled “Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Astronauts on Inspiration4”…
Dr. Hilary Fairbrother, MD, MPH is award the 2023 Herbert L. and Margaret DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award!
The Department of Emergency Medicine would like to congratulate Vice Chair of Education and Professor, Dr. Hilary Fairbrother, MD, MPH on being awarded the prestigious 2023 Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching…
Recap: 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting in Austin, TX
Emergency Medicine Faculty & Staff recently attended the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting this past week in Austin, TX ?. Samuel Beger, MD, MPH presented “Novel Mobile Applications For Just-In-Time Emergency Medicine Procedural Training,” where he exhibited the Suture and Nerve…
TX-CARES Data Summary Report 2022
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a leading cause of death, but we can save many lives with simple, life-saving therapies such as bystander CPR and AED use. Texas-CARES accurately tracks OHCA incidence, demographics, event characteristics, and patient outcomes in communities…
Prehospital Guidelines for the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – 3rd Edition is Published
The 3rd Edition of the Brain Trauma Foundation’s Prehospital Guidelines for the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury has been published by a team of 22 medical experts led by Dr. Ben Bobrow, MD, FACEP, a professor and chair in the…
Rio Grande Valley TX-CARES Agency Saves Life
Every day, our frontline emergency healthcare providers battle to save the lives of people with the most time-sensitive medical emergencies. These EMS professionals are remarkable in their skill, precision, and teamwork, and their efforts to save those on the brink…
Recap: Saves a Life presents Managing Anaphylaxis
On Wednesday, March 6th, the Department of Emergency Medicine held its 3rd UT Health Houston Saves a Life event on the TMC campus at Webber Plaza, this time focusing on Managing Anaphylaxis. The teaching segments included utilizing helpful medical technology…
Special Guests at Grand Rounds
On Thursday, our department had the privilege of hearing Dr. Oren Wacht, EMT-P, Ph.D., Dr. Keila Lopez, MD, MPH, and Dr. Jacqueline Okere, MD speak at Grand Rounds. Dr. Wacht is the Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine and Academic…
Our Mobile Simulation Training Unit (MSTU) took a trip to south Texas!
KRIS 6 News: Corpus Christi – Check out our Mobile Simulation Training Unit (MSTU) in Action! The UTHealth Houston Emergency Medicine Department was honored to train alongside Alice FD, Victory Ambulance, Bluntzer EMS ESD#4, and McMullen County EMS in South…