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, PhD, professor and vice chair for veteran affairs in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences…
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 hours due to the unsafe use of generators or grills. There has also been an increase in burns caused by…
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 Cell Mentor’s 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America. The Community of Scholars formed the list of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists…
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 administer such a large amount of vaccinations to the UTHealth community. Various members of the McGovern Medical School’s Department of…
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 at Houston, recently received a Young Investigator Award from the American Heart Association for the scientific abstract titled: “Disparities in Out of Hospital…
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 KHOU-11 Video Watch ABC-13 Video
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 use at home. Dr. Calderón has become a regular on our local Houston Univision channel and we are very proud…
Dr. McCarthy – COVID Vaccine
Dr. McCarthy, former chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and current Chief Physician Executive of Memorial Hermann Health System talks about COVID vaccines on KHOU-11. “I think the vaccines are the first step on getting us back to where…
Spotlight On Yolanda Torres
Yolanda Torres, Senior Executive Assistant, has been a constant in the Department of Emergency Medicine since January 7, 1999. She was recently featured in UTHealth Spotlight and shared her incredible experience helping bring the department from its foundation of six…
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 COVID-19 enrolled its first patient on August 22, 2020 at Memorial Hermann Hospital–Texas Medical Center. The phase 2, randomized, double-blind,…