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Dr. Jamie McCarthy has been designated by the NFL as an “unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant.” In this role Dr. McCarthy will be responsible for evaluating and monitor player’s safety from potential head injuries, as well as assisting the evaluating process for…

Dr. James McCarthy was recently honored by Memorial Hermann Health System with the Physician Leadership Award. Congratulation in winning such a prestigious award for your outstanding commitment to the Houston health care community.

Congratulations to our own Dr. Michael Van Meter. He was selected as this year’s recipient of the Clerkship Directors of Emergency Medicine (CDEM): Clerkship Director of the Year Award. This national award is truly well deserved for an outstanding educator/director….

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards! May is designated as teaching excellence month for McGovern Medical School. Pratik Doshi, MD Carolyn Gardiner, MD Robert Lapus, MD Samuel Luber, MD Amit Mehta, MD Joanne Oakes, MD…

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

Nnaemeka (Emeka) Okafor, MD, MS, will join Memorial Hermann as the Director of Medical Informatics for Acute Care Services (hospital inpatient and emergency department care) as of October 1, 2014. In this role, Dr. Okafor will be directing all of…

Clinical professor of emergency medicine Dr. Arlo Weltge recently received the J.T. “Lamar” McNew, MD, Award for his service to physicians in training. Weltge was recognized by the Texas Medical Association Resident and Fellow Section (TMA-RFS) during TexMed, TMA’s annual…

The Department of Emergency Medicine hosted the 1st Annual Resident Research Day on June 5, 2014.  Residents in the EM3 class presented their scholarly activity and we had lectures from our new research director, Dr. James Langabeer, and our department…