Harris Health System Board of Trustee Visit – February 16, 2017
The medical staff with McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) facilitated a new board member orientation tour to Ewan Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on February 16, 2017, in Houston.
Derek Dawes, M.D., internal medicine specialist with UT Physicians, left, and Alyssa Rieber, M.D., chief of oncology at LBJ Hospital, right, explain the complexity of providing outstanding patient-centered care to an underserved population to Ewan Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., during a new board member orientation tour of Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on Thursday, February 16, 2017, in Houston. LBJ Hospital is staffed by physicians from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital is a 235 licensed-bed acute care hospital offering a full range of medical services and averages 33 admissions a day.
John Riggs, M.D., M.S., vice chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and chief of Obstetrics/Gynecology at LBJ Hospital, center, explains the successes and challenges of providing the only labor and delivery service in Northeast Houston to Ewan Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., left, during a new board member orientation tour of Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on Thursday, February 16, 2017, in Houston. LBJ Hospital is staffed by physicians from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital is a 235 licensed-bed acute care hospital offering a full range of medical services and averages eight deliveries per day.
David Robinson, MD, MS, professor of emergency medicine with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and medical director of the LBJ Hospital Emergency Department, shows the extensive renovations and improvements to the emergency department to Ewan Johnson, MD, Ph.D., left, during a new board member orientation tour of Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on Thursday, February 16, 2017, in Houston. LBJ Hospital is staffed by physicians from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital is a 235 licensed-bed acute care hospital offering a full range of medical services and averages 240 emergency center visits per day.
Glorimar Medina-Rivera, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and medical director of the Ambulatory Surgery Center, displays the process of patient care to Ewan Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., left, during a new board member orientation tour of Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on Thursday, February 16, 2017, in Houston. The Ambulatory Surgery Center is located in the Outpatient Center on the campus of Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.