CPRIT grant funds study of oncological pain management
Nonpharmaceutical approach Enabling self-managed, nonpharmaceutical pain management for patients receiving cancer treatments is the goal of a new study at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston funded by a $1 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of…
Thriving on challenges: Gastroenterologist helps mold program into a crucial powerhouse
As a teenager in his native Turkey, Atilla Ertan, MD, spent every day after school in the hospital—but not for himself. “My younger sister had developed a heart problem and had to stay there,” he says. “When I went to…
Patient educates on his condition for HIV Awareness Month
HIV is a virus that targets the body’s immune system, and the late stage of this infection becomes AIDS. Thanks to advanced medicine, however, people with HIV can live functional and healthy lives. Jay, 49, is living proof. In 1998,…
New program at UTHealth Houston will honor Carmel B. Dyer, MD
The legacy of Carmel Bitondo Dyer, MD, lives on in the same communities she sought to impact throughout her career. The late Dyer revolutionized geriatric health care across the country. She led the UTHealth Houston Consortium on Aging and was…
Distinguished Honors
A trio of McGovern Medical School physicians are honored as 2022 Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital Distinguished Physicians. Pictured recipients are H.V. Anderson, MD, and Mark A. Farnie, MD. Not pictured are Michelle S. Barratt, MD…