September 20, 2019
Hello,
I am delighted to share two lovely events with you from this past week.
McGovern Medical School kicked off our 50th anniversary year with a wonderful celebration with an ice cream social celebrating the last 5 decades.
![50th collage](https://med.uth.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/outside-banner-home-page-2.jpg)
Thanks to the hard work of many people and to the leadership of Dr. Bela Patel, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center was honored by Vizient with a prestigious quality award.
The 2019 Comprehensive Academic Medical Center winners are: Rush University Medical Center; NYU Langone Health; Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.; University of Utah Health; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; UC San Diego Health; Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center; Stanford Medicine; The University of Texas Medical Branch; Oregon Health and Science University; and Houston Methodist Hospital.
![Memorial Hermann accolade](https://med.uth.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Memorial-Hermann-7-win-1.jpg)
![Memorial Hermann winners](https://med.uth.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/vizient.3.jpg)
![](https://med.uth.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dr.-Patel.2.jpg)
Warm regards,
Barbara
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