SurgeON Newsletter – May 2024
Read the May 2024 Issue of SurgeON… Awards: McNutt Named Chief Medical Officer for Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Thosani & Wadhwa Named Among Top 1% of GI Surgeons Nationally Stewart Appointed Co-Medical Director of LBJ SICU Education: Surgeons Discuss the…
Real-world Utilization of Active Surveillance After GPS Testing for Localized Prostate Cancer
Steven Canfield, MD, of UTHealth Houston shares the results of his recent study looking at the real-world utilization of active surveillance among men with localized prostate cancer who were tested with the genomic prostate score assay. Dr. Canfield presented his…
SurgeON Newsletter – April 2024
Read the April 2024 Issue of SurgeON… It’s a Match – Match Day 2024 / Incoming Residents Awards: UTHealth Houston Physicians Successfully Complete Intensive Leadership Development Course Moore Graduates with Honors from Harvard Medical School Leadership Program Research: Medical Students…
Smiling through a colon cancer journey to inspire others
A stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis completely shocked Michelle Nasser in 2023 as a 46-year-old mom with two young girls. She purposely changed her habits to keep cancer at bay, after her father’s colon cancer diagnosis at age 59. “I…
SurgeON Newsletter – March 2024
Read the March 2024 Issue of SurgeON… Colon Cancer Awareness Month Awards: Congratulations to our 2023 Star Awardees Scerbo Achieves Board Certification in Clinical Informatics Research: Impressive Representation at 19th Annual Academic Surgical Congress UTHealth Houston Leads in Transformative Trauma…
At the Bedside: Infant born with arm malformation comes home after life-changing surgery
When Isabella Halligan was born in late October 2023, the delivery nurse noticed a big red lump on the baby’s forearm. Doctors quickly diagnosed the lump as a large arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a tangle of blood vessels that irregularly connects…
SurgeON Newsletter – February 2024
Read the February 2024 Issue of SurgeON… Research: Progesterone Study Offers Insights into Inguinal Hernia Development Eisenberg Presents Research at STS 2024 ASRM Annual Conference Moore Presents Innovative Trauma Solutions at Hokkaido Conference Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma…
SurgeON Newsletter – January 2024
Read the January 2024 Issue of SurgeON… Awards: Cox Appointed Director of Center for Translational Injury Research DaVee Elected Chairman of Gastroenterology at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital Canfield Earns AUA’s Presidential Citation for Urology Excellence Harris Health Surgery Faculty…
Canfield Earns AUA’s Presidential Citation for Urology Excellence
In a proud moment for our department, we are delighted to announce that Steven E. Canfield, MD, professor and chief of the Division of Urology in the Department of Surgery, has been selected as one of the recipients of the…
SurgeON Newsletter – December 2023
Read the December 2023 Issue of SurgeON… HAPPY HOLIDAYS Wishing you and your families joy, peace, and happiness this holiday season. Thank you for your dedication, enthusiasm, and partnership in everything you do for the department and for our patients….