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Read the March 2023 Issue of SurgeON… Inside you will find: Research Students and Residents Shine at the Academic Surgical Congress Strong McGovern Medical School Representation at the Texas ACS Meeting Highlights Join Book Club! Women and Girls in Science…

The South and North Texas American College of Surgeons (ACS) Chapters held a combined meeting from February 23-25 in Austin, Texas. The meeting included several highlights: Surgical Jeopardy and Surgical Skills Round-Up Round 1 of Surgical Jeopardy was co-moderated by…

The 18th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, which is the joint meeting of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and the Society of University Surgeons (SUS), was held February 7-9, 2023, in Houston. McGovern Medical School has a strong history of…

Dr. Nirav Thosani earned his medical degree from N.H.L. Municipal Medical College in Ahmedabad, India. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in gastroenterology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston, followed by an advanced fellowship…

Dr. Pritesh Mutha is a board-certified interventional gastroenterologist and associate professor at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. He is also the Director of the Third Space Endoscopy program for the Center for Interventional Gastroenterology (iGUT) at UTHealth Houston, a…

Dr. DaVee is an associate professor of medicine in the Department of Surgery, Division of Elective General Surgery, Interventional Gastroenterology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. He earned his medical degree from The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine,…

Houston native Dr. Meera Avila earned her undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis and her medical degree at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, where she also completed a residency and fellowship in gastroenterology. Board-certified in both internal…