Nancy D. Perrier, MD, FACS
Martin L. Blakely, MD, MS, MMHC
SurgeON Newsletter – November 2023
Read the November 2023 Issue of SurgeON… Awards: ACS Annual Clinical Congress 2023: Dr. Lillian Kao Elected Chair of Board of Governors, Faculty Inducted as FACS, and Exciting Surgical Advancements Unveiled Research: Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Meeting Wadhwa Leads AGA Advocacy…
At the Bedside: Pancreatic cancer patient ‘back on track’ after UTHealth Houston clinical trial therapy shrinks tumor
Demetrios Stroubakis, 55, thought he was having a gallbladder attack when he arrived at the emergency room in August 2021 with jaundice. Instead, he was shocked to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “I was floored. I consider myself to be…
SurgeON Newsletter – October 2023
Read the October 2023 Issue of SurgeON… Awards: Houstonia Magazine Unveils its 2023 Top Doctors American College of Surgeons Names Chamely as Resident & Associate Society Liaison Education: Bridging Divides Celebrating Learning Healthcare Research: Saif Wins Award to Attend Society…
Bharat Puchakayala, MD
Dr. Bharat Kumar Puchakayala (Dr Kumar), taking inspiration from his physician father, earned his medical degree from the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India. Thereafter in pursuit of higher education and training, he completed a residency in Internal Medicine…
Danielle Sobol, MD
Jessica Buicko, MD, FACS
Jessica L. Buicko, MD, FACS, is a fellowship-trained endocrine and breast surgeon specializing in all aspects of endocrine surgery, including thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and neuroendocrine tumors, as well as breast cancer diagnostics and surgical therapy. Dr. Buicko graduated from Johns…
At the Bedside: New focal therapies at UTHealth Houston make prostate cancer treatment easier on patients
One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime and 11 years ago, Morton McPhail, now 73, became one of them. Fortunately, time was on his side. The prostate gland, found only in men, produces seminal…
SurgeON Newsletter – September 2023
Read the September 2023 Issue of SurgeON… Awards: Memorial Hermann Hospital’s Urology Team Earns Top Honors in US News Ranking TSPS Annual Meeting Recognizes Outstanding Achievements and Honors Dr. Donald Parks Education: BEST Course: Training Surgeons in Life-Saving REBOA Techniques…