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Read the July 2025 Issue of SurgeON… (external link) In this Issue: Honoring Our 2025 Residency & Fellowship Graduates 2025 General Surgery Residency Graduation 2025 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Residency Graduation 2025 Interventional Gastroenterology Fellowship Graduation 2025 Acute Care Surgery…

Read the June 2025 Issue of SurgeON… (external link) In this Issue: Askenasy Completes 100th ESD Procedure Benjy F. Brooks, MD, Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award: Marina Petsalis, MD 2025 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards Department of Surgery Makes Its Mark at…

Digestive Disease Week 2025, the largest international gastrointestinal meeting, was held in San Diego from May 3rd to 6th and boasted over 13,000 attendees. McGovern Medical School had a fantastic presence at the meeting with an impressive number of posters,…

Steven Canfield, MD, prostate cancer surgeon and chief of the division of urology at UTHealth Houston, spoke to KHOU 11 News about Biden’s diagnosis. Read the full story… (external link)

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. Each May, McGovern Medical School celebrates Teaching Excellence Month, recognizing outstanding faculty contributions to medical education. New in 2025, the awards program has introduced a focus on junior faculty….

Read the May 2025 Issue of SurgeON… (external link) In this Issue: Welcome, Ollieta Nicholas, MBA, FACHE — Incoming Director of Management Operations Faculty Lead First US Procedures Using New Surgical Robot Surgeons Attend Leadership and Advocacy Conference Thosani Recognized…

We are pleased to announce that Ollieta Nicholas, MBA, FACHE, has officially joined the Department of Surgery this week as the new Director of Management Operations (DMO). Nicholas brings over two decades of experience in academic medicine, healthcare operations, and…

On Thursday, April 3rd, the Department of Surgery welcomed Ben Zarzaur, MD, MPH, Professor of Surgery and Endowed Chair, Sylvia and Royal Lichtfeldt Burn Center Professorship, Division Chair of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery, University of Wisconsin, who gave…

We are pleased to welcome Mark Hobeika, MD, FACS, as the new Division Director of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Hobeika brings a wealth of experience in transplant surgery, along with a strong commitment to patient…

Read the April 2025 Issue of SurgeON… (external link) In this Issue: Welcome Mark Hobeika, MD, FACS, New Chief of Abdominal Organ Transplantation Leadership Transitions in the Department of Surgery Rashtak Named Physician of the Year at Memorial Hermann Northeast…