April 15, 2024

Thosani & Wadhwa Named Among Top 1% of GI Surgeons Nationally

We are thrilled to announce that two of our distinguished surgeons, Nirav C. Thosani, MD, MHA, Atilla Ertan, MD, Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology and Professor in the Department of Surgery, along with Vaibhav Wadhwa, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department…


November 8, 2023

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…


October 12, 2023

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…


May 3, 2023

Jerry Springer’s Death Shining Light on Pancreatic Cancer

Nirav Thosani, MD, was mentioned in a news report by KPRC-TV Channel 2 about the signs and symptoms of pancreatic cancer after the death of TV talk show host Jerry Springer.