Limitless whole blood best for trauma patients with severe blood loss, according to new UTHealth Houston research
In trauma patients with severe blood loss, if transfusions are working, physicians should not stop giving them to patients regardless of the amount of blood used, and whole blood should be used first, according to new research at UTHealth Houston. The…
UTHealth Houston awarded nearly $13M in grants to study treatments for traumatic brain injury
Nearly $13 million in federal grant funds to study treatments for traumatic brain injury, which kills an average of 190 people and hospitalizes another 600 in the U.S. every day, has been awarded to UTHealth Houston by the Department of Defense’s Office…
UTHealth Houston study on repeated radiofrequency ablation in combination with chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer supported with $3.3M HHS grant
A combination strategy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (EUS-RFA) with chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer will be studied at UTHealth Houston through a $3.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The…
First Person: Mission to Vietnam
First Person is an occasional series, providing firsthand accounts of outreach programs involving our McGovern Medical School community. I co-founded Nuoy Reconstructive International, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit in 2020 in order to provide a comprehensive international medical engagement with…
SurgeON Newsletter – May 2023
Read the May 2023 Issue of SurgeON… Inside you will find: Administrative Professionals Day Canfield Performs First NanoKnife Prostate Ablation Education Surgeons Get Educated at the APDS/ASE Meeting A Recipe for a Continuous Quality Improvement Program in Surgical Residency Kao…
SurgeON Newsletter – February 2023
Read the February 2023 Issue of SurgeON… Inside you will find: Awards Memorial Hermann Katy Awards McKnight as Physician of the Year Hoang Awarded Diplomat of Obesity Medicine Memorial Hermann Southeast Names Cowling Chief of Surgery Congratulations to our 2022…
Pancreatic cancer research published in Cancer Immunology Research
Recent research on a novel approach to the treatment of pancreatic cancer, from the lab of Jennifer Bailey, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been published in Cancer Immunology Research….
Researchers assess whether a drug given in in the prehospital setting is safe and feasible for treating severely bleeding trauma patients
Researchers at UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine, along with the Houston Fire Department (HFD), are launching a new clinical trial for a medication to treat trauma-related severe blood loss. The Houston site is participating with other trauma centers…
The Webber Prize Competition
We are happy to report that our summer student Rachel Tindall won the 1st place for Summer Research Program Webber Prize this year. The surgery department has 4 medical students from our lab winning this award since we have started…
Are Robotic Surgeries Really Better?
Robot-assisted surgeries have only modest advantages over other approaches, a large analysis found. Naila Dhanani, MD, was interviewed by The New York Times about her research revealing that robot-assisted surgeries were not superior to conventional methods for abdominal or pelvic…