GALVESTON, Texas - The family of Dr. Michael M. Warren, Ashbel Smith Professor of Surgery in the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Division of Urology, has established an endowed faculty position in his honor to benefit the division. (more) (more…)
This article focuses on NASA’s microgravity research conducted in the Flight Analog Research Unit of UTMB’s General Clinical Research Center.
The Facts (Brazoria County), May 9, 2008
State Sen. Kyle Janek, who plans to resign from his District 17 seat, which includes Galveston County, said that indigent health care is among the top three issues his successor will face. He noted that UTMB provided $100 million of indigent care last year.
Galveston County Daily News, May 8, 2008
As it seeks more paying patients, the University of Texas Medical Branch will push ahead with plans to build a $61 million specialty center in League City, a project shelved more than a year ago after outcry from lawmakers and mainland physicians who feared state-backed competition.
Houston Chronicle Bay Area, May 8, 2008
Dr. Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, chairman of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at UTBM, was the recipient of the 45th annual Edward A. Strecker M.D. Award. The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences held its 40th commencement ceremony Saturday. Elizabeth J. Protas, interim dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences, has been selected as the 2008 Catherine Worthingham Fellow by the American Physical Therapy Association. Xiaoyong Bao, a junior faculty member in the department of pediatrics, has been awarded a three-year, $150,000 Parker B. Francis Fellowship. Dr. Bernard F. Morrey of the Mayo Clinic will be the keynote speaker at the School of Medicine’s May 31 commencement
Dr. Radek Bukowksi, of the division of maternal-fetal medicine, is quoted in this article about the role of folic acid during pregnancy.
Medical News Today, May 7, 2008
Eight Texas minority college students about to enter medical school each have received a $5,000 scholarship from the Texas Medical Association. One of the recipients, Jaime Villarreal of Laredo, will attend UTMB in the fall.
Galveston County Daily News, May 7, 2008
Tia McCurdy, a community education specialist with the Senior Services Office at UTMB, lauded the many people and organizations that made the Circle of Life Women’s Forum held in Dickinson in April a success.
Galveston County Daily News, May 7, 2008
UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly suggest that parents use a balanced approach when helping their children select appropriate video games.
In a report, the authors, including Dr. Kanae Ishihara of UTMB’s Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, wrote: “To reduce the risk for TB transmission associated with organ transplantation, organ recovery personnel should consider risk factors for TB when assessing all potential donors. In addition, clinicians should recognize that transplant recipients with TB might have unusual signs or symptoms.”
