A NEWSLETTER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
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Many Faces of UTHealth Houston: Emily Robinson, MD | |
Throughout October, the Many Faces of UTHealth Houston campaign’s latest billboard features, Emily K. Robinson, MD, FACS, professor in the Department of Surgery. See the billboard for Dr. Robinson on I-10 at Chimney Rock. | |
Obinero Receives American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons Research Grant | |
Dr. Chioma Obinero, a general surgery resident and Plastic Surgery Research Fellow at McGovern Medical School, has been awarded a research grant by the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS). Dr. Obinero’s research proposal titled "Ketorolac in Palatoplasty: A Randomized Blinded Controlled Trial” was selected for the 2022 ASMS / MSF Research Grant Award.
Congratulations, Dr. Obinero!
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Saif Published in JAMA Surgery | |
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Recent research on NIH Funding for Women from Areeba Saif, MD, a resident in our General Surgery Program, has been published in JAMA Surgery.
The paper titled “Current Status of National Institutes of Health Research Funding for Women Surgeon-Scientists,” was co-written by Lindsay A. Demblowski, BS, Andrew M. Blakely, MD, and Martha A. Zeiger, MD.
The results of this study suggest that more academic opportunities need to be created for women surgeon-scientists to narrow the gap in research funding between men and women.
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American College of Surgeons Holds its First In-Person Fall Clinical Congress in Three Years | |
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The American College of Surgeons (ACS) held their first in-person Fall Clinical Congress in three years from October 16-20 in San Diego, California. The meeting provided an opportunity for current trainees and faculty to present and learn about ongoing research and to network and connect with others. There was much catching up with alumni and friends at the combined UTHealth/ MD Anderson Cancer Center reception.
Congratulations to the following UTHealth faculty and fellows who were initiated into ACS Fellowship this year:
Congratulations also to Lillian Kao, MD, MS, FACS, who was elected to serve a one-year term as the Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors (BOG); she will also continue in her second year as the Quality Pillar Lead of the BOG.
Multiple residents and fellows shared their research including but not limited to:
- Nathaniel Deboever, MD (Mentor: Mara Antonoff, MD, MD Anderson Thoracic Surgery)
- Shah Dodwad, DO (Mentor: Michael Wandling, MD, MS)
- Gabrielle Hatton, MD, MS (Mentors: Lillian Kao MD, MS, Charles Wade, PhD)
- James Klugh, MD (Mentor: John Harvin, MD, MS)
- Areeba Saif, MBBS (Mentor: Naris Niubol, MD, National Institutes of Health)
- Michael Ven Gent, DO (Mentor: Bryan Cotton, MD, MPH)
Faculty served as speakers and panelists at a number of sessions. Sasha Adams, MD, spoke of “Sowing Resilience – Dealing with Complications, Non-work Life, Bad Outcomes”. John Harvin, MD, MS, discussed “Educating Stakeholders on Periop Pain Management”. Jonah Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, served as a co-moderator for a panel session on “Surgical Pain Management in the Setting of Opioid Tolerance and Misuse.”
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Dr. Saif presenting her research. | |
Dr. Dodwad presenting his research. | |
Dr. Juan Santamaria (alumnus), Dr. Hannah Starkey Smith (alumnus), Dr. Julie Holihan (alumnus and current faculty), and Dr. Lillian Kao (alumnus and current faculty). | |
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Date: November 3, 2022
Speaker: Dr. Janice Underwood
Date: November 10, 2022
Speaker: Dr. Syed Ahmad
Date: November 17, 2022
Speaker: Dr. Martin Blakely
Date: November 24, 2022
Canceled due to Thanksgiving Holiday
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Steven Canfield, MD, appeared on Doug Pike’s Fifty+ Show on KPRC Radio to talk about prostate cancer (10:14 mark).
Nathaniel Deboever, MD, was quoted by The ASCO Post about a study he led, which found that timely surveillance with chest imaging may benefit patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
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RESIDENT & STUDENT CORNER | |
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Second-year independent Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Resident Dr. David Hopkins and his wife, pediatrician, Dr. Emily Hopkins welcome the birth of a healthy baby girl into their family.
Congratulations to Dr's Hopkins!
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Happy Halloween from our Plastics Team! Left to right: Vanessa Guerrero, MA, Stephanie White, SLP, Jennifer Sabin, PA-C, Dr. Phuong Nguyen, Dr. Matthew Greives, Dr. Wendy Chen, Joe Tran, Kelly Turner PA-C, and Brenda Machuca, MA. | |
Christie Castillo, Jalisa McGrew-Anthony, and Elizabeth Longoria from our Urology Clinic. | |
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Two of our graduates, Paul Deramo and Christopher Goodenough, as attending physicians reuniting to help a patient who needed a free flap! #ChooseUTPlastics
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Dr Blakkolb and Dr Wei are sporting pink hats while doing #breastreconstruction cases today! October is breast cancer awareness month so be sure to get your mammogram!
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On the last day of #hispanicheritagemonth we wanted to shout out our Spanish interpreters at @harrishealthsystem
Our patient population at LBJ is >50% Hispanic and we couldn’t provide the care we do without their 24/7 assistance!!
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