Clinic hosts Lunar New Year celebration
Embracing their diversity and celebrating the Lunar New Year, the staff at the UT Physicians clinic in the International District host event.
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Schizophrenia Study on Mild Electrical Stimulation
A safe, noninvasive weak electrical current delivery will be investigated for its potential in treating schizophrenia by a UT Physicians psychiatrist.
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Language Barriers Impede Treatment of Children with Special Needs
Language barriers can have dangerous consequences for children with special health care needs.
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UT Physicians Offers Free Vascular Screening Program
UT Physicians is bringing Dare to C.A.R.E., a national vascular screening and disease management program, to the Greater Houston area.
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Caring for the Smallest of Patients
On January 24, 2013, Iris Vega-Figueroa’s life changed completely. That’s the day she gave birth to her twin girls, Iris and Geraldine.
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Rosenberg Latest UT Physicians Location
UT Physicians has opened its newest health center, UT Physicians Community Health & Wellness Center – Rosenberg, at 5115 Avenue H, Suite 701.
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UT Physicians Offers Extended Clinic Hours
UT Physicians offers extended clinic hours at various locations across the Greater Houston area beyond 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Dr. Francisco wins international honor
Gerard Francisco, M.D., UT Physicians physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at McGovern Medical School, and chief medical officer at TIRR Memorial Hermann, is the 2016 recipient of the Sidney Licht Award from the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM).
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Pediatric nurse Traci Gonzales named “tops” by Chronicle
Traci Gonzales, UT Physicians pediatric pulmonary nurse practitioner, is the recipient of a Top 150 Nurse Award by the Houston Chronicle.
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Smalling receives master interventionalist designation
Dr. Richard Smalling has been named to the new class of Master Interventionalists of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI).
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TAA clinical trial begins
UTHealth researchers have enrolled the first patient in a trial of a minimally invasive device system to repair descending thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA).
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Teen clinic expands in Southwest Houston
UT Physicians is expanding its pediatric teen clinic in order to accommodate the growing number of teen patients seeking care.
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Sports physicals specials offered
UT Physicians is offering a special rate for sports physicals during the month of June at its two Katy locations.
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Huntington’s disease center named center of excellence
The comprehensive Huntington’s disease program at UT Physicians and McGovern Medical School has been named one of the HDSA Centers of Excellence for 2016 by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA).
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American Heart Association taps Taegtmeyer for scientific statement
The American Heart Association asked Dr. Heinrich Taegtmeyer, UT Physicians cardiologist, to write a comprehensive piece on how the body powers up the heart.
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UT Physicians present research during ACC conference
Experts from UT Physicians presented during the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Illinois.
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Sola wins national nursing award
Cristina Sola, nurse manager for the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, is the winner of the Society for Vascular Nursing’s (SVN) 2016 Clinical Excellence Award.
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Promoting awareness for AAA
The risks and treatments for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) for men were the focus of a recent event hosted by the American Heart Association and McGovern Medical School faculty at the Hermann Pavilion Conference Center at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.
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Milewicz honored with Belgium’s Princesse Liliane Professorship
Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D., UT Physicians internist, is the first woman to receive the Visiting Professorship Award from the Fondation Cardiologique Princesse Liliane in Belgium.
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Free skin cancer screening May 14
The Houston Dermatological Society is hosting a free skin cancer screening 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Saturday, May 14. The screening is open to the general public on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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UTHealth Stroke Festival May 14 at Buffalo Bayou Park
The fourth annual Stomp Out Stroke Festival to raise stroke awareness will be May 14 at the Water Works, Buffalo Bayou Park, 105 Sabine Street.
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Dashwood offers first pulmonary function testing lab
UT Physician’s first Pulmonary Function Testing lab is now available at the UT Physicians Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Clinic at Dashwood.
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Khan, Tsao named physicians of the year
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (TMC) and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital are proud to announce the two individuals selected as their 2015 Physicians of the Year: Saleem Khan, M.D., Chief of Emergency General Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, UT Physicians surgeons and affiliated with Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, and KuoJen Tsao, M.D., the Children’s […]
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NIH grant studies treatment for stroke-related speech impairment
UT Physicians neuroscientists have been awarded a $1.8 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to explore a leading-edge treatment for speech problems experienced by many people following a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other neurological disorder. The 5-year study is led by Nitin Tandon, M.D., UT Physicians neurosurgeon, professor of neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School, […]
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Verduzco-Gutierrez appointed to mayor’s transition team
Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez has accepted an invitation to serve on Mayor Sylvester Turner's Public Health Committee transition team.
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UT Physicians providers staff new TIRR Memorial Hermann facility
Like many people with an often debilitating neurological condition called multiple sclerosis (MS), Kelly Davis, 45, of Pearland, has to use a walker to get around. Even short walks require a lot of effort. Davis was thrilled when she learned that UTHealth and UT Physicians physical medicine and rehabilitation researchers were studying a way to […]
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