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New chair of ophthalmology, J. William Harbour, is the new Chair of Ophthalmology, succeeding Professor Emeritus James McCulley, M.D., who led the Department for 40 years before retiring June 30 as Chair.

Delayed by the pandemic, the 15th Annual UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) Reception and Awards ceremony was held earlier this year to honor six UTSW faculty members for teaching excellence in 2020. In addition, The UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) recently welcomed seven outstanding educators to its latest class of inductees. SWAT members are recognized as educators who strive to provide an academic and organizational environment that fosters excellence in teaching at all levels, rewards superb teachers, stimulates innovation in education, and promotes scholarship in education.

Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D., a Professor at UT Southwestern in the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern, is one of three researchers awarded the 2021 Memorial Sloan Kettering Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research.

The Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine has 24 faculty and nine fellows dedicated to advancing the care of acutely ill and injured children.

Sometimes “paying it forward” creates a web of good works that leads right back to the giver. That’s the story of Tim Ervin, who in 2014 received a lifesaving double-lung transplant at UT Southwestern.

A nonsurgical procedure that uses innovative valve devices – both developed through multicenter clinical studies, including at UT Southwestern – is giving patients with severe emphysema a new treatment option that allows them to breathe easier.

Peggy Joyce Whalley, M.D., a Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern whose pioneering work with high-risk pregnancies saved thousands of expectant mothers and their offspring during a 32-year career at the medical center, died July 6 in Austin. She was 94.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, North Texas faced many long-standing public health challenges, including high rates of various common chronic illnesses, such as obesity and heart disease, disparities in access to care, and the impact of socioeconomic determinants on health in our communities.

Peggy Joyce Whalley, M.D., a Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Southwestern whose pioneering work with high-risk pregnancies saved thousands of expectant mothers and their offspring during a 32-year career at the medical center, died July 6 in Austin. She was 94.

Three nurses, a housekeeping attendant, a physical therapist, and a social worker are the most recent winners of UT Southwestern’s Diana and Richard C. Strauss Service Excellence Awards.