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Medicine Minute

2026

Mar. 3, 2026

  • Medical Students Receive IM Scholarships
  • Staff Promotions Announced
  • Chief Residents Selected for 2027

Feb. 24, 2026

  • Kogilwaimath Named ID Service Chief for Parkland
  • Recent Research Publications of Note
  • Clinical Task Force Formed to Help Identify Rare Disorder

Feb. 17, 2026

  • Hobbs to Receive Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Tatara Wins TAMEST Protégé Poster Challenge
  • Gangavati & Team Publish Advance Care Planning Study

Feb. 10, 2026

  • Girotra, Turer Elected to ASCI
  • Ahmad Leads Update on Familial Hypercholesterolemia
  • Wang to Participate in GI Rotation in Japan

Feb. 3, 2026

  • Fudman Honored by Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
  • Staff Promotions Announced
  • Gautron Identifies Previously Unknown Neural Target for GLP1

Jan. 27, 2026

  • Vongpatanasin, Colleagues Publish 'Eyeball' Study
  • Digestive & Liver Faculty Focus on Equity Gaps in Patient Care
  • Fernandez to Retire After 24 Years

Jan. 20, 2026

  • Kuppalli Named to WHO Working Group

Jan. 13, 2026

  • Sopirala Receives NSPS Grant
  • Parkland Among Nation's Best for Kidney Transplants
  • Hales Retires After 33 Years

Jan. 6, 2026

  • Hoshida to Chair NIH Study Section
  • Residents Elected to AOA Honor Society
  • Staff Promotions Announced
  • 2025

    Dec. 30, 2025

    • Rubin Named Professor Emeritus
    • Bann Receives ASCI Early Career Award
    • Photos, Poster Pickup Now at F4.208

    Dec. 23, 2025

    • Barker Appointed Head of Seldin College
    • Gerber Receives Two CPRIT Grants
    • Okoruwa Selected for ACG Leadership Program

    Dec. 16, 2025

    • Cutrell Named ID Section Chief
    • Tong & Colleagues Map Heart's Lymphatic System
    • Residency Launches Global Health Pathway

    Dec. 9, 2025

    • Kazmi Receives Dean's Award
    • Engelking Named Co-Medical Director of Cancer Genetics Program
    • Staff Promotions & Resident Matches

    Dec. 2, 2025

    • Bat Named to Scientific Advisory Board
    • Drazner, Colleagues Introduce Heart Failure Assessment Protocol
    • Fellowship Represents UTSW at Consortium

    Nov. 25, 2025

    • Kazi, Toto Selected for Shine Academy
    • Hong Named to SCCC Leadership Role
    • Levine Presents Streeten Lecture

    Nov. 18, 2025

    • Almandoz Named Clinician of the Year
    • Fomunung Takes Endoscopic Care to Rwanda
    • Najafov Identifies Protein that Causes Inflammation

    Nov. 11, 2025

    • Singal Named Interim Division Chief of Digestive & Liver Diseases
    • Ribeil is New Director of Sickle Cell Program
    • Garg Discovers Rare Genetic Disorder

    Nov. 4, 2025

    • D Magazine Names Top Docs
    • Staff Members Take on New Roles
    • New Vaccine Strategy Protects Implanted Devices from Infection

    Oct. 28, 2025

    • Kazi Honored by ACGME Following Local Recognition
    • Rashdan Receives Humanitarian Award
    • Kidney Cancer Program Receives $6M in DOD Grants

    Oct. 21, 2025

    • Hsieh Named Chief of Allergy & Immunology
    • Hill Honored for Cardiovascular Research
    • Scholarly Publications Reveal Breadth of Training Programs

    Oct. 14, 2025

    • Khera, Voit Honored by National Organizations
    • Barina Named APP Champion
    • 75 International Medical Graduates Recognized

    Oct. 7, 2025

    • Kazi is GME Program Director of the Year
    • Sridhar Receives Winn Award
    • Brown Named 'Docstar'

    Sept. 30, 2025

    • Barkoudah Named Chief of Hospital Medicine
    • CPH Residency Track is Built for Impact
    • Conzen, Gerber Receive $2.3M Training Grant

    Sept. 23, 2025

    • Luby Recognized with Teaching Team Honor
    • Faculty Members Named Health Equity Scholars
    • Grodin, Shiloh Receive Major NIH Grants

    Sept.16, 2025

    • Wang Named Section Chief of Palliative Care
    • Pandey Secures $2.2M Grant to Study ACS
    • Singal, Hoshida Awarded $12M Liver Cancer SPORE Grant

    Sept. 9, 2025

    • Resident Teaching Teams Named
    • Leaders in Clinical Excellence Announced
    • Parikh Links mtDNA Damage to Kidney Disease Risk

    Sept. 2, 2025

    • Faculty and Staff Promotions Announced
    • Thibodeau Named Inaugural Bassett Professor
    • Infante, Thinwa Appointed to PSTP Leadership

    Aug. 26, 2025

    • UTSW Recognized for Rare Endocrine Tumor Care
    • Beechar is Associate Director of Transplant Infectious Diseases
    • Dalton Accepts Leadership Role for Palliative Medicine Fellowship

    Aug. 19, 2025

    • Three Faculty Elected SWAT Members
    • Vongpatanasin Co-Authors BP Guidelines
    • Hoshida Receives R01 Grant to Study Liver Cancer Risk

    Aug. 12, 2025

    • UTSW Selected for National Heart Failure Care Program
    • Tatara Receives Award for Bone Cement
    • Boktor Secures Funding for IBD Fellowship

    Aug. 5, 2025

    • Vanderveldt Leads International Medical Mission to Suriname
    • Staff Members Take on New Roles
    • Andrews Receives Grant for 'PrEP ED' Study

    July 29, 2025

    • Cystic Fibrosis Program Receives Quality Improvement Award
    • Residency Program Retains Top 10 Ranking
    • Five Employees Showcase Creative Talents

    July 15, 2025

    • T35 Grant Will Support UT-MSTAR Program
    • Murphy Receives Resident Educator Award
    • Basit Appointed CMIO for Advanced Analytics

    July 8, 2025

    • Willams Receives Inaugural Pi-Sunyer Award
    • Olaniran Elected ASN Fellow
    • Bat Appointed to ASH Ambassadors Oversight Group

    July 1, 2025

    • Kitchell Receives Service Award
    • Barker Elected to SGIM Leadership Role
    • La Hoz Highlights Antiviral's Effectiveness in CMV

    June 24, 2025

    • Babb to Receive TACSM Honor Award
    • Tong, Muñoz Rodríguez Receive AHA Grants
    • Strasserking to Become Acute CCU Course Director

    June 17, 2025

    • Rubin to Retire by Year's End
    • McGuire is 'Luminary in Cardiometabolic Medicine'
    • VanWagner Receives AST Investigator Award

    June 10, 2025

    • Bonnema Named Associate VC for Faculty Development
    • Employees Honored for Decades of Service
    • Newton Receives Grant to Study Lung Disease Progression

    June 3, 2025

    • Faculty Members Receive Research Grants
    • Gerber's Efforts Result in New Law
    • Nephrology Fellows Excel at In-Training Exams

    May 27, 2025

    • Novartis to Acquire Promising Kidney Disease Therapy
    • Four Faculty Named IDSA Fellows
    • VanWagner, Carroll Take on New Roles

    May 20, 2025

    • Residency Program Awards
    • Tessier Elected Fellow of Surgical Infection Society
    • Lopez Joins Faculty Affairs Group

    May 13, 2025

    • Cardiac Center Achieves Certification
    • Faculty Members Receive Wellness Grants
    • Bowen Derives Diabetes Risk Score

    May 6, 2025

    • Perl Appointed OSPH Associate Dean
    • Brugarolas Elected to AAP
    • Pandey Receives AHA Implementation Science Grant

    Apr. 29, 2025

    • Odedosu Receives Program Development Award
    • Beckman Appointed Cardiovascular Services Director
    • Sopirala to Address Measles Outbreak

    Apr. 22, 2025

    • Beckman to Receive AHA Award
    • Kuppalli Elected to European Mpox Committee
    • Levine Recognized by Wilderness Group

    Apr. 15, 2025

    • Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Recognized
    • El Haddad Selected for NCCN Group
    • Davis Promoted to Division Administrator

    Apr. 8, 2025

    • Seldin Symposium Award Recipients
    • Addison to Be Inducted into ASCI
    • White Named Training Specialist

    Apr. 1, 2025

    • McGuire Publishes SOUL Trial Results
    • Lee Receives Distinguished Researcher Award
    • Foster Fellows Named
    • McDonald Named Interim DA

    Mar. 25, 2025

    • Resident Match Results
    • Chunawala Selected for Trudy Bush Fellowship
    • Seldin Research Symposium

    Mar. 18, 2025

    • Von Itzstein Named Dean's Scholar
    • Mal Receives DoD-KCRP Fellowship
    • Kondakindi, Panchani Elected Rheumatology Chief Fellows

    Mar. 11, 2025

    • Brugarolas, Chung Receive CPRIT Grants
    • Bavli, Roche to Have Prominent Roles at Graduation
    • Sweta Will Manage Financial Affairs

    Mar. 4, 2025

    • Wang is APM President-Elect
    • Lakhia Receives R01 for Kidney Research
    • Staff Members Take on New Roles

    Feb. 25, 2025

    • Levine Co-authors Statement on Athletes with Heart Abnormalities
    • New Chief Fellows for HemeOnc, Infectious Diseases
    • Dudley Named to Leadership Role in Digestive and Liver Diseases

    Feb. 18, 2025

    • Khera Named Clinical Chief of Cardiology
    • Weber to Direct Cardio-Rheumatology
    • ACGME Recognizes Training Programs

    Feb. 11, 2025

    • Rare HIV-Positive Heart Transplant
    • O'Leary is Top Doc at VA
    • Maalouf Elected President of ROCK

    Feb. 4, 2025

    • Drazner Appointed VC for Clinical Affairs
    • Rutherford to Retire
    • Dalton Elected to Shine Academy

    Jan. 28, 2025

    • Cutrell Elected to Shine Academy
    • Munshi Co-leads Consortium IGVF Group
    • Parkland Team Creates Patient Decision-Aid

    Jan. 21, 2025

    • Paulk Elected to Honor Society
    • Abreu Publishes Meta-analysis of Glucose Control Trials
    • Liu Uncovers Molecular Basis for Obesity

    Jan. 14, 2025

    • Fu Receives $2M Grant
    • Sopirala Honored for Advocacy
    • Elmquist & Scherer Share Diabetes Expertise

    Jan. 7, 2025

    • Addison Named to Cardiology Research Role
    • Rajagopalan Links Leptin Signaling to Flu Outcomes
    • Classified Staff Promotions
  • 2024

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    Dec. 31, 2024

    • Liao to Study Health Equity
    • Bone Marrow Interest Group Members Publish Findings
    • Medical Students Present at ASH Meeting

    Dec. 24, 2024

    • Drazner Provides Guidance on Myocarditis
    • Akins Wins Platform Competition
    • CRISPR-based Treatment Trial Underway

    Dec. 17, 2024

    • Garg Recognized for Discovering Gene Variant
    • $2M Endowment to Support Pulmonary Research
    • Mosley to Direct Population Genetics and Informatics

    Dec. 10, 2024

    • Lazarte Receives Service Award
    • Staff Members Take on New Roles
    • Residents Match into Fellowship Programs

    Dec. 3, 2024

    • Team Performs Innovative Tricuspid Valve Repair
    • Elder Care Program Recognized
    • VanWagner Delivers Prestigious Starzl Lecture

    Nov. 26, 2024

    • Khalaf McStay Achieves Communication Certification
    • Mulanovich is Clerkship Co-Director
    • Johnson Appointed Assistant Director of Operations

    Nov. 19, 2024

    • Reimold Memorial Service Announced
    • Newcomer Named Distinguished Physician
    • Valero is Program Coordinator for Vascular Medicine

    Nov. 12, 2024

    • Khera to Chair AHA's Annual Meeting
    • Parikh to Deliver Gottschalk Lecture
    • King and Lieber Receive Capstone Awards

    Nov. 5, 2024

    • Girod & Parikh Elected to AACA
    • Three Physicians Join Lung Transplant Team
    • Gonzales Duarte Receives Team Spirit Award

    Oct. 29, 2024

    • Valve Team Achieves Milestone
    • Medical School Named NICHE Partner
    • Rav Appointed HemeOnc Division Administrator

    Oct. 22, 2024

    • Arteaga Elected to NAM
    • Liao's Forthcoming Book
    • Diep Earns National Certification

    Oct. 15, 2024

    • New Hospital Medicine Leadership
    • Faculty Receive SWAT Honors
    • CMRU Services Available as Research Core

    Oct. 8, 2024

    • Roche Appointed Professor Emeritus
    • 68 Faculty Among Area's Best Doctors
    • Shwin Reports on GCA

    Oct. 1, 2024

    • Dracca Receives APP Leadership Award
    • Lieber and Uzendu Named DocStars
    • Residency Program Signaling Explained

    Sept. 24, 2024

    • Zigman Receives Founders Award
    • Odedosu Honored by The Alliance
    • Garg, Shiloh Earn NIH Funding

    Sept. 17, 2024

    • Five Faculty Named Leaders in Clinical Excellence
    • Crandall Receives $2.2M to Study Consequences of Burn Injuries
    • Fundraiser to Honor Aslan Turer

    Sept. 10, 2024

    • Mathis Named Deputy Editor of Physiology Journal
    • Medical Students Get Distinction in Aging Pathway
    • Azard Appointed Administrator of GIM, Med-Peds

    Sept. 3, 2024

    • Faculty Promotions Announced
    • GME Leaders Honored
    • Staff Members Take on New Roles

    Aug. 27, 2024

    • Manohar, Uzendu Named Health Equity Scholars
    • Courtney Receives CPRIT Grant
    • Undergraduate Course on Refugee Health Now Available

    Aug. 20, 2024

    • Syed Joins SWAT
    • Faculty Invited to Join AI Interest Group
    • Department Staff Manages Faculty Profiles

    Aug. 13, 2024

    • Reimold to Focus on Faculty Development
    • Williams Elected to International Leadership Role
    • Delgado Ramos and Jiang Receive Winn Awards

    Aug. 6, 2024

    • Maxwell to Direct New Health Equity Residency Track
    • Utay Joins NIH Panel
    • Bhalla Receives Catalyst Award

    July 30, 2024

    • Nanayakkara, Pulitzer Display Art
    • Albin Discusses Food as Medicine
    • Weight Wellness Day Set for Sept. 14

    July 23, 2024

    • Conzen Appointed NCI Scientific Advisor
    • Implementation Research Director Named AHA Distinguished Scientist
    • Infante to Serve on NIH Study Section

    July 16, 2024

    • Conzen Appointed NCI Scientific Advisor
    • Implementation Research Director Named AHA Distinguished Scientist
    • Infante to Serve on NIH Study Section

    July 9, 2024

    • Hoshida Appointed to NIH Study Section
    • Hobbs Leads Clinical Scholars Program
    • Lancaster is Cardiology Division Administrator

    July 2, 2024

    • New Insights into Treating Obesity
    • Faculty Members Receive Teaching Awards
    • Staff Members Take on New Roles

    June 25, 2024

    • Boktor, Knights Receive Teaching Awards
    • El Chediak Selected for Editorial Internship
    • Davidson to Be Honored by Dominican Government

    June 18, 2024

    • Jiang He Named Director of Implementation Research
    • Medical Students Honor Faculty, Fellows
    • Contreras Receives Seldin Service Award

    June 11, 2024

    • New Residency, Fellowship APDs
    • Patel Named Distinguished Researcher
    • Bashyal is Manager of Faculty Affairs

    June 4, 2024

    • Liao Appointed to MedPAC
    • Kubiliun & Bhavsar-Burke are New Residency APDs
    • Uzendu Named DocStar

    May 28, 2024

    • New Comprehensive Leave Plan
    • Burstein to Chair DHMI Study Section
    • Mental Health Monitoring Tool Reveals Surprising Results

    May 21, 2024

    • Trainees, Faculty Receive Awards at Graduation Event
    • In Memoriam: Aslan Turer
    • Performance Evaluation Season is Here

    May 14, 2024

    • Three Faculty Named IDSA Fellows
    • Medical Students Receive Awards
    • Hoshida Advances Liver Cancer Research

    May 7, 2024

    • Resident Literary Journal
    • Matulevicius Accepted into ELAM
    • Staff Members Take on New Roles

    April 30, 2024

    • Seldin Symposium Award Recipients
    • Bajaj Achieves Platinum Level in QI
    • Newton Receives Early Career Award

    April 23, 2024

    • HELP Program Honors Volunteers
    • Researchers Examine Disparities in Liver Disease
    • Foster Fellows to Present Grand Rounds

    April 16, 2024

    • Nobel Laureate Kaelin to Speak at Seldin Symposium
    • OHSU's Mansoor to Present Physician-Scientist Lecture
    • Postdocs Receive Physiology Summit Awards

    April 9, 2024

    • Vazquez Publishes Findings on CKD
    • Freeland to Participate in Emerging Leaders Program
    • King Receives NSAMA Administrator Award

    April 2, 2024

    • Jamshed, Wingfield to Serve AGS
    • Allana Participates in CRT Symposium
    • Lam, Kim Receive AHA Grants

    March 26, 2024

    • Syed, Kainthla Launch New Curriculum
    • CMRU Receives Team Excellence Award
    • Abreu Investigate Continuous Glucose Monitors

    March 19, 2024

    • Farr and Shah Elected to AUC
    • Faculty, Residents Inducted into Honor Society
    • Resident Match a Success

    March 12, 2024

    • McGuire Receives Bierman Award
    • King Elected to Advisory Council
    • Bollineni Named Assistant Director of Lung Transplant

    March 5, 2024

    • Odedosu Becomes Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
    • Zhang Appointed Associate Director of Clinical Research
    • Abraham Named Head of Fashena College

    February 27, 2024

    • Burstein Elected to AAP
    • Fudman Honored by Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
    • Hill and Colleagues Receive Collaborative Research Award

    February 20, 2024

    • Thinwa Accepted Into DOCS Program
    • Palliative Care Team Wins Tipping Point Challenge
    • Engelking Named AGA Fellow

    February 13, 2024

    • Styrvoky Appointed Director of Interventional Pulmonology
    • Pak Symposium to Focus on Kidney Stones
    • Staff Members Take on New Roles

    February 6, 2024

    • Abramowitz, Drobycki Write About Postpartum Diabetes
    • Homebound Patients Get Vaccinated
    • Khera Discusses CMK

    January 30, 2024

    • Vemulapalli Elected to Executive Committee
    • Branch and Perales Achieve National Recognition
    • Khashami Publishes Book on MR

    January 23, 2024

    • Thinwa Continues Levine's Work
    • Agarwal Discovers New Role for Enzyme
    • Bat Convenes BMF Experts

    January 16, 2024

    • Williams Co-hosts New Podcast
    • Internal Medicine Research Conference Reboots Today
    • Hot Jobs

    January 9, 2024

    • O'Leary Co-authors Practice Guidelines for Liver Failure
    • Beckman Discusses PAD
    • Rashdan to Lecture on Cancer Care in Wartime

    January 2, 2024

    • Black Men White Coats Turns 10
    • Liao to Present Grand Rounds
    • Alumni in the News