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Honors

Emina Huang, M.D., was named the Doyle L. Sharp, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Surgical Research.

Announcements

Deborah Carlson, Ph.D., was elected to the burn science advisory panel of the American Burn Association.

Michelle Ju, M.D., received her master's degree in public health from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She was also selected to be a member of the Delta Omega Honorary Society at the university’s Rollins School of Public Health.

Caroline Park, M.D., was invited to join the program review committee of the American College of Surgeons Accreditation of Education Institutes.

Michael Shih, M.D., and Bala Ramanan, M.D., were selected for the Society for Vascular Surgery Leadership Development Program.

Robert Tower, Ph.D., received a Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research for his abstract, Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals a Role for Sensory Nerves in Preserving Cranial Suture Patency Through Modulation of BMP/TGFß Signaling, which will be presented at the organization's annual meeting in October.

Podcast

Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, M.D.; Ryan Dumas, M.D.; Caroline Park, M.D.

Behind the Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Journal Review in Surgical Critical Care: Renal Dysfunction in the Intensive Care Unit

Presentations

Gerardo Gonzalez-Guardiola, M.D.

Current Management of Acute Type B Aortic Dissection

Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of Puerto Rico

August 15, 2021, virtual presentation

 

Sergio Huerta, M.D.

General Anesthesia Is an Independent Predictor of Long-Term Mortality in Veteran Patients Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repair; and the 100-Mile, 100-Degree Bike Ride and Actun Tunichil Mucknal (ATM) in Belize

Anesthesia grand rounds, VA North Texas Health Care System

August 17, 2021  Dallas, Texas (virtual presentation)

 

Michelle Ju, M.D.

Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Receipt of Palliative Care Among Patients with Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Annual meeting, Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association

August 2021  Miami Beach, Florida

 

Mitri Khoury, M.D.

Investigating the Role of RIPK3 in Venous Thrombosis

Annual meeting, Society of Vascular Surgery

August 19, 2021  San Diego, California

 

Endovascular Aortic Repair in Those Unfit for Open Repair

Annual meeting, Society of Vascular Surgery

August 19, 2021  San Diego, California

 

Thomas Schlieve, D.D.S., M.D.

Oral Cancer and the Role of HPV

Southwest Dental Conference

August 20, 2021  Dallas, Texas 


Medical Emergencies: Readiness, Recognition, Reaction

Southwest Dental Conference

August 21, 2021  Dallas, Texas

 

Dental and Oral Surgery Emergencies in the ER and Primary Care

Physician assistant program, University of North Texas Health Science Center

August 27, 2021  Fort Worth, Texas (virtual)

 

Oral Cancer and the Role of HPV

Physician assistant program, University of North Texas Health Science Center

August 27, 2021  Fort Worth, Texas (virtual)

 

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