Surgery News
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)
View recent publications for the Department of Surgery here.