Surgery News
Honors
Rachel Wooldridge, M.D., was inducted as a faculty member into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society at UT Southwestern. She was also selected by D Magazine as a Best Doctor of 2020.
Announcements
Courtney Balentine, M.D., led an Endocrine University seminar on How to Build a Research Program for the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.
Caroline Park, M.D., was accepted into the 2021 Leadership Emerging in Academic Departments (LEAD) Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Patricio Polanco, M.D., was selected to be a member of the pancreas cancer panel for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. He was also selected to be a member of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
Thomas Schlieve, D.D.S., M.D., served as the chair of the annual residents' conference of the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons on November 14, 2020.
Adam Yopp, M.D., was selected to be a member of the hepatobiliary cancers panel for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Grants
Caroline Park, M.D., (in collaboration with Ann Majewicz Fey, Ph.D., at UT Austin) was awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation as part of its National Robotics Initiative for Towards Customizable Haptic Co-Robots for Emergency Surgical Training.
Presentations
Sergio Huerta, M.D.
Non-Operative Management of Acute Appendicitis and the World Marathon Challenge
Anesthesia grand rounds, VA North Texas Health Care System
November 18, 2020 Dallas, Texas
Melissa Kirkwood, M.D.
Vascular Medicine in Vascular Surgery Training
Annual meeting, American Heart Association
November 13-17, 2020, virtual presentation
Benjamin Levi, M.D., and Amy Strong, M.D., Ph.D.
How to Build a Culture of Connection, Collaboration, Diversity, and Wellness
Early Career Development Course – Preparing for Practice
Association for Academic Surgery
November 6, 2020, virtual presentation
John Zuniga, D.M.D., Ph.D.
The Role of Long-Span Nerve Allograft in Reconstruction of the Mandible in Pediatric Patients
Stephen B. Milam Lecture, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
November 19, 2020, virtual presentation
View recent publications for the Department of Surgery here.