News

Residency Program Launches Professional Development Series

 

This year marks the first of a new lecture series for the general surgery residency program. In response to the changing field of medical education, the Department of Surgery implemented a professional development lecture series designed to give residents the opportunity to expand their knowledge base beyond the technical skills needed to become a leader in the field of surgery.

Dr. Joshua Gatson is Studying TBI

 

Assistant Professor Joshua Gatson, Ph.D., is analyzing fluid-based biomarkers like creatine kinase B (brain) in amateur and professional boxers in order to better identify traumatic brain injuries (TBI) immediately after they happen.

Sam Wang, M.D., Awarded National Cancer Institute K08 Grant

 

Assistant Professor Sam Wang, M.D., has received the Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) from the National Cancer Institute.

Recommended Readings

 

Two recommendations from the Department of Surgery on how to analyze data.

Burn Trauma Division Gets a New Name

 

The division of burn, trauma and critical care has been changed to the division of general and acute care surgery. The division was officially renamed in September of 2017.

New Parkland Hospital

 

Parkland Hospital has gone through some dramatic changes over the past eight years. The new 2.8 million-square-foot campus broke ground in October of 2010, and was ready for occupation by August of 2015.

Announcing the 20th Annual Research Forum Winners

 

Announcing the winners of the 20th Annual Surgical Research Forum in which residents present their work to a panel of faculty judges.

Hudson Penn Award Recipient

 

The award is in its 40th year, and is given by the Department of Surgery to a senior medical student whose performance in surgery and attitude toward the care of surgical patients represents the highest standards of UT Southwestern Medical School. The prize, which was established in 1979, is named for the Lee Hudson and Robert Penn families.

Bariatric Surgery Clinics

 

Obesity is a major health epidemic in the United States. As of 2017, the rate of both child and adult obesity hovered between 30 and 39 percent in Texas. Across the country, adult obesity topped 30 percent in 25 states. At UT Southwestern, patients have a number of multidisciplinary options to help them become healthier.

New Device Gives Hope to Patient

 

Four years ago, the FDA granted Carlos Timaran, M.D., permission to perform operations using an aortic arch aneurysm repair device. As of Friday, April 13, UT Southwestern Medical Center became the third facility in the nation to use the device and the first in the southwest.