2015 Article Archive

Teamwork with Rogers Stroke Center helps Vietnam memorial caretaker avoid lasting effects from stroke

 

An alert friend, a 24/7 phone consultation service tapping UT Southwestern Medical Center stroke experts, and an innovative procedure to restore blood flow to her brain helped spare Mary Alice Stam the lasting effects of severe stroke.

40 Years: Sandy Wittie

 

Sandy Wittie, celebrating a career that spans 40 years, is a walking witness to the people, the expansion, and the history of UT Southwestern.

40 Years: Helen Foreman

 

If you were trying to put together a list of the people who know best how to get around William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, then Helen Foreman would likely be high on the assembled collection of names.

40 Years: Patricia Campise

 

Patricia Campise of the Heart and Lung Transplant Unit has been at UT Southwestern Medical Center 40 years in part because of her co-workers and her affection for the patients who come to UT Southwestern to get new hearts and lungs.

35 Years: Maggie Pinson

 

Maggie Pinson is fluent in Spanish, and was when she became Director of the Office of International Affairs 35 years ago.

35 Years: Brian Curry

 

When Brian Curry turned 50 a few years ago, his fellow Department of Accounting employees commemorated the milestone with posters announcing the birthday, and the fact that he was “over the hill.” No offense, and none taken.

35 Years: Andrea Blanton

 

When Andrea Blanton, Account Auditor in the Medical Science Research Development Plan (MSRDP) celebrates her 35 years at UT Southwestern Medical Center, it will be a day like never before.

35 Years: Andrea Litton

 

Diners in the food court on UT Southwestern Medical Center’s South Campus might not even notice the lady who moves quietly from table to table cleaning the tables, moving trays, and changing the trash bags when they’re full.

30 years: MO-Z

 

Employees with last names MO-Z who have dedicated 30 years of service to UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Rogers Stroke Center site for test of implant aimed at restoring lost arm function after stroke

 

UT Southwestern Medical Center will be one of three national sites to pioneer U.S. testing for an implant device that stimulates the vagus nerve in stroke patients to see whether it can help restore lost arm function.