Scoop Logo

Camp counselors needed for Camp Ailihpomeh

Volunteer male counselors aged 18 years and up, who are energetic, sociable, enthusiastic, open-minded, enjoy camp experiences, and are willing to lead a team of children in many activities are being recruited for Camp Ailihpomeh.

Camp Ailihpomeh (hemophilia spelled backwards), a summer camp for boys with bleeding disorders, takes place July 19-25. The camp is sponsored by the Gulf State Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center and takes place in Bosque County.

For more information and an application, contact Ed Kuebler at Edward.J.Kuebler@uth.tmc.edu, 713.500.8370, or Sabrina Farina at Sabrina.Farina@uth.tmc.edu, 713.500.8354.

Scoop is a weekly electronic newsletter providing timely information to the Medical School.

Submit event items or news tips for Scoop by noon on Thursday preceding the week of publication in which you would like your event or news to appear (seven days in advance).

To submit content for Scoop, send an e-mail to scoop@uth.tmc.edu.


Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, M.D.
Dean

Brian Minton
Web Developer II

Darla Brown
Director of Communications
May 8, 2008
Produced by the Office of Communications

Advancing Women’s Health through Collaboration: Action & Advocacy in Texas

Dr. Nancy Dickey

Dr. Nancy Dickey

Dr. Nancy Dickey, president of the Texas A&M Health Science Center and vice chancellor for health affairs for the Texas A&M System, headlines this year’s TMC Women’s Health Network Advocacy Conference on Tuesday, May 13 from 11: 30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Dickey graduated from the UT Medical School in 1976.

The unique conference at Trevisio Restaurant features a luncheon at which Dickey will speak; roundtable policy discussions of mental health, violence prevention, obesity prevention, and access to care; as well as poster sessions on women’s health issues.

This statewide meeting is targeted to health professionals, researchers, health and advocacy organizations, and community members interested in working collaboratively to develop recommendations for health policy in Texas by using a "gender lens."

For more information on the conference and registration, please go to http://whn.library.tmc.edu. The cost for the conference is $50. The networking reception and poster session at 5 p.m. are free however registration is required.

For more information, go to the website or email info@whn.library.tmc.edu.

- R. SoRelle

2007-2008 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awardees

Anesthesiology
Dudley A. Chitty, M.D.
Oscar Ghelber, M.D.
Carin A. Hagberg, M.D.
Nicholas C.K. Lam, M.B., Ch.B.
Moeen K. Panni, M.D.
Evan G. Pivalizza, M.B., Ch.B.
Roy Sheinbaum, M.D.

Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Michael R. Blackburn, Ph.D.
Phillip B. Carpenter, Ph.D.
Alan E. Levine, Ph.D.
William E. Seifert, Ph.D.
Henry W. Strobel, Ph.D.

Cardiothoracic & Vascular
Surgery
Anthony L. Estrera, M.D.
Charles C. Miller, Ph.D.

Dermatology
Steven R. Mays, M.D.

Diagnostic & Interventional
Imaging
Chitra Chandrasekhar, M.B. B.S.
Emma C. Ferguson, M.D.
Manickam Kumaravel, M.B. B.S.
Sandra A. Oldham, M.D.
Clark W. Sitton, M.D.

Emergency Medicine
Yashwant Chathampally, M.D.
Joanne Oakes, M.D.
Gregory M. Press, M.D.

Family & Community Medicine
Michael A. Altman, M.D.
Carlos A. Dumas, M.D.
Grant C. Fowler, M.D.
Vijaya L. Mallela, M.D.
Phuc Duc Nguyen, M.D.
Chris H. Ojeih, M.D.
Omobolaji Olutimehin, M.D.
Bal Reddy, M.D.
Deepa A. Vasudevan, M.D.

Integrative Biology/Pharmacology
Jarvis T. Chan, D.D.S., Ph.D.
William P. Dubinsky, Ph.D.
Jeffrey A. Frost, Ph.D.
David S. Loose, Ph.D.
Edgar T. Walters, Ph.D.

Internal Medicine
Modushudan Bhattacharjee, M.D.
Eugene Boisaubin, M.D.
Laura A. Colletti-Mann, M.D.
Carmel B. Dyer, M.D.
Mark A. Farnie, M.D.
Fabrizia Faustinella, M.D.
Kevin W. Finkel, M.D.
John R. Foringer, M.D.
Francisco Fuentes, M.D.
Carolyn L. Gardiner, M.D.
Philip Johnson, M.D.
Gus Krucke, M.D.
Niraj N. Mehta, M.D.
Donald A. Molony, M.D.
Ikenna Ogbaa, M.D.
Bela Patel, M.D.
Stefano M. Sdringola, M.D.
Cheves M. Smythe, M.D.
Eric J. Thomas, M.D.

Microbiology/Molecular GeneticsAmbro van Hoof, Ph.D.

 

Neurology
Jaroslaw Aronowski, Ph.D.
Parveen Athar, M.D.
Mya C. Schiess, M.D.

Neurosurgery
John W. Crommett, M.D.

Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences
Pamela D. Berens, M.D.
Charles C. Kilpatrick, M.D.
Shahla Nader-Eftekhari, M.D.
Francisco J. Orejuela, M.D.
Pamela A. Promecene, M.D.
Karen M. Schneider, M.D.
Edward R. Yeomans, M.D.

Ophthalmology/Visual Science
Louvenia Carter-Dawson, Ph.D.
Judianne Kellaway, M.D.
John O’Brien, Ph.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery
Robert M. Lumsden, II, M.D.
William C. McGarvey, M.D.

Otorhinolaryngology-Head/Neck
Surgery
Samer Fakhri, M.D.

Pathology/Laboratory Medicine
Jeffrey K. Actor, Ph.D.
Diane L. Bick, Ph.D.
Roger J. Bick, FAHA, CBiol, MIBiol
Barry R. Rittman, Ph.D.
Keri C. Smith, Ph.D.
Margaret O. Uthman, M.D.

Pediatrics
Gurur Biliciler-Denktas, M.D.
Michael G. Braun, M.D.
Ian J. Butler, M.D.
Johnnie P. Frazier, M.D.
W. Keith Hoots, M.D.
Mark D. Hormann, M.D.
Kathleen A. Kennedy, M.D.
Amir M. Khan, M.B.B.S.
Shih-Ning Liaw, M.D.
Pedro Mancias, M.D.
Hope Northrup, M.D.
Ruben E. Quiros, M.D.
Keely G. Smith, M.D.
Nathaniel H.P. Strobel, M.D.
Robert J. Yetman, M.D.

Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation
Gerard E. Francisco, M.D.

Psychiatry/Behavioral
Sciences
Elizabeth H. David, M.D.
Nidal Moukaddam, M.D.
Sonja L. Randle, M.D.
Donna T. Rocha, M.D.
Dawnelle J. Schatte, M.D.
Nurun N. Shah, M.D.
Alicia B. Vittone, M.D.

Surgery
James H. Duke, Jr., M.D.
Stephen C. Gale, M.D.
Kenneth S. Helmer, M.D.
Lillian S. Kao, M.D.
Terry K. Scarborough, M.D.
Eduardo A. Souchon, M.D.
Drue N. Ware, M.D.

 

 

Dean’s Outreach Visit

metro

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dean Giuseppe Colasurdo, far right, visits with Dr. Marylee Kott '77, Dr. Sarah Galfione '06, and Dr. Alan Taylor '77 during his first Dean’s Outreach Visit with Houston-area alumni and friends April 29 at the River Oaks Country Club. Dean Colasurdo is visiting cities in Texas this year to gather insight from alumni, parents, and friends while sharing his vision for the future of the Medical School. More than 110 people attended the Houston event and the next outreach event will be in Dallas in September.