Memorial Hermann Hospital's Urology Team Earns Top Honors in US News Ranking

Memorial Hermann Hospital has achieved High Performing status in six specialties, with special recognition for their exceptional performance in Urology. Congratulations to our dedicated Urology team for being among the top six high-performing specialties at Memorial Hermann Hospital, as acknowledged by U.S. News and World Report. This recognition highlights the exceptional care and services provided to patients in the field of Urology. Keep up the excellent work in delivering top-notch healthcare to your community!

TSPS Annual Meeting Recognizes Outstanding Achievements and Honors Dr. Donald Parks

The Division of Plastic Surgery recently attended the Texas Society of Plastic Surgery (TSPS) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX, from September 8-10. Highlights of the meeting include multiple awards won by the team during the resident and student research day. Dr. Danielle Mumford, PGY-4 General Surgery, won second place for her clinical talk, and Dr. David Hopkins, PGY 8 Plastic Surgery, won the Cronin Award for best presentation by a senior resident. Praneet Paidisetty, MS3, won for best student poster at the meeting.

Dr. Donald Parks, former Chair of the Division of Plastic Surgery, was selected as the Texas Legend for the 2023 Meeting. This award is given as a lifetime achievement award for a senior member of TSPS who has provided exemplary clinical and academic work over their lifetime and remained actively involved in the organization. Dr. Park’s presentation entitled “A Career in Plastic Surgery And Then Some: Memories from the Beginning” was an absolute crowd-stopper, highlighting his incredible journey and founding of the Division of Plastic Surgery at UTHealth Houston and the Dunn Burn Center. Dr. Parks served as the Division Director of Plastic Surgery from 1985 -2013 and was the inaugural Thomas D. Cronin Chair of Plastic Surgery, an endowment that the Dunn Family Foundation sponsored. He worked closely with the Dunn Family to found and expand the burn unit at the Memorial Hermann TMC and led the service until his retirement. He also founded Camp Janus, an annual camp for children who have sustained burns, and has served hundreds of children in the Houston area.

BEST Course: Training Surgeons in Life-Saving REBOA Techniques

The Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) Course was developed to train Acute Care Surgeons in the use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA). During the course, participants learn about the scientific rationale, indications, and REBOA techniques to temporize life-threatening hemorrhage. The BEST course offers hands-on training with both inanimate models and perfused cadavers including ultrasound-guided common femoral arterial (CFA) access, percutaneous and open cannulation of the CFA, and CFA repair.  Laura Moore, MD, FACS, serves as the national co-director of the BEST Course and serves as course director for the locally offered BEST courses at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. In addition, Dr. Moore travels both nationally and internationally to run BEST courses at various institutions.

Publications of Note

Doucet J, Shatz DV, Kaplan LJ, Bulger EM, Capella J, Kuhls DA, Fallat M, Remick KN, Newton C, Fox A, Jawa R, Harvin JA, Blake DP, Bukur M, Gates J, Ficke J, Gestring ML; American Association for Surgery of Trauma Disaster Committee. Are trauma surgeons prepared? A survey of trauma surgeons' disaster preparedness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2023 Jun 28;8(1):e001073. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2022-001073. PMID: 37564125; PMCID: PMC10410846.

Hatton GE, Brill JB, Tang B, Mueck KM, McCoy CC, Kao LS, Cotton BA. Patients with Both Traumatic Brain Injury and Hemorrhagic Shock Benefit from Resuscitation with Whole Blood. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Jul 24. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004110. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37506356.

Mankame AR, Schriner JB, Skibber MA, George MJ, Cardenas JC, Cox CS Jr, Gill BS. Design and Development of a Clot Burst Pressure Device to Investigate Resuscitation Strategies. J Surg Res. 2023 Nov;291:646-652. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.07.016. Epub 2023 Aug 6. PMID: 37549450.

Schmidt S, Kim J, Jacobs MA, Hall DE, Stitzenberg KB, Kao LS, Brimhall BB, Wang CP, Manuel LS, Su HD, Silverstein JC, Shireman PK. Independent Associations of Neighborhood Deprivation and Patient-level Social Determinants of Health with Textbook Outcomes after Inpatient Surgery. Ann Surg Open. 2023 Mar;4(1):e237. doi: 10.1097/as9.0000000000000237. Epub 2023 Feb 21. PMID: 37588414; PMCID: PMC10427124.

Writing Group for the CODA Collaborative; Yang FF, Monsell SE, Davidson GH, Mogal H, Voldal EC, Fannon EEC, Lawrence SO, Krishnadasan A, Talan DA, Bizzell B, Heagerty PJ, Comstock BA, Lavallee DC, Carter DW, Skeete DA, Alam HB, Glaser J, Mandell KA, Uribe L, Neufeld M, Guiden M, Schaetzel SM, Reiter SA, Millas SG, Winchell R, Thompson CM, Self WH, Kao LS, Dodwad SJ, Salzman D, Kaji AH, DeUgarte DA, Siparsky N, Price TP, Victory J, Jones A, Kutcher M, Liang MK, Cuschieri J, Johnson J, Odom SR, Kessler LG, Flum DR. Appendiceal neoplasms in patients treated with antibiotics for acute appendicitis: secondary analysis of the CODA randomized clinical trial. Br J Surg. 2023 Jul 27:znad240. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znad240. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37499092.

Mankame AR, Sanders KE, Cardenas JC. Time-dependent changes in proinflammatory mediators are associated with trauma-related venous thromboembolism. Shock. 2023 Aug 28. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000002216. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37647085.

Puzio TJ. Come take call with me-a plea for action on gun violence. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Aug 18;25:100576. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100576. PMID: 37650074; PMCID: PMC10462859.

Cepeda A Jr, Johnson ML, Kelagere K, Obinero CG, Nguyen PD, Greives MR. The Limit Is Zero: A Prospective Evaluation of Ketorolac in Patients Undergoing Primary Palatoplasty to Reduce Narcotic Utilization. J Craniofac Surg. 2023 Sep 1;34(6):1713-1716. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009503. Epub 2023 Jun 29. PMID: 37381130.

Nguyen HT, Washington GN, Cepeda A Jr, Littlefield T, Obinero CG, Greives MR, Nguyen PD. Characterization of Regional Morphological Changes in Sagittal Craniosynostosis Following Endoscopic Strip Craniectomy with Post-operative Helmeting: Predictors for Success. J Craniofac Surg. 2023 Sep 1;34(6):1677-1681. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009433. Epub 2023 May 29. PMID: 37253235.

Eisenberg MA, Deboever N, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Hetz RA, Antonoff MB. Removing Implicit Bias From Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident Recruitment: Changing the Paradigm. J Surg Res. 2023 Aug 16;292:72-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.07.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37595516.

Stulberg JJ, Vu L, Huang R, Balbale SN, Yoo P, Tra P, Metcalfe LN. How Reclassification of Hydrocodone Combination Products Affects Dispensing. Hosp Pharm. 2023 Aug;58(4):323-325. doi: 10.1177/00185787231155839. Epub 2023 Feb 27. PMID: 37360213; PMCID: PMC10288461.

Mitchell DT, Obinero C, Ekeoduru RA, Nye J, Green JC, Talanker M, Nguyen PD, Greives MR. It's Hip to Go Home: An Evaluation of Outpatient Alveolar Bone Grafting in Patients with Cleft Palate. J Craniofac Surg. 2023 Aug 30. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009693. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37646360.

Hoffman C, Shah S, Mai M, Miller A, Banki F. Feasibility and Outcomes of Same-Day Surgery in Primary and Reoperative Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Sep 5. doi: 10.1007/s11605-023-05807-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37670107.

Boyev A, Jain AJ, Newhook TE, Prakash LR, Chiang YJ, Bruno ML, Arvide EM, Dewhurst WL, Kim MP, Maxwell JE, Ikoma N, Snyder RA, Lee JE, Katz MHG, Tzeng CD. Opioid-Free Discharge After Pancreatic Resection Through a Learning Health System Paradigm. JAMA Surg. 2023 Sep 6:e234154. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.4154. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37672236; PMCID: PMC10483385.

SOCIAL MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

Another week, another round of resident lectures! Here is Dr. Greives illustrating the pre-incisional markings of the rotation-advancement (Millard) method for bilateral cleft lip repair. We were also able to learn from his comprehensive video detailing cleft palate repair!

The Class of 2027 has settled in nicely on campus! Now, take some time to get to know the Newest Faces of #McGovernMedSchool. Over the next few months, we will highlight some of the amazing stories of students making up our newest class.

To learn more about our incoming class, visit the Newest Faces tab at the link in our bio!

Don't miss this month's edition of the Women Faculty Forum - Women in Medicine & Sciences Feature highlighting Michelle McNutt, MD, FACS, professor and Memorial Hermann Chair in the Department of Surgery! #McGovernMedSchool

To view the full feature, visit the News tab at the link in our bio!

Editorial Team: Dr. Lillian S. Kao, Dr. Casey B. Duncan, Dr. Peter A. Walker, and Dr. Elias A. Chamely

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