• $2.6 million raised at "Pumped" Memorial Hermann 2020 Circle of Life Gala; The Heartbeat of Houston

• Afifi elected as Secretary for TSVES & member of SVS Diversity Committee
• Afifi selected for 2020 Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award

• Cambiaghi wins Endovascular Challenge at CV Fellows' Bootcamp

• Eisenberg awarded the John P. McGovern Award
• Eisenberg selected for  2020 Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award

• Estrera named chair of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at UTHealth
• Estrera elected as president-elect for the Texas Surgical Society

• Irani selected for  2020 Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award

• Memorial Hermann & Harris Health rank best in class for clinical outcomes and addressing racial and income disparities in health care
• Memorial Hermann Katy earns straight A's in Patient Safety
• Memorial Hermann takes four spots in the U.S. News & World Report’s Top 10 Best Hospitals in Texas
• Memorial Hermann - TMC ranks 2nd as best teaching hospital in U.S.

• Miller leads task force to help steer UTHealth's response to COVID-19 research.

• Nguyen Appointed to the Editorial Board of Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
• Nguyen promoted to professor

• Oderich gives Presidential Guest Lecture at the Western Vascular Society 35th Annual Meeting

• Rascoe selected for  2020 Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award

• Safi presented with a Festschrift, celebrating his accomplishments and advancements in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

• Sandhu promoted to associate professor

• Saqib named program director for vascular surgery education

• Tanaka & Akers Selected for Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2020 Cover