The Breezeway Alumni E-Newsletter

December 2020

Happy Holidays from our Alumni Family!

Photos from members of the Executive Committee and staff of the Office of Alumni Relations

Serve as a Champion for UTHealth Alumni Community

UTHealth Alumni Community, our online networking platform, will be the easiest and best way to keep up with all that’s going on at McGovern Medical School. This free online platform will allow alumni to connect with fellow alumni and students. Stay tuned for the official launch of UTHealth Alumni Community.

What you'll do as a champion:

Encourage fellow alumni to register for the platform
Create and manage a group
Follow-up on mentor relationships
Provide feedback about the platform to the Office of Alumni Relations

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The Breezeway

Our special holiday edition of the Breezeway should be in your mailbox soon! You can also view this edition online.

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Dean Search Underway

The search is underway for a permanent dean of McGovern Medical School. The search committee is being co-chaired by Michael Blackburn, PhD, executive vice president and chief academic officer of UTHealth, and Eric Boerwinkle, PhD, dean of the UTHealth School of Public Health.

The committee is comprised of faculty from across UTHealth as well as UTHealth development board members.

McGovern Medical School headlines

See the latest stories from McGovern Medical School.

Alumni in Action

Matthew Ramage, MD '07, was recently featured in the Texarkana Gazette for Veteran's Day. After serving as a Flight Surgeon and Chief of Aerospace Medicine, he recently returned home and is now working at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic as a family practitioner.

Gloria Oyeniyi, MD '11, and Blessing Oyeniyi, MD '18, were featured in a Face2Face Africa story about their family's journey from Nigeria to success in the U.S.

Omonele O. Nwokolo, MD '06, and Nicole R. Gonzalez, MD '00, were recently named vice chairs for Diversity and Inclusion by McGovern Medical School.

Holly Holmes, MD ’00, was featured in a UTHealth article after donors made a significant gift in gratitude for the care they received from Dr. Holmes.

Zachary Jones, MD '10, was one of seven appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to be part of the Texas Medical Board District Two Review Committee

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