February 2021

UTHealth Alumni Community If you haven't already heard, we launched our official networking platform, UTHealth Alumni Community. With this platform, alumni will be able to stay in touch with fellow graduates, mentor current students, and expand your professional network. Get started in less than two minutes by importing your LinkedIn or Facebook profile. Register here >>

McGovern Medical School headlines See the latest stories from McGovern Medical School. Hill, Brown named to America's 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists Mayes earns Scleroderma Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award Inauguration Day a 'Lovely Day' for Nguyen, asked to virtually participate Reflecting on the coronavirus one year later

Alumni in Action Wiley "Chip" Souba, Jr., MD '78, ScD, MBA, was recently installed as President of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society's Board of Directors. Clifford Moy, MD '85, was recently elected as Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Shelby Melton, MD '04, was elected to serve a two-year term as Association for Molecular Pathology's (AMP) Membership Affairs Committee Chair and member of the Board of Directors. Joaquin Villegas, MD '16, was recently on Univision Houston Channel 45 to talk about how to kickstart healthy habits in 2021. Submit a Class Note >>

In Memoriam: Charles E. Cowles, Jr., MD '04 Dr. Charles Cowles, Jr., medical school and residency alumnus, passed away on December 26, 2020. He graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2004 and was an anesthesiology resident. Upon completing his residency, he began working as a neuro-anesthesiologist. Read more >>

Your Vote Counts – U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Reputation Survey  Each year U.S. News & World Report ranks nearly 5,000 hospitals across the country in their Best Hospitals rankings, including our primary teaching hospital - Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. Board-certified physicians in the 16 adult and 10 pediatric ranked specialty areas who claimed their Doximity profile before Nov. 1, 2020, are eligible to vote in the survey online. The survey is currently open and will close on March 26. Registered Doximity users wishing to participate in the online peer survey should: Go to Doximity.com. Click on the U.S. News call-out icon/graphic on the homepage Type in up to five hospitals in your specific adult field and up to 10 pediatric hospitals. Notes: The order in which you list the hospitals does not matter. You are able to list as few as one hospital if you choose to do so.

Upcoming Event Women in Medicine: Through the Decades Monday, March 29, 2021 6 - 7 pm CDT Alumnae discuss where their careers are 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years out from medical school. Register here >>

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