By UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH
The Children’s Clinic of Clear Lake and the Brazos Bone and Joint Clinic in Angleton becomes part of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston system today. The Children’s Clinic of Clear Lake, 333 North Texas Ave., Suite 4300, in Webster, is a 5,500 square foot facility run by Dr. Robert Quillin. It receives 3,500 patient visits a month with four physicians on staff across nine exam rooms.
The Brazos Bone and Joint Clinic in Angleton, 2327 E. Mulberry, is run by Dr. Craig McDonald.
It is 4,200 square feet with eight exam rooms and accepts 600 patient visits a month. The clinic will now be named UTMB Health Orthopaedics, Angleton. The partnership will help provide both clinics with updated equipment, access to a wider health care network for patients and UTMB benefits for employees.
Sports injury clinic offered Saturdays this fall
UTMB will offer a youth and school sports injury clinic from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturdays through Nov. 7 at the Specialty Care Center at Victory Lakes, 2240 Gulf Freeway S., in League City.
From bumps to bruises to knee pain, pulled muscles, twisted ankles or shoulder pain, the UTMB sports medicine team is specially trained to treat a full range of sports injuries.
For more information, please call 832-505-1200 or visit utmbhealth.com/sports.
Loftin wins Rising Star Award
Dr. Camille Loftin, assistant professor in the Physician Assistant Studies Department, School of Health Professions, recently won the 2015 Physician Assistant Education Association Rising Star Award. Loftin will be recognized during the PAEA Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. in November.
UTMB awarded $22 million grant
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has received a $22 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The Clinical and Translational Science Award will be implemented by UTMB’s Institute for Translational Sciences to support teams of researchers from diverse scientific disciplines working together to translate discoveries and innovations into clinical practices that improve health. The Institute is one of 62 currently funded by the highly competitive cooperative agreement. The new award recognizes the accomplishments that the ITS has made since first receiving a CTSA in 2009. Building upon the novel education programs, strengthened community partnerships and scientific advances of the program, the ITS has emerged as a leader in the evolving field of translational science.
“Multidisciplinary translational teams grew naturally here and have already made significant changes to the landscape,” said Allan Brasier, ITS director and principal investigator for the CTSA.
UTMB welcomes new students to campus
School started for 935 future medical professionals last week as new UTMB students participated in orientation activities across four schools. Students took in the UTMB Welcome Weekend event on Aug. 22 at Moody Gardens Convention Center, which included a community fair with over 100 vendors, a peer round-table session with upperclassmen and a lunch casino event. The following Monday saw students gather in Levin Hall for campuswide orientation with a variety of speakers from administrative departments. School specific orientation continued throughout the week.