By UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH
Some have just started their career and others have been at The University of Texas Medical Branch for decades. So every year the hospital salutes faculty and staff who have achieved longevity milestones. This year’s Employee Service Day originally was scheduled for earlier this year but was postponed by heavy rain. The ceremony will honor more than 1,500 employees, ranging in service from five years to 45 years. And more than 500 employees will be recognized for “Going the Extra Mile” in their jobs. The event will be held on the Galveston Campus from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Levin Hall Main Auditorium.
On the cover
Three UTMB nurses recently wrote the cover story for the October issue of Critical Care Nurse. Odette Y. Comeau, Josette Armendariz-Batiste and Scott A. Woodby were the authors of “Safety First! Using a Checklist for Intrafacility Transport of Adult Intensive Care Patients.”
You call that a hormone?
The topic of the next SCI Café is “Consumer Product Chemicals that Impersonate Hormones — Yikes!!” and will feature Cheryl Watson, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and Dr. Phillip Lee, director of the division of pediatric endocrinology. The discussion begins at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at the MOD Coffeehouse, 2126 Postoffice St. in Galveston.
Angleton doctors join UTMB
Family Practice Associates of Angleton has joined the UTMB family. The clinic’s new name is UTMB Health Family Medicine, Angleton, and both Drs. Scott Rogers and James Veselka will remain at the same location, 136 E. Hospital Drive, in Angleton.
Ojo featured on national panel
Dr. Olugbenga B. Ojo, the chief medical officer at Hospital Galveston, recently was a featured speaker on a national panel discussion on Hepatitis C titled “Hepatitis C in Corrections: Innovations in Treatment and Management of a Public Health Challenge.” The discussion was organized by the National Institute of Corrections, an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons.