By UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH
The ribbon-cutting for the University of Texas Medical Branch’s newest hospital is at 4 p.m. today at the League City Campus at 2240 Interstate 45 in League City. Tours of the facility will be available after the ceremony. The state-of- the-art 150,000 square-foot hospital to serve patients in and around the League City and Clear Lake areas will begin admitting patients next month. The new hospital at the League City Campus is an expansion of health care services that are provided at the medical branch primary and specialty care clinics in the Bay Area.
Do you know Dr. Rogers?
Dr. Selwyn O. Rogers, vice president and chief medical officer, was recently named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “100 Hospital and Health System CMOs to Know.” The list is comprised of physician leaders who have demonstrated a commitment to improving and innovating patient safety and quality endeavors. Since joining the medical branch in 2014, Rogers has also served as assistant dean for clinical affairs in the School of Medicine.
Barrett recognized by national microbiology group
Alan Barrett, professor of pathology and of microbiology and immunology, and director of the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, has been elected to the 2016 American Academy of Microbiology Fellowship, a leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology. Fellows of the academy are elected annually through a highly selective, peer-review process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. Barrett will be recognized at a reception in Boston next month.
Wound clinic opens in Dickinson
The medical branch has opened a clinic that specializes in the treatment of acute, chronic or difficult-to-heal wounds. The clinic at 1804 W. FM 646, is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and closed on weekends. The clinic provides compression therapy, vacuum-assisted technology to close wounds, tissue replacement and hyperbaric oxygen therapy to promote faster healing. For information, call 281-967-7106.
Sarkar awarded $2.3 million grant
Partha Sarkar has been awarded more than $2.3 million from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to investigate how the genetic mutations responsible for Huntington’s disease drive the loss of muscle function and neurons characteristic of this degenerative, fatal disease. The mechanistic insights obtained from these studies may identify molecular targets to develop therapeutic strategies for Huntington’s.