By UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH
Dr. Flora Hammond, professor and chair of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is this year’s winner of the Robert L. Moody Prize for Distinguished Initiatives in Brain Injury Research and Rehabilitation. Hammond, who also is the chief of medical affairs and medical director at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, received a $10,000 honorarium with the prize which was presented during the recent annual Galveston Brain Injury Conference at Moody Gardens in Galveston. The Moody Prize, which recognizes significant contributions in brain injury rehabilitation and research, is presented annually by the division of rehabilitation sciences in the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Health Professions and The Transitional Learning Center of Galveston.
UTMB doctors helping those in need in Honduras
Several medical branch doctors, residents and alumni recently provided free orthopedic care to young patients in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. They were part of a medical mission sponsored by the nonprofit organization Operation Rainbow, which provides orthopedic care to indigent children and young adults in developing countries. The medical branch team ran two clinics, examined more than 60 patients, and performed numerous specialized surgical procedures, such as club foot corrections, during a four-day visit. The medical branch participants included Drs. Kelly Carmichael, Kelly Stephenson, fifth-year resident Kevin Leffers and 2010 alumnus David Merriman.
Free skin cancer screening in Galveston
The medical branch’s department of dermatology will offer free skin cancer screenings from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Stewart Road Family Medicine Clinic, 6710 Stewart Road, Suite 100, in Galveston. The free screenings are offered annually in May as part of a national effort coordinated by the American Academy of Dermatology, to educate the public about the benefits of early skin cancer detection.