Houston Chronicle Bay Area, May 22, 2008 The pharmacy staff at UTMB has received the UH Health Systems Site of the Year Award from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. Four physicians will be honored with the Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus Award during the School of Medicine's commencement on May 31. The honorees are Drs. John A. Menchaca of Fort Worth, Machelle M. Seibel of Newton, Mass., J. Marc Shabot of Galveston and the late Virginia Irvine Blocker. Dr. Eduard Orihuela has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Michael M. Warren, M.D. Distinguished Professorship in Urology. Dr. Tony S. Wen has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Howard and Lillian Becker Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Mabel E. Caban is the first to receive the Freeman Endowment Fund for the Development of Minority Faculty. Dr. John Whyte received the Robert L. Moody Prize during the eighth annual Galveston Brain Injury Conference. Whyte is from Philadelphia.