University of Texas Health Science Center - IATRO Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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CHAIRMAN: THOMAS E. ANDREOLI, M.D. We Uberti 6 Rey Whedicine has over sevent file lies fbr ly corrlboon telercetedl! qepegé P ¥, y medicine as elle anboth claical GAdiowhapesearce This year Lan eiivere joined by T's, Pods CG Heth = e fa) Boo cap ly Gai of hele viacon of Kheumato logy and Claas Immunology. Donelt cameo the py arlment from the bhns eee kins Wicditad euchaal and. has Bead, develo ref impressive Elaical, research, P ee. ¥ Uys if and fellowship programs. Ws focus of the Wiedivins program remains the GE oon Staff and Student programs. Beginning in 1985, third year predira Calacents are rotaling through brackenridge Hospital in Austin as welling berry: Hos, ital S7. GiephiNos ‘ale land. MD. Anderson 2Moipital and. Jamar Veal lalete Cn aver che iff (4 “fd ies creasing med oe of YU. het: Mouslon aludents choose Wiedicine aialcareeriand beck residency training either in our own or other high gualily Selomal Wedizine programs. he Department “sg extremely pleased withthe residency opportunities in WW edicine thal students oblain and. their subseguent performance as eMouse Offers. Of the Pasidents completing the program, approximately girly percent enter subspecially training, aadiinithe past year a unten of, former graduates avetreturnedite UT. VWSAL leaching Services as allending physicians both in General Sie Whdicine and. ths subs, ecvat ed ip HERMANN HOSPITAL.

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PAMILY PRACTICE AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE ACTING CHAIRMAN: HAROLD PRUESSNER, M.D. The Department of Family Practice and Community Wiedicine has fourteen full-time and six part-lime facully members. He department fainted invelus dent leaching on various Luels of the medical, dchool, pil, The sentor class has a mandatory one month rotation in Family Vedisine: ke department also offers 32 Plical: electives during lhetcentor ear, and thes year a (Medd of 274 students signed up for these electives. Ds department has facully who serve on the Admissions Committes and the Student Promotion and Cvaluation Commillee. Mp one Wikler Professor, holds hater mintatnalive responsibilily of Ure President for Health Mfairs and Senior Executive Associate in the Office of the President, cre! o's Sam Vion, Professor, serves alia in the Office of the President as Special Assistant for Governmental and Professional Relations and serves in the Office Md MeiDean oy the Wedical School as Assistant! Dean ARO for Continuing Cilacaliant L TIOUS DISEASES AND CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY CHAIRMAN: HERBERT L. DUPONT, M.D. he Program in Infectious Lisea ses and Claual Microbiology 5 responsible for educational programs in microbiology and infectious diseases. basic sctence and Clinical facully leach the basic sctence microbiology course which em- phasizes the medically important microorganisms, host- microorganism interactions, lends Vlnccate applications. A fourth year ical. elective in infectious diseases with care of, patients al SS prey Hospital and UMD. Onderson Hospital and Thee In stitule ‘5 offered. SH ation students in Sel! Wiedicine are ex osed lo infectious diseate Elaciat roalems af Hid he rman, Wemartal: Scethiest: and. BS? poseph Hospitals, Research interests faclade breast milk immunity, enteric infec- ¥ tions, genetics of Pentiiiotic resistance, immunology of in ection by Herpes simplex ane Cryptococcus, White blood cell function, pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in hi ldcent ereh prevention of in- fection following penetrating abdominal trauma. ike program is particularly well known for its work concerning acute infectious diarrhea: 29

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NEUROBIOLOGY AND ANATOMY ACTING CHAIRMAN: JACK C. WAYMIRE, PH.D. ws major objective of the Department of Vhurobiology and Anatomy was the continued im- provement of the quality of three major courses laught by the department Lmedical and: graduate students. Cfforts undertaken to improve Gross Anatomy leaching through expansion and renova- tion of. the leaching labs proved to be extremely successful. BS 1984, Dy poe Wood, the founding (Dapper of the department, which was the first department of the hoot tendered his resignation. Eye nod wasinstramental inthe school 5 growth and development and wataloovone of the major contributors to the establishment of the present medical school complex. Sh is currently enfoying pursuit of his research interests within the department. Sa, pack Waymire me ee Aeling Chatrman unk a new chairman 5 jelected. Another major objective is the continued recruitment of strong academic r esearch acientists with the most recent appointments of Tb, rd Mec el Ausistant Professor, and. Paul EUG i Associate Professor. The department also strives for an increase in research productivity and ex- lpammirns funding of the faculs, ' Lonliniweds publishing of significant P2pers, cud! on-going respon- sibilities on eels and review panels. Kisearch funding in the department has increased by twenty-six percent over the previous year despite @reduction én the number of, faculty from sixteen lo Pnrelibes embers 31