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

Page 41 text:

PHARMACOLOGY CHAIRMAN: G. ALAN ROBISON, Ph.D. Bie most an heedt, pidivcdaal honor in the Sas arlment o bevvontalés D Serra yel was again ALN as the best tprred!! ear course 4 the 50, Vopare class. he g jis IY GY g EA tA fe dnnéten We yen’ PED CPE Moher Sp». Max Gost peceivedutha AS eth ‘Our new cul) Pera beralare Thyn. TH Bates, Weds Xnuhion KE Kose, cel! Kan during the past y y y Margareidge ders: from the ESaternational. Life pags: Ee ralitute: ee was Schouten recognized for his outstanding pesearch in loxicology, including notably his ucidulion of the mechanisms Paratieds in etal carcinogenest5. In addition,

Page 40 text:

PEDIATRICS CHAIRMAN: R. RODNEY HOWELL, M.D. Luring 1984-85 Tas, Elather A binson: a dysmorphologist, developed the Deze, Thratogen Srnite; ool Hels rhe a telephone information and referral service for pregnant women and heath care providers concerned about leralogen exposure during pregnancy. Sb. Eugene Ab beads Chief. of the bptetir of Mhonatology, obtained funding from the Wharch of, aby in 1984-85 to direct a Parinatal Onbreach Education Program. Sha program ts aimed specifically al working with community hospitals fo upgrade their skills and abilily bodeliver a high levels of, newborn care. ole UW MiamAorlon recetied a major grant from the Shriners Hospital, for Gippled Children to study the biochemistry nd eecien microscopy of honensiinhersled abeletalh dysplasias. Vee facully PrereoeEs aodeded! way RS ive Luescher By, Warily n Griffiths, rie ED Whi bac if Ship) Gleason, who was appointed Director of Prdatric Gastroenterology. The department received a major capital gift from lhe ouslon ChiLiren y Charity und fo support Th Gleason j efforts. ay jalellile office was opened in the Spring of 1985 for ambulatory eC PN be Eabthelnorlhwesiicred of the cily (. Oi W 1960). Ve office onthe pod de of the reguests of many physicians who practice tia We core ol fell it pA) be appropriate lo have pedialric subspecially Pani ahoas ratlable lacally fo herr patients. Hf me] | OOS INTERNAL PHYSIOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY CHAIRMAN: STANLEY G. SCHULTZ, M.D. Hs. Department of Physiology and CH Biology has achieved national: aryl in- Be iceiataas ade one was the first recipient of a Sele Scholarship hope in the Varnationata recognition for ils collective research accomplishments. hres piemnberd of ASAE of sae the department erat filed! among the 1000 most cited bing Cerenliitsinathaliort la fe rll During the past year hater Gard of the department published more thar seventy among the lop seventy-six physiologists in that group); four are currently recipients we papers in distinguished journals and two members served a4 Editors-in-chieff of The Research Career Development Awards from the Yational Institutes of Health; lwo American dournal of Physiology and Physiological Reviews. are recipients of Established Investigator Paards from the el mertcan park

Page 42 text:

PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES INTERIM CHAIRMAN: ROBERT W. GUYNN, M.D. Eofy alion, both pred tata jludent and postgraduate, continues lo be a primary emphasis of the Department of Py: hialry and Lchniioralecrnee? ie Department rec eived the award for the best clinical leaching department for the second consecutive year from the class of 1984 and was please al approximale ‘welve percent o, e 1985 gradualin d live y the cle d was pleased thal app lely twelve percent of th graduating Abe chose pry: hialry asa pecially, a rale of 4-5 limes the national average. The ground-breaking ceremony for the new Slate Hospital in the fall of 1984 was a mafor Pei lestore since this new facility Ghoul wesale in as muck asa sevenly per cenl expansion in the deparlment and its residency program. esearch continues lo be an emphasis and includes basic biological, armacological, neurochemical, chological, an Riearch continues te be memphis cal clei la bel gual phomel feel seen eG L eee sociologic studies. oe beginning of the development of a program in posttron emssion lomography, involving pe Vboralive efforts with the Department of Vhurology nd the bi fetiag: of Cardiology, promises fo give insights inlo func onal tivity of the [ire brains Ti bik al ace has had the added burden 0, bein the Bin My Yer: o, the entire medical shoot. g 7 SURGERY CHAIRMAN: FRANK G. MOODY, M.D. The Department of Surgery is comprised of the Divisions of Cardiothoracic, General, Veurological, Orthopaedic, Pediatric, Plastic and Keconstructive, Transplantation, and Urologic Surgery. These Divisions provide a diverse mix off patients for resident and medical student education. The learning experience is guided by forly fulllime and over one hun- dred clinical facully members. There is within all Divisions a strong commitment lo a high standard of patient care and lo the academic process of investigations and transfer of knowledge thal allows the accomplishment of this goal. The leaching programs al Hermann, WD. Anderson, Texas Heart Institute, St. Lubes, Southwest Wemorial, and St. posephs Hospitals provide a remarkable opportunity for advanced training in the surgical discipline. The surgical laboratories welcome student participation in their activities. 38