We are excited to announce that Dr. David Holmes has received a Professional Educator Appreciation and Recognition (PEAR) Award from Baylor College of Medicine students! Congrats!!

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Dr. Samer Mattar is at the Obesity Medicine Conference in Denver, CO. Having great conversations and building connections!

Baylor is a proud sponsor of this event.

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Drs. Ghanashyam Acharya and Crystal Shin have received a $1.2million grant from the Department of Defense for their project to develop a antifibrotic drug delivery system to to improve corneal wound healing for soldiers. Congrats!

Exciting findings in our study published in the 'Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine' reveal how wearable tech offers real-time feedback to surgeons, aiming to cut stress and prevent musculoskeletal issues. bit.ly/49Mfn66
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Distinguished as a leading cardiac surgeon Kenneth Liao, MD, PhD uses the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System for treating heart valve and coronary artery disease, Dr. Liao stands among a select few highly skilled robotic cardiac surgeons across the United States.

Shout out to Dr. Vivek Patel, assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery! He has performed the first robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at St. Luke's Health -The Woodlands Hospital.
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Welcome Dr. Shanda H. Blackmon to the Department of Surgery. Dr. Blackmon is a leading expert in minimally invasive thoracic surgery with more than 20-years of experience. We are very lucky she has joined the team here in Houston! Shanda Blackmon, MD
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We are so excited to announce that Dr. Shanda Blackmon, Thoracic Surgeon is joining the Department of Surgery next week! Shanda Blackmon, MD

'Too often surgeons think, 'The day I leave the operating room is the day my life as I know it has ended, we want to change that next chapter into something that physicians and surgeons will welcome as a new opportunity.' said Todd Rosengart, MD
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Featuring many including: Gabriel Loor, Katayoun S Madani MD MS FICS(Jr), Puneet Garcha, MD, MBA, and Livia Eberlin

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Congratulations are in order! Colton Andrews, MS3, was selected by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) as a 2024 AATS Member for a Day Program participant! Andrews is mentored by Ravi Ghanta, M.D.

Exciting News! R. Taylor Ripley, M.D., has received an R37 grant totaling over $3.3 million for the project “Targeting the Mitochondria to Overcome Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.”

R. Taylor Ripley, M.D. Thoracic Surgeon
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Congratulations to the NEW Texas Surgical Society Members! We are so excited for you! #surgery #WeareHouston #SurgicalSociety #BaylorCollegeofMedicine

Marc Moon
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Great conversations today at Texas Surgical Society #aortEd

Dr. Samar Mattar and Dr. Michelle Loor at the Texas Surgical Society this weekend!

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Congratulations to Dr. O.H. Frazier on receiving a
ASAIO Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to heart transplantation & cardiac-assisted devices over his illustrious career! Dr. Frazier will be honored at #ASAIO2024 .

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Dr. John Goss has performed many surgical 'firsts' in Houston, including the first split liver adult and pediatric transplants, the first adult living donor liver transplant, the first dual organ lung-liver transplant, and the first dual organ heart-liver transplant. #transplant

Dr. Brittany Rhoades (CNS) & Gilda Martinez (NP) presented 'Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease: What Every APRN Should Know' at the 2024 National Clinical Nurse Specialist Conference in New Orleans. Co-authored by Susan Green, M.P.H., the focus was connective tissue disorders!

Incredible News! Dr. Liao Receives $315,000 from the JLH Foundation to Impact the Future of Heart Transplantation. Kenneth Liao, MD, PhD

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