🎉 Published! Dr. Princess Emeana (PGY-3) & Dr. Adeola Kosoko (UTHealth Houston EM) just dropped a fascinating peds case in JACEP Open 🩺 🧵 It all started with… a leaky belly button. 👇 Read more: 🔗 med.uth.edu/emergencymedic… #UTHealthEM #JACEPOpen #PedsEM #MedTwitter #FOAMed

🚀 Dr. Sam Beger, UT Space Medicine Fellow, completed FAA AME training in OKC! He’s now certified to evaluate pilots for flight fitness—bridging aviation + space medicine. ✈️🩺 Proud to see UT at the forefront of aerospace health! #SpaceMedicine #UTHealthHouston #AME

🚑💥 Major props to the EMS team for crushing it at today’s conference! Their powerhouse talk on emergency management during an Ironman race was 🔥💪 Insightful, inspiring, and all-around epic. 👏👏 #EMS #EmergencyMedicine #IronmanRace #PrehospitalCare #EM #FirstResponders #uth

We’ve been on the move at UTHealth-Houston Emergency Medicine! 🚨 🫀 Shock Symposium + ECMO 🌌 Space Medicine talk w/ Dr. Lehnhardt 📚 Grand Rounds w/ Dr. Weinstock 👟 Walk with a Doc led by Dr. Luber #uthealthem #emergencymedicine #ecmo #spacemedicine #grandrounds #walkwithadoc #emlife #meded #doclife

Big congrats to Ryan Johnson, PGY-2, for winning Best Research in Texas for his TBI protocol cost-savings study at MHH-TMC! 🏆 He was also elected Resident Rep to the TCEP Board for 2025-26! 👏 So proud! #emproud #residentrockstar #tcep #emergencymedicine

🔥 From chill to sizzle: Dr. Hilary Fairbrother shares heat safety tips on KPRC 2 Houston! ✅ Stay hydrated ✅ Avoid peak heat ✅ Light clothing ✅ Take breaks ✅ Never leave kids/pets in cars Thanks for helping keep Houston safe, Dr. Fairbrother!

We’re proud to celebrate several award-winning projects from our department at the UTHealth–Memorial Hermann Quality Symposium! These achievements highlight our ongoing commitment to quality care and patient safety. 👏🏽 #uthealthhouston #emergencymedicine #qi #patientsafety

Dr. Nicolas Heft & Dr. Samuel Beger joined a discussion with Rep. Brian Babin on national security, U.S. space leadership, commercialization, and the critical role of space medicine. Big conversations driving the future of health in space! 🚀🩺🌌 #SpaceMedicine

🎤🔥 Same spot, even more chaos! Our annual EM Resident Roast returned to @hobhouston, and the laughs came faster than a code blue page. Huge shoutout to PGY3s Matthew Shopshire & Gunnar Reichenberger for hosting like pros. #uthealthem #emroast2025 #emfamily #residentlife

🚀🌌 Explore the frontier of medicine! Applications are open for the UTH Space Med Fellowship - a 2-year program blending clinical excellence with aerospace innovation—train in microgravity, eva sims & more 👩‍🚀🛰️✨ #spacemedicine #fellowship #houston #uthealth #emergencymed #nasa

Late one night in triage, a patient collapsed without a pulse. Dr. Nick Heft carried her to a CC room, where nurses, techs & physicians worked fast to save her life. Weeks later, she reunited with him, healthy & thriving. Teamwork saves lives 💪👥 #emergencymed #uthouston #em

✨💙 Happy PA Week 2025! 💙✨ Oct 6–12 we celebrate Physician Assistants 🩺👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️—compassionate, dedicated, and lifesaving every day! 🙌💛 From the first class in 1967 🎓 to today, PAs keep shaping the future of healthcare 🚀🏥 #paweek2025 #paweek #physicianassistant #medlife #uth

Our EM team stays ready for the most critical cases with ECMO 💉🫀, a lifesaving tech for severe heart & lung failure. From training to real cases, our residents and faculty deliver precision care when every second counts⏱️ #ecmo #criticalcare #emergencymedicine #uthealth #uth

🚀 Big congrats to Dr. Hannah Rosenthal, Space Medicine Fellow at UTHealth Houston, for presenting “Building the Pressurized Rover Medical System” with NASA's Johnson Space Center’s EVA & Human Surface Mobility Program! 👩‍🚀🌕 #uthealthhouston #emergencymedicine #spacemedicine #nasa #stem

Saluting Our Heroes this Veterans Day 🇺🇸 Today, we honor the brave men and women who have served, and continue to serve, in the U.S. Armed Forces. Your courage, sacrifice, and dedication to protecting our freedoms inspire us all. 🙏💙 Thank you for your service. ❤️🤍💙

🩺 Happy #NPWeek! (Nov. 9–15) 🌟 This week we celebrate the Nurse Practitioners who bring expertise, compassion & dedication to every patient encounter. 💙 Thank you for advancing care, education & outcomes across Houston and beyond! 🙌 #npweek #uthealthhouston #em

Yesterday was Dr. Ben Karfunkle’s last shift! 💙 Since 2018, he’s been a cornerstone of EM: Assistant & Associate Professor, Fellowship Director, Research Lead, and multiple-time Dean’s Teaching Award winner. We’ll miss him and wish him all the best! 🩺🙏

Our APPs led Stop the Bleed training for students from the Center for Interprofessional Collaboration (CIPC) during MCI drills! 💉🩺👐 Thanks to EMS Fellows Dr. Wang & Dr. Forte for supporting this hands-on learning! 👏🚑 #emergencymedicine #appheroes

Excited to showcase UTHealth Houston’s Space Medicine program at the French-American Innovation Days! 🌍🚀 Dr. Nick Heft shared our research alongside Texas A&M, Rice, the French Consul General & Arts Et Métiers. So many promising future collaborations! 🤝🔬 #spacemed #research

UTH CORE x YMCA West Orem! 💚 Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for CPR/AED training 🤸❤️🙌. Big learning moment for many of our elders 🧓 on how hands-only CPR 💢 can save a life before EMS arrives 🫶🚑. Special thanks to Dr. Johnson, Tony Harrison, and SSEM! 💪✨ #uthcore