- Patient Care
Grateful for every step
By Alex Branch Patrick May told his fiancé good night, walked down the hallway to his bedroom and fell soundly asleep. Hours later, he startled awake. “My legs wouldn’t move,” said May, 65. “From my waist down, I was...
- Education
Public health students begin new partnerships in Uganda
by Sally Crocker Scientists have long recognized the connection between diseases in animals and diseases in people. Tuberculosis, brucellosis and African sleeping sickness, for example, are common infections passed from livestock to individuals in some Third World countries. So...
- Our People
Going blue for a cause
By Jan Jarvis These days Linda Cunningham’s blue ‘do makes her look like a character straight out of a Dr. Seuss book. “I’ve asked people which character they think I am – Thing 1 or Thing 2,” said Dr....
- Education
A partner on the physician career path
By Jan Jarvis For five Saturdays, 35 students from economically disadvantaged high schools got a chance to see themselves as the physicians they hope to one day become. They sutured artificial skin, examined human hearts in the anatomy lab...
- Education
A milestone moment
By Jan Jarvis Minutes before opening envelopes that would determine their fates, UNT Health Science Center medical students Christine Langner and her boyfriend Matthew Bartow struggled to stay calm. “If we stay along I-35 that would be great,” said Langner,...
- Patient Care
Gifts keep Pediatric Mobile Clinic’s wheels turning
By Alex Branch Obstacle after obstacle kept a 1-year-old Texas boy from getting regular health checkups. He lived with his grandmother, who neither speaks English nor drives a car. His family didn’t qualify for Medicaid, and his grandmother didn’t...
- Education
TCU and UNT Health Science Center select dean for new M.D. school
Texas Christian University and UNT Health Science Center have selected Stuart D. Flynn, M.D., dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, as the founding dean of the new M.D. school the two institutions are establishing in Fort Worth....
- Education
Celebration and anticipation
By Jan Jarvis Match Day – the annual event where medical students learn which residency programs they will attend after graduating from UNT Health Science Center – is a cause for celebration and anticipation. With the opening of envelopes...
- Education
Commitment to care earns UNTHSC spot in magazine rankings
By Jeff Carlton UNT Health Science Center’s dedication to primary care has received national recognition for the 15th consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of medical schools. Among the magazine’s ranked programs, UNTHSC’s Texas College...
- Our People
Transforming a hospital in crisis
By Jeff Carlton When Dr. Michael Williams took charge as CEO of Hill Country Memorial in 2008, the rural hospital in Fredericksburg faced systemic problems. It was losing money every year. Patient satisfaction was low. Employee morale had plummeted....
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