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October 28, 2013 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Shawn Parsley, DO (TCOM '94) Shawn Parsley, DO, a graduate of UNT Health Science Center's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, says that caring for the patient as a whole will be his guiding philosophy as the new president of the Texas Health Physicians Group. THPG is a nonprofit organization of 800-plus physicians, physician assistants,…
October 25, 2013 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Medical school enrollment at UNT Health Science Center has increased by 63 percent since 2006, positioning the Fort Worth osteopathic college to help address a growing shortage in primary care physicians. Fall enrollment in UNTHSC's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) is at 907 students, up from 857 a year ago. Fall enrollment in 2006…
October 24, 2013 • Community
Jean Tips, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at UNT Health Science Center, has been named one of the 2013 Great Women of Texas by the Fort Worth Business Press for her business, civic and social contributions to the Fort Worth area. Tips, who has led marketing and communications efforts at the Health Science Center…
August 30, 2013
When the call came that 150 seventh-graders couldn't attend school for not having state-required vaccinations, Laura Standish, RN, knew exactly what to do. Within three days, Standish, obtained vaccines from the Tarrant County Public Health Department, recruited volunteers, set up operations in the Morningside Middle School library and was leading a free vaccination clinic on…
August 29, 2013
Sue Sheridan's son has brain damage because his health care team failed to communicate and left his neonatal jaundice untreated. Years later, her husband died after his spinal cancer diagnosis wasn't communicated among specialists. Sheridan now works for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute in Washington, D.C. Her videotaped story introduced nearly 600 students to a…
August 28, 2013
The 25th Annual Pelham P. Staples Jr., MD, Educational Symposium will be held Oct. 17-19 in the Sheraton Arlington Hotel in Arlington, Texas. This year's topic for the symposium, conducted by UNT Health Science Center's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the ForHER Institute, will be new trends and controversies in women's health care. The…
August 28, 2013
Here are some sobering facts: More than 42,000 people will be hurt in traffic accidents this Labor Day weekend, according to the National Safety Council. A car accident victim may need 100 pints of transfused blood. Blood donation is more critical than ever, and you can help. What: Carter BloodCare blood drive, open to the…
August 27, 2013
Scholarship recipients Francesca Fong, Physician Assistant Studies, and Jarod Hall, Physical Therapy, with David Boren. If you needed help, Fort Worth philanthropist Ruby Dean, who died in 2010, was there - especially if you were a young person seeking a college education. Now, with an assist from her brother, she's still helping people. Four of…
August 26, 2013
UNT Health Science Center and the Interconception Care Committee of the ForHER Institute will join together to host a presentation and panel discussion about women's health care. When: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6 Where: Research & Education Building, RES-100, UNTHSC campus, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. What's in store: The presentation and discussion…
August 26, 2013
The UNT Health Science Center will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 2. Administrative offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3. All clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians also will be closed Monday in observance of the holiday. Regular clinic hours will resume on Tuesday. Hours of operation for the Gibson…
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