News and Announcements

Frost, Hanania, Katz cited as Best Doctors in America for 2009-2010
Abraham appointed to American College of Gastroenterology Board of Trustees
Venus Gines Speaks at White House Event Honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Baylor College of Medicine Sleep Center outreach project for teen health gets recognition from Houston Mayor
Martha P. Mims, M.D., Ph.D., appointed as chief of the Section of Hematology/Oncology
Dr. Lawrence C.B. Chan and Dr. Vijay K. Yechoor awarded Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research Award
Donna White, Ph.D. was approved for membership in the Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center
Dr. Hashem El-Serag was named co-director of the Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Program in the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at BCM
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Celebrated Press Ganey Win
Dr. Tony Eissa receives the 2008 Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research Award
Robert F. Todd, III, M.D., Ph.D. has been named the Margaret M. Alkek Distinguished Chair and Professor of the Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine Sleep Center receives accreditation and celebrates grand opening
AACH recently announced Dr. Paul Haidet as their 2008 Lynn Payer Award.
Dr. Laura Petersen selected as Member of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars National Advisory Committee
Dr. Aanand Naik received Clinical Scientist Development Award from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Martha P. Mims, M.D., Ph.D. has been named the Dan L. Duncan Professorships
Garrett R. Lynch, M.D. has been named the Dan L. Duncan Chair
Dr. Winifred J. Hamilton has been selected by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 2008 Regional Children's Environmental Health Champion Award
Department of Medicine - Gastroenterology Team Wins the "It's Our Clinic" Quality Improvement Contest
Dr. Laura A. Petersen has received grant award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Finding Answers program
Antone R. Opekun, Jr, PA-C receives national recognition as AAPA distinguished fellow
Dr. Tony Eissa has been elected as a member of the Association of American Physicians
2008 Housestaff Research Symposium Awards Winners
Dr. Hashem B. El-Serag has been elected as a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
Dr. Urbain Tchoua has recevied UNCF - Merck Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowship Award
Center for Gastrointestinal Infection and Injury Receives Competing Renewal Center Grant Award from NIH
Baylor College of Medicine's First Annual Summit on the Comprehensive Care of Women
Dr. Blase A. Carabello joins ACGME Review Committee for Internal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine designated as NIH Diabetes Research Center
Dr. Blase A. Carabello was elected as the President of Association of University Cardiologists
Katharine Breaux, PA-C was recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of AAPA
Dr. William W. Lunn and Dr. C. Kent Osborne recevied a grant for Lung Cancer Research Project from the Oden Foundation
Dr. Henry J. Pownall joins Editorial Board
Dr. Armin D. Weinberg was elected as Chair-Elect of the Texas Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition
BCM Adult Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Announces New Track
Dr. Guntupalli selected to receive the MACP