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Sports legends lend helping hands, arms to College
Roger Clemens Two sports legends, famous for cannon arms, now have thrown their support behind two patient care ventures at BCM. Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens and former quarterback Boomer Esiason championed various causes this past spring—sports medicine and cystic fibrosis, respectively. Clemens helped usher in the new Roger Clemens Institute for Sports Medicine & Human Performance, a collaborative effort between BCM, Memorial Hermann and The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. The Institute provides a multi-disciplinary approach by combining sports medicine, rehabilitation and orthopedic care with medically based human performance research and protocols. "I'm proud that the Roger Clemens Institute at Memorial Hermann has partnered with both of Houston's outstanding medical schools and faculty," Clemens said during an announcement in January. "I have the greatest respect for all of these people. This is just more evidence of our intent to build a sports medicine program that will be unrivaled anywhere in the country." 
Boomer Esiason Esiason was on hand at a March gala to drum up public awareness for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Therapeutic Development Network, to which BCM's Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center belongs. His son, Gunnar, age 16, has cystic fibrosis, a disease that can claim patients' lives before they reach adulthood. Thanks to recent advances in treatment, however, the life expectancy for people with cystic fibrosis has been steadily climbing. "It has become a medical miracle that we all live in," said Esiason, describing the intensive treatment regimen that his son and other CF patients endure. "Before I was in this world of CF, my goal was to win a Super Bowl. ... My goal now is not only that Gunnar will outlive me, but that he will become a father himself." |
FeaturesNewsBCM Cancer Center One of Select Few SpotlightBert O'Malley: A Pioneer in Molecular Endocrinology Making Sense of the Sense of Touch Severe Skin Conditions Take a Back Seat at Camp Dermadillo Health Economist Must Put Price Tag on the Priceless Doctor Creates Cartoon that "Bugs" Kids About the Risks of Tobacco BriefsLiving Longer is Smelly Business Clinical Trials for Cancer Southward Bound Green Tea Component Blocks HIV Cell Entry Genetics Technique Takes Bite out of Research Barriers Sports Legends Lend Helping Hands, Arms to College Development & Alumni NewsMitchell Gift Furthers Brain Research Lambert Receives Lifetime Achievement Award Kleberg Foundation Gift Establishes RNAi Screening Core Facility Alumnus Named White House Fellow
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