Surgery Research - News - 2011-2012
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Congratulations to Thelma Hurd, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
and Endocrine Surgery, who recently served as co-editor for a special edition of the International Journal of
Breast Cancer, focusing on research efforts on triple-negative breast cancer.
Download special edition articles. |
More about Dr. Hurd (5-15-12)
Our 2012 Student Summer Research Stipend participants: Congratulations to the following students and their Surgery faculty mentors for receiving funding from the Medical Dean's office for their summer research projects:
- Roy Byrd – Mike Corneille, MD, Trauma
- Cody Covington – Martin G. Schwacha, PhD, Trauma Research
- Brittany Embry – Ross Willis, PhD, Surgery Education, and Patrick Nguyen, MD, General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery
- Eva Galven – Martin G. Schwacha, PhD, Trauma Research
- Hannah Harrison – Dan Dent, MD, Trauma
- Claire McGroder – Patrick Nguyen, MD, General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery and
Bret Simon, Educational Development Specialist, UTHSCSA Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching
- Hari Mitra – Ross Willis, PhD, Surgery Education, and
Kent Van Sickle, MD, General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery
- Nathan Rubalcava – Ross Willis, PhD, Surgery Education, and
Mike Corneille, MD, Trauma
- Breanne Schiffer – Ross Willis, PhD, Surgery Education
(5-9-12)
Congratulations to Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, Director, UT Medicine Center for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery,
whose research manuscript, 'Management options for symptomatic stenosis after laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy
in the morbidly obese', has been published in the November 2011 epublication issue of
Surgical Endoscopy.
More about Dr. Peterson |
UT Weight Loss
(2-14-12)
Thelma Hurd, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
and Endocrine Surgery, and Thankam Sunil, PhD, UTSA, presented the initial results of
their project, 'Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Breast Cancer in South
Texas Counties', to community leaders and stakeholders in Del Rio and Eagle Pass
in January 2012. Over 2000 men and women from high needs colonias households
in Del Rio and Eagle Pass participated in the household survey study that
assessed factors that affect breast cancer risk, screening and treatment. This
is the first study of this type conducted in these communities. The project was
done in partnership with the Office of Border Affairs and Southwest Border AHEC.
More about Dr. Hurd (2-8-12)
Congratulations to Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, Director, UT Medicine Center for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery,
whose research manuscript, 'Quality of life after
sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding', has been published in the January 2012 issue of
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.
More about Dr. Peterson |
UT Weight Loss
(2-7-12)
Ismail Jatoi, MD, PhD, Chief of Surgical Oncology, quoted in an article, 'The true burden of cancer', in
IRIN News, an online publication of the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs. Dr. Jatoi comments on breast cancer clinical trials in lower and middle-income countries could
help boost tracking and prevention of breast cancer.
Read article |
More about Dr. Jatoi |
More about the Division of Surgical Oncology
(1-31-12)
Congratulations to Meenakshi Rani, PhD, Trauma Immunopathology Laboratory, whose
abstract entitled 'Myeloid Suppressor Cells Invade the Burn Wound Site Early after Injury' has
been accepted for an oral presentation at the April 2012, 44th Annual Burn Association (ABA)
annual meeting to be held in Seattle, WA.
More about Dr. Rani |
More about the Trauma Immunopathology Laboratory
(1-26-12)
Congratulations to Zhenyu Qin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Vascular Research, who has been elected
as a Fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research of the American Heart Association. Fellowship recognizes
excellence, innovation and leadership in the field of vascular research, as well as active involvement in the American Heart
Association.
American Heart Association |
More about Dr. Qin |
Dr. Qin's Vascular Metallomics Research Laboratory (11-15-11)
Congratulations to Research Scientist Meenakshi Rani, PhD, Trauma Immunopathology Laboratory: Under
the direction of Martin Schwacha, PhD, Professor of Surgery Research, Dr. Rani was awarded
2nd place for her poster, "Characterization of Unique Burn Wound T-Cell Populations Using Multi-
Parametric Flow Cytometry" at the October 2011 5th Annual FlowTex Conference in Houston, TX. Dr. Rani was also a recipient of a
travel award to attend this meeting.
Trauma Immunopathology Laboratory
(11-1-11)
Congratulations to General Surgery Resident Agustin Cornejo, MD,
who presented two research projects at the October 2011 annual meeting of the Texas
Society of Plastic Surgeons – 'The use of human acellular dermal
matrix in two stage expander-implant based breast reconstruction' 'Effect
of adipose tissue-derived osteogenic and endothelial cells on bone
allograft osteogenesis and vascularization in critical-sized calvarial defects'.
More about Dr. Cornejo
(10-25-11)
South Texas Research Facility (STRF) continues HSC tradition of translational research: Paula K. Shireman, MD, Professor of Vascular
Surgery and Vice Dean for Clinical and Translational Research for the UT School of Medicine San Antonio, explains the search for STRF
faculty who will reflect the translational research nature of the STRF. "We are excited about the possibilities of expanding
interdisciplinary research and believe that STRF faculty will play a major role in providing the transformational science
that will improve quality of health and life span," Dr. Shireman said.
Read Mission magazine story |
More about Dr. Shireman (8-19-11)
Congratulations to Zhenyu Qin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Vascular Research, whose manuscript
'Synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence microscopy reveals a spatial
association of copper on elastic laminae in rat aortic media,' has been
published in the journal, Metallomics, a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK.
Dr. Qin is the Director of the Vascular Metallomics Research Laboratory in the
Department of Surgery, UT School of Medicine San Antonio.
More about Dr. Qin |
Vascular Metallomics Research Laboratory (8-3-11)
Martin G. Schwacha, PhD, Professor of Surgery at UTHSCSA, appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the International
Journal of Burns and Trauma. The International Journal of Burns and Trauma (IJBT) (ISSN: 2160-2126),
is an open access, online-only
journal to facilitate rapid publication and circulation of novel discoveries in basic and clinical sciences of
burns and traumas. The scope of IJBT is intended to encompass that of multi-disciplinary researchers
from any scientific discipline where the primary focus of the research is to increase and integrate
knowledge about etiology and molecular mechanisms of burns and trauma with the ultimate aim of
advancing the cure and prevention of this group of diseases.
More info – International Journal of Burns and Trauma Editorial Board |
More about Dr. Schwacha |
Dr. Schwacha's Trauma Immunopathology Lab
(7-20-11)
