Accolades
April 8, 2013 
"Good Grief! Charlie Brown" THI a winner for 5th straight year
Continuing a winning streak, the THI team won
"Best Dressed" at the 10th Annual BioHouston Chili Cook-off at the Bayou City Event Center.
The team was comprised of members of THI's Basic Science
Laboratories and Stem Cell Center. The theme, "Good Grief! Don't Have a Coronary, Charlie Brown," was carried out through music, dance, and Charlie Brown and Lucy costumes, highlighting THI's efforts in combating heart disease.
It was the fifth straight year that THI has won an award. See the pictures on Flickr. Learn more about BioHouston.
January 19, 2013
Health Care Hall of Fame adds three:
Cooley, Sengelaub and
Wegmiller to be honored for their achievements
Dr.
Denton Cooley, Sister M. Maurita Sengelaub and Donald Wegmiller have been chosen
as the latest inductees into Modern
Healthcare's Health Care Hall of Fame. The
three healthcare leaders will be profiled in the March 11 issue of Modern
Healthcare and will be honored at a ceremony
March 10 in Chicago. Read more . . .
March 13, 2013 Update
Video News: Live@ACHE 2013: Modern Healthcare Hall of Fame
Dr. Cooley, founder and president emeritus of the Texas Heart Institute, accepts induction into Modern Healthcare's Hall of Fame and recalls some highlights of his long career as a cardiovascular surgeon. View the video from American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
See also on this website: Profile of Dr. Denton A. Cooley
December 6, 2012
t-PA paper named among NEJM's Top 9
The 1995 paper announcing results of the first major trial showing benefits of a then-new clot-busting drug as a treatment for stroke has been voted one of the top nine papers in the 200-year history of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Dr. James Grotta, chair of the Department of Neurology at The University of Texas Medical School Houston was principal investigator of the Houston clinical site. The results of this study completely changed how stroke patients were treated . . . saving millions of lives.
"We need to develop new treatments that build on tPA, and develop systems to get these treatments to patients faster," Grotta said. "The other revolution in stroke treatment is to learn how to stimulate the brain's intrinsic recovery process." That revolutionary work includes research led by Dr. Sean Savitz, associate professor of neurology and director of the Medical School's Vascular Neurology Program, whose team is testing stem cell therapies to see if they can assist the brain in recovering from stroke. [See related article below.] Dr. Grotta and Dr. Savitz are both members of the THI Professional Staff, Neurology. Read UTHealth News.
November 2012
Dr. Herbert Fred, professor of internal medicine at The University of Texas Medical School, recently received the Laureate Award from the American College of Physicians (ACP), Texas Chapter. Dr. Robert Jackson (left) congratulates Dr. Fred during the society's annual meeting. Dr. Fred is Associate Editor of the Texas Heart Institute Journal and a regular contributor to each issue.
The Laureate Award, the highest recognition a state chapter can give, honors "those Fellows and Masters of the College who have demonstrated by their example and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, or research and in service to their community, their Chapter, and the American College of Physicians." For further details about Dr. Fred's distinguished career and recent award, see UTHealth News.
July 2012
THI Physicians Receive St. Luke's Medical Staff Awards
The Distinguished Scientist Award honors a member of the St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital medical staff for outstanding research, either directly involving St. Luke's patients or performed in the laboratory using samples derived from patients. The award recognizes creation of an imaginative, productive and sustained research program rather than a single successful experiment. The MacDonald Fund Committee is charged with identifying the award winner. The 2011 recipients are Joseph Coselli, MD, (left) and Scott LeMaire, MD, (right) for their important collaborative work in the area of cardiovascular medicine. Both physicians are members of the Texas Heart Institute professional staff.
May 2012
Dr. Christopher Higgins was named the Texas Heart Institute Tauber Outstanding Fellow for the 2011-12 academic year. He was chosen from among the class of third-year fellows by the THI teaching faculty, and is shown receiving the award from Dr. Edward K. Massin, Assistant Director of Cardiology Education. Chris has completed cardiovascular disease training at Baylor College of Medicine/St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, home of the Texas Heart Institute. He did his internal medicine training at Duke, in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Higgins will continue his training by doing an interventional cardiology fellowship at THI at St. Luke's in the coming academic year.
View photos of the Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society 4th Annual Symposium and pinning ceremony on flickr.
May 2012
Savitz honored for stroke work
In April 2012, Dr. Sean Savitz, UTHealth associate professor of neurology and THI professional staff member, received the Molly and Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award from the American Society of Neural Therapy and Repair (ASNTR).
Savitz, director of the Vascular Neurology Program in the Department of Neurology at UTHealth, received the honor in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of brain repair after stroke, according to the ASNTR. He was cited for his work in developing novel therapies for ischemic stroke, as well as his pre-clinical and clinical research focused on cell-based therapies such as stem cells to enhance recovery from stroke. Read the full story in scoop from UTHealth.
October 2012 In Memoriam: Dr. S. Ward Casscells
May 11, 2012
It's official: Houston has world-class entrepreneurs
At the Houston Technology Center 2012 gala, “A Celebration of Entrepreneurs,” six of the most celebrated entrepreneurs in their fields were honored. One of the most moving speeches came from Dr. S. Ward Casscells, a professor of medicine and public health at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, president of Know Med Inc., a senior scholar at Texas Heart Institute and a member of numerous other esteemed organizations and companies. The Houston Business Journal reports.
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Dr. Denton A. Cooley is congratulated by Dr. Charles Fraser, Jr., surgeon-in-chief at Texas Children's Hospital.
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May 3, 2012
Denton A. Cooley, MD honored at Texas Children's Hospital Dr. Denton A. Cooley, surgeon-in-chief and president emeritus of Texas Heart Institute was honored by Texas Children's Hospital Board of Trustees with a resolution honoring his lifetime contributions to children's surgery and to TCH. He was also honored by a City of Houston proclamation designating May 3rd as Denton A. Cooley Day, presented by City Council member Wanda Adams. On May 3, 1968, Dr. Cooley performed the first successful human heart transplant in the United States.
> See past accolades in the archive.
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