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A place where dreams begin<br />
And minds grasp all the possibilities<br />
A place where service begins<br />
And knowledge expands<br />
And lives are molded<br />
Thank you El Paso for believing the sky is the limit – for our children and El Paso’s future<br />
A place where<br />
dreams
egin Research<br />
Table of Contents<br />
Leaders<br />
Building the Dream<br />
Development<br />
Faculty & Staff<br />
Education<br />
Patient Care<br />
Founding Dean’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
Chancellor’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
Governor Perry Visits School of Medicine for Ceremonial Signing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
El Paso School of Medicine Receives $50 Million Gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Lt . Governor David Dewhurst Tours <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
Medical Education Building Unveiled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
Accredited! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
New Development Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Rick & Ginger Francis Honored as Outstanding Philanthropists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
1 .5 Million Endowed Chair Honors Pedi Surgeon and Child He Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
Levels of Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />
Faculty Development/ Dean’s Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Senior Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Quality Service Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
New HR Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
El Paso’s Best Docs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
Undergraduate Medical Education<br />
Match Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />
School of Medicine Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Graduate Medical Education<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Residency Programs Accredited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Residency Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
Continuing Medical Education<br />
CME Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
Patient Care Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Leaders<br />
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Founding Dean’s Perspective<br />
<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
A journey of a thousand miles begins<br />
with a single step Lao-tzu<br />
Our choice to make a positive impact on the community each day<br />
– whether through interactions with our patients, our students, our<br />
peers or the public – is what has made our institution a success .<br />
The courageous actions and attitudes of many helped us reach for<br />
the sky – one step at a time .<br />
While watching the story of El Paso’s medical school unfold, I have<br />
logged thousands of hours in the presence of individuals whose<br />
hearts and minds were reluctant to face the odds, yet rather focus on<br />
the possibilities – and the work at hand .<br />
This not only includes our most visible supporters and donors,<br />
but specifically each member of the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Sciences Center faculty and staff that have made this institution a<br />
valuable part of the El Paso community for almost 35 years . With<br />
humble beginnings within the corridors of Thomason Hospital, we<br />
have grown to heights that still leave some silent with pride .<br />
Not only have we emerged as a thriving health sciences center, but<br />
also the only accredited four-year medical school on the U .S ./Mexico<br />
border – preparing to seat its first class in 2009 .<br />
As our efforts take a place in El Paso’s<br />
history, I hope they are viewed as a time<br />
when many truly believed and proved…<br />
the sky is the limit! Thank you El Paso!<br />
Founding Dean<br />
Jose Manuel de la Rosa, M.D.
Chancellor’s Message<br />
Across the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> System, <strong>2007</strong> proved to be a record<br />
year for fundraising, enrollment growth and advanced research<br />
initiatives . One of our proudest moments was the establishment of a<br />
four-year medical school at the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Sciences Center at El Paso .<br />
In August, it was announced that the El Paso School of Medicine<br />
would be named in honor of <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong>, president and CEO of<br />
Western Refining, Inc . <strong>Foster</strong> donated $50 million to the TTUHSC<br />
El Paso School of Medicine, the largest gift ever to be received by<br />
the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> System . As the only four-year medical<br />
school on the United States/Mexico border, this initiative will allow us to establish ourselves as<br />
the national leader in border health research .<br />
The <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine is a perfect example of what can be accomplished with a<br />
passionate vision and the collaboration of people like you – our faculty, staff, students, alumni,<br />
legislators and community partners . This truly is an exciting time for the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
System . I celebrate with you in this historic achievement and look forward to many more<br />
successes in 2008 .<br />
President’s Message<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center started with one<br />
man’s vision . More than three decades later, Governor Preston<br />
Smith’s dream has grown into a reality that likely has exceeded<br />
even his imagination .<br />
This has been an historic year in the life of our institution with the<br />
official celebration of the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences<br />
Center <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine .<br />
The achievement of excellence has required dedication and hard<br />
work from all elements of the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> family .<br />
Chancellor Kent Hance<br />
Thank you to our faculty, staff and students and especially to the El Paso community for your<br />
commitment and contributions . This is an exciting time in the life of this institution . I value<br />
deeply your continued confidence in the <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine . <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> is a<br />
special place with a compelling history and an exciting future .<br />
Exceptional work will take place within these new walls . As we continue to grow what Governor<br />
Smith began, we will continue to focus on excellence in education, research and health care .<br />
The <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine will be your legacy for the next generations to come .<br />
President John C. Baldwin, M.D.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Sciences Center President<br />
John C. Baldwin, M.D., began his appointment<br />
as president of <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center in August <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
Dr. Baldwin previously served as Professor<br />
of Surgery at Harvard <strong>University</strong> and<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer of the<br />
Immune Disease Institute, an affiliate of<br />
Harvard Medical School.<br />
Baldwin, a fifth consecutive generation<br />
native Texan, was born in Fort Worth and<br />
raised in Anna, <strong>Texas</strong>, near McKinney.<br />
Because of family business interests, he had<br />
the opportunity to spend considerable time<br />
in the El Paso/southern New Mexico area<br />
as a child and knows it well. He earned his<br />
bachelor’s degree from Harvard <strong>University</strong>,<br />
where he was one of 12 students to be<br />
elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honorary<br />
society as a junior. After graduating summa<br />
cum laude from Harvard, Baldwin was<br />
awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, under<br />
which he performed research at Oxford. He<br />
received his medical degree with honors<br />
from the Stanford <strong>University</strong> School of<br />
Medicine and completed his internship<br />
and residency at Massachusetts General<br />
Hospital in Boston. Later in his career in<br />
academic medicine, he succeeded Dr. Michael<br />
Debakey as head of surgical programs at<br />
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.<br />
He has served as Dean of Dartmouth<br />
Medical School and as the university’s<br />
Associate Provost for <strong>Health</strong> Affairs.<br />
Baldwin has extensive business experience<br />
in biotechnology and bioengineering,<br />
intellectual property, technology transfer,<br />
pharmaceutical and device start-up<br />
companies, health insurance, banking and<br />
non-profit organizations.<br />
A place where dreams begin<br />
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Building<br />
3<br />
Governor Rick Perry arrived on the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center campus on<br />
June 12, <strong>2007</strong> to attend a ceremonial signing for<br />
higher education legislation and celebrate the<br />
passage of the bill that provided $48 million in<br />
startup funds for the full, four-year El Paso School<br />
of Medicine . Perry officially signed the budget on<br />
June 15, approving the medical school funding<br />
that enabled the El Paso School of Medicine to<br />
hire the necessary faculty and proceed with the<br />
accreditation process to seat the first four-year<br />
medical school class in 2009 .<br />
Governor Perry Visits TTUHSC School of Medicine for<br />
<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Ceremonial Signing<br />
Saturday June 16, <strong>2007</strong>
Saturday Aug . 25, <strong>2007</strong><br />
School Named in<br />
Donor’s Honor<br />
<strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong>, president and CEO of Western<br />
Refining Inc ., donated $50 million to the TTUHSC<br />
El Paso School of Medicine, the largest gift ever to<br />
be received in the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> System .<br />
“We are so grateful to Mr . <strong>Foster</strong> for making an<br />
extraordinary gift to the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center at El Paso . His generosity<br />
and foresight will enhance the El Paso community<br />
and touch future generations of physicians and<br />
researchers as they pursue cutting-edge advances<br />
in border health and other health and health care<br />
initiatives,” said <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> System<br />
Chancellor Kent Hance .<br />
The <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine will focus on<br />
the following areas:<br />
n Training physicians capable of delivering quality,<br />
affordable health care<br />
n Offering superior health care for the community<br />
of El Paso<br />
n Creating Centers of Excellence for scientific<br />
research related to Border <strong>Health</strong> issues<br />
n Generating significant economic expansion in<br />
the El Paso region<br />
“Mr . <strong>Foster</strong>’s gift to the El Paso School of Medicine<br />
is an outstanding example of the support this<br />
community has shown <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Sciences Center . We are honored to be the recipient<br />
of such a generous gift . Its impact on El Paso will be<br />
profoundly positive,” added TTUHSC President<br />
John C . Baldwin, M .D .<br />
A place where dreams begin<br />
the Dream<br />
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Building<br />
5<br />
Lt . Governor David Dewhurst Tours<br />
<strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine<br />
Lt. Governor David Dewhurst<br />
expressed his continued<br />
support of the TTUHSC <strong>Paul</strong><br />
L. <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine<br />
on September 20, <strong>2007</strong>, after<br />
completing a tour of Medical<br />
Science Building I and the<br />
Medical Education Building.<br />
“I pledge to you my continued support to grow this medical<br />
school,” said Dewhurst.<br />
During the 80th Legislative Session, Dewhurst secured $48<br />
million in the 2008-2009 state budget to fund faculty for<br />
<strong>Texas</strong>’ first four-year medical school in 30 years.<br />
The appropriation will fund first- and second-year faculty at the<br />
medical school, completing the first phase of development and<br />
making full accreditation possible. The institution is scheduled<br />
to enroll its first four-year students in 2009.<br />
<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Accredited!<br />
After nearly 35 years of teaching <strong>Texas</strong><br />
<strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center<br />
medical students in their third and fourth<br />
years, caring for large numbers of patients<br />
from El Paso and surrounding areas in<br />
partnership with Thomason Hospital, and<br />
extensive experience in clinical research, the<br />
<strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine has been<br />
approved as a four-year medical school<br />
within the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> System .<br />
“This is a watershed event, a great<br />
milestone in the history of El Paso and <strong>Texas</strong><br />
<strong>Tech</strong> System,” said <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center President<br />
John Baldwin . “For nearly four decades, our<br />
El Paso campus has been a cornerstone in<br />
our medical education system at <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> .<br />
Now, the efforts of countless thousands of<br />
Medical Education Building<br />
citizens and community leaders of El Paso,<br />
philanthropists – large and small, public<br />
servants, the staff of <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> and<br />
Thomason, and the current students have<br />
been appropriately recognized . After more<br />
than ten years of visionary planning and<br />
hard work, they have achieved what they<br />
deserve – a full-fledged four-year medical<br />
school . It is a time for celebration and<br />
re-dedication to our mission of teaching,<br />
top-tier research, and patient care .”<br />
Founding Dean Jose Manuel de la Rosa<br />
expressed, “Thank you to the Liaison<br />
Committee on Medical Education (LCME)<br />
which is the national medical school<br />
accrediting agency, to <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center and the TTU<br />
System, to the <strong>Texas</strong> Legislature and its
Unveiled<br />
A ribbon cutting for the Medical Education Building (MEB) of<br />
the TTUHSC <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine took place on<br />
November 29, <strong>2007</strong> . The building is the second of three that<br />
will comprise the <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine . <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center administrators, local and<br />
state officials and TTUHSC at El Paso medical students were<br />
present to cut the ribbon at the MEB . “This is where our<br />
students will spend their days learning, studying, and training<br />
to be the best doctors in the region,” said Founding Dean<br />
Jose Manuel de la Rosa, M .D ., TTUHSC <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong><br />
School of Medicine .<br />
leadership, to our faculty, who have<br />
worked tirelessly in this long journey,<br />
and to all the people of El Paso .”<br />
The school has now entered into an<br />
agreement with the <strong>Texas</strong> Medical and<br />
Dental School Application Service, to begin<br />
accepting applications for the first class of<br />
students, to be seated in August of 2009 .<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong>’s <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of<br />
Medicine will, over the next several years,<br />
grow to accept some 80 students per year .<br />
Kent Hance, chancellor of the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
System, said, “We confidently expect<br />
El Paso’s medical school to be a national<br />
leader in education, biomedical research,<br />
and clinical care, and we are positioning<br />
the people and resources to make<br />
certain that it does .”<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> System Chancellor Kent Hance also<br />
honored local businessman, and namesake of the school,<br />
<strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong>, for his contribution to the School of Medicine .<br />
The four floors of the MEB comprise 125,000 sq . ft ., and<br />
include a student services area, cafeteria, food prep area,<br />
classrooms, a library, evaluation areas, small group rooms,<br />
clinical skills areas, simulation areas, basic science<br />
teaching labs and a gross anatomy lab .<br />
Saturday Dec . 8, <strong>2007</strong><br />
Wednesday Feb . 6, 2008<br />
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Development<br />
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Thank you El Paso!<br />
El Paso Supports the <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine<br />
The Infinity Capital Campaign far surpassed its goal with generous contributions from our<br />
community to establish the <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine . Contributions came in all<br />
amounts — some small, some large — and showed that El Paso truly supports its new<br />
four-year medical school . What a wonderful beginning! The <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine<br />
is committed to reach its full-potential as the national leader in border health.<br />
However, before the first class of medical students is seated next year, a great deal is left to<br />
do . We must be ready to compete with other medical schools for top students and experts in<br />
many scientific disciplines .<br />
Support from individual and corporate investors is<br />
needed to help recruit and retain top faculty, as well<br />
as to expand scholarship opportunities for qualified<br />
students, trainees and residents . Accomplished<br />
professors, scientists and researchers must be added<br />
to the ranks to teach and contribute to existing<br />
medical knowledge that will benefit healthcare<br />
professionals nationally . Newly established Centers of<br />
Excellence need to be endowed to fund the ongoing<br />
investigation of health care challenges that have<br />
afflicted El Paso for years including diabetes, obesity, and infectious diseases .<br />
Donor’s gifts are helping us to break this region’s healthcare confines, and provide a path<br />
toward a better future . Thank you for your ongoing support .<br />
Patricia Gonzalez is New Development Director<br />
Patricia A. Gonzalez, senior director of Development for <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center<br />
in El Paso, holds a B.A. in Journalism/Advertising and Public Relations from the <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Texas</strong> at<br />
El Paso, and will receive her Master’s in Communications this summer. She last served as director of<br />
Development for the College of Business Administration at the <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Texas</strong> at El Paso.
Rick & Ginger Francis<br />
Honored as Outstanding Philanthropists<br />
The dictionary defines philanthropy as “a desire to help mankind by donating gifts, services,<br />
or by providing other acts of generosity .”<br />
L . Frederick “Rick” and Ginger Francis have distinguished themselves as philanthropists<br />
whose gifts, services, and actions have helped bring to life the first four-year medical school<br />
on a U .S ./Mexico border in their hometown . And in <strong>2007</strong>, they contributed $1 .5 million to<br />
the <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine for a Regent’s Endowed Dean’s Chair . This gift will<br />
subsidize the salary of a dean who administers the School of Medicine and has a major<br />
interest in border health .<br />
For their continued support of worthy projects, the couple was honored by the Association<br />
of Fundraising professionals with the Outstanding Philanthropist Award .<br />
Pete & Anne Mounsey<br />
Honor Pediatric Surgeon<br />
Pete and Anne Mounsey left El Paso with a priceless gift – their son’s life . Twenty-four hours<br />
after arriving in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with their three children - eight-year-old Gracey and<br />
seven-and-a-half month old twins, Mary Sarah and Peter - their son Peter developed a<br />
life-threatening intestinal blockage . With no pediatric surgeon available, the Mounsey family<br />
waited 17 hours before boarding a flight-for-life plane which would return them to Denver . But,<br />
Peter experienced severe trauma during flight, and landing in El Paso, their child’s fate fell in the<br />
hands of one man – Donald E . Meier, M .D ., pediatric surgeon and a professor of clinical surgery<br />
at <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center at El Paso .<br />
“I’m going to give him the same care that I would give my own grandson, nothing less,” is what<br />
Dr . Meier said to the Mounseys after an ultrasound at Providence Memorial Hospital confirmed<br />
the need for immediate surgery . The surgery went well, and Dr . Meier spoke with the Mounseys<br />
at length, methodically explaining the surgery . After an intense recovery, they finally headed<br />
home to Denver .<br />
“Through all of our experiences, we’ve come to know that it’s not just what doctors do, but how<br />
they do it that truly makes a difference in people’s lives,” said Pete Mounsey . This led Pete and<br />
his wife Anne to honor the lifesaving work of Dr . Meier by establishing a $1 .5 million<br />
Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery .<br />
The endowed chair will enable the <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine to attract pediatric<br />
surgeons like Dr . Meier to El Paso and <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong>, support the teaching of outstanding<br />
patient care, and buttress research in the area of pediatric surgery .<br />
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Endowed Chairs<br />
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Levels of Giving<br />
9<br />
Endowment<br />
An endowment is the greatest source<br />
of financial security to non-profit<br />
institutions . It is used chiefly to support<br />
faculty and students and is valued<br />
because it provides stable income, free<br />
from shifts in government funding<br />
patterns, and third –party<br />
reimbursement rates .<br />
Endowments can support education,<br />
research, patient care and community<br />
service . Endowed funds are invested in<br />
long-term investments in accordance<br />
with Board of Regents policy .<br />
Fiscal year spending is based on 4 .5%<br />
of an endowment’s average market<br />
value for the previous twelve quarters,<br />
and is made available on a quarterly<br />
schedule .<br />
Endowed Chair - $1,500,000+<br />
An endowed chair is the most<br />
prestigious award an academic<br />
institution can grant one of its scientists<br />
or physicians . Chairs enable TTUHSC<br />
to recognize its most talented current<br />
faculty members as well as to recruit<br />
outstanding new members . Endowed<br />
chair holders are among the institution<br />
leaders setting the standards for<br />
research, teaching, and patient care .<br />
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Endowed Professorship- $500,000<br />
This endowment is funded at a<br />
lower level than the endowed chair . It<br />
rewards faculty who are doing an outstanding<br />
job of teaching or conducting<br />
research in their particular field .<br />
Endowed Lectureship- $200,000<br />
This endowment provides funds in<br />
perpetuity to offset expenses in bringing<br />
distinguished lecturers to speak<br />
to students and faculty of the TTUHSC<br />
<strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine .<br />
Library Book Fund Endowment<br />
-$100,000<br />
These funds will be named after the<br />
donor and monitored by the Director<br />
of Libraries at <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> . These funds<br />
will be used to purchase books or<br />
professional journals . This fund<br />
supplements the limited budget<br />
supplied to public institutions<br />
through state appropriations for<br />
special research publications .<br />
Presidential Endowed Scholarships<br />
- $100,000<br />
Presidential Endowed Scholarships for<br />
under-graduate study are awarded to<br />
outstanding entering first year medical<br />
students based on academic<br />
achievements, leadership in school or<br />
community activities . Recipients must<br />
obtain a minimum score of 30 on the<br />
MCAT admission exam .<br />
Research Endowments- $100,000<br />
Research at TTUHSC <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong><br />
School of Medicine focuses on border<br />
health issues, diabetes, HIV and other<br />
infectious diseases, migrant health,<br />
colorectal cancer, asthma, gastrointestinal<br />
conditions and psychiatric diseases .<br />
Endowed <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center<br />
Scholarships - $35,000<br />
Endowed scholarships are also<br />
awarded to outstanding entering<br />
students who are just below the level<br />
of Honors Scholars . The scholarships,<br />
while small in dollar amount, can have<br />
a major influence in convincing a<br />
potential student to attend our school .<br />
Endowed Scholarships- $10,000<br />
or more<br />
These endowments can be used<br />
for whatever purpose in needed by<br />
TTUHSC, as determined by the Regents<br />
and Administration .<br />
For additional information, contact:<br />
Patricia A . Gonzalez, Senior Director of Development (915) 545 n 6425
Senior Leadership<br />
Hoi Ho, M .D .<br />
Associate Dean for<br />
Faculty Affairs and Development<br />
Brian W . Tobin, Ph .D .<br />
Associate Dean for Education<br />
Faculty Recognition Banquet <strong>2007</strong><br />
The Faculty Recognition Banquet honors <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center at El Paso new faculty,<br />
faculty that have been promoted, and a Faculty of the<br />
Year winner – selected by his or her peers . At this year’s<br />
banquet, <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center<br />
Dean Steven Berk, M .D ., also honored El Paso faculty with<br />
Dean’s Awards .<br />
Manuel Schydlower, M .D .<br />
Associate Dean for Admissions<br />
David J . Steele, Ph .D .<br />
Senior Associate Dean for<br />
Medical Education<br />
Faculty of the Year Winner<br />
Miguel, Pirela-Cruz, M .D .<br />
Dean’s Distinguished Service Award<br />
Gilbert Handal, M .D .<br />
Jose Gonzalez, M .D .<br />
Associate Dean for<br />
Graduate Medical Education<br />
Kathryn McMahon, M .D .<br />
Interim Associate Dean for Research<br />
Kathryn Horn, M .D .<br />
Associate Dean for Student Affairs<br />
Frank Stout<br />
Dean of Finance<br />
Dean’s Clinical Science Teaching Award<br />
Jose L . Gonzalez-Sanchez, M .D .<br />
Dean’s Educational Innovation Award<br />
Hoi Ho, M .D<br />
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<strong>2007</strong> Employee & Quality Service Awards<br />
Rebecca Salcido Named HR Director<br />
Rebecca Salcido is the new Senior<br />
Director of Human Resources<br />
for <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Sciences Center at El Paso. Salcido, a<br />
native of El Paso, received a Bachelor<br />
of Arts with Honors in Psychology<br />
from Austin College in 1982 and a<br />
Doctor of Jurisprudence from <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> School of Law in 1985.<br />
Quality Service Award Winners<br />
Celina Mendoza<br />
Department of Family Medicine<br />
& Community <strong>Health</strong><br />
30 Years<br />
David Francisco<br />
Briones, M .D .<br />
Neuropsychiatry<br />
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Sonya Prado<br />
Department of OB/GYN<br />
Garrett Stephen<br />
Levin, M .D .<br />
Pediatrics<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center at El Paso held its annual Employee<br />
Service and Quality Service Awards ceremony on April 24, <strong>2007</strong> .<br />
Employees with five, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of service were honored .<br />
Individuals receiving the Quality Service Award were nominated for performing<br />
their jobs with passion and excellence . The award went to: Celina Mendoza,<br />
Department of Family Medicine & Community <strong>Health</strong>, and Sonya Prado,<br />
Department of OB/GYN . Two teams also won the coveted award: Lizette Garcia<br />
and Alice Martinez from the Department of OB/GYN, and Maria Imelda Ibarra and<br />
Nieves D . Guerrero from Building Maintenance .<br />
Quality Service Team Award Winners<br />
Lizette Garcia and Alice Martinez<br />
Department of OB/GYN<br />
25 Years<br />
Olga Josefina Ortega<br />
Radiology<br />
20 Years<br />
Irma Bejar<br />
OB/GYN<br />
Yvette Reyes<br />
UBCC<br />
John Haynes, M .D .<br />
Emergency Medicine<br />
Maria Imelda Ibarra and Nieves D . Guerrero<br />
Building Maintenance<br />
Leticia Salazar<br />
MPIP Business Operations<br />
Irene Moreno<br />
Surgery<br />
Rito Torres<br />
Human Resources
El Paso’s Best Docs<br />
Sixteen <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
Physicians made the list<br />
of El Paso’s Best Doctors .<br />
Best Doctors Inc . was<br />
founded in 1989 to<br />
provide greater access<br />
to the very best in<br />
medical information<br />
and care for individuals<br />
with serious illnesses<br />
and injuries .<br />
Best Doctors Inc . starts<br />
with a database which<br />
includes about 30,000<br />
physicians in more than<br />
40 medical specialties .<br />
The list is then pared<br />
down to local doctors<br />
who are recommended<br />
by their peers .<br />
Lorenzo Aragon, M .D .<br />
Dr . Aragon is an assistant professor in<br />
the Department of Family Medicine<br />
and Community <strong>Health</strong> .<br />
Hoi Ho, M .D .<br />
Dr . Ho is a professor of internal medicine<br />
with a specialty in infectious diseases .<br />
He also presently serves as<br />
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development .<br />
Garrett S . Levin, M .D .<br />
Dr . Levin is an associate professor in the<br />
Department of Pediatrics with a specialty<br />
in neonatal – perinatal medicine . Dr .<br />
Levin is board-certified in pediatrics and<br />
neonatal-perinatal medicine .<br />
Mary Spalding, M .D .<br />
Dr . Spalding is associate<br />
professor and Chairman of the<br />
Department of Family Medicine<br />
and Community <strong>Health</strong> .<br />
Jose Gonzalez-Sanchez, M .D .<br />
Dr . Gonzalez-Sanchez is a professor<br />
of obstetrics and gynecology with a<br />
specialty in maternal fetal medicine .<br />
He is also Associate Dean for Graduate<br />
Medical Education .<br />
Kathryn V . Horn, M .D .<br />
Dr . Horn is an associate professor in the<br />
Department of Family Medicine and<br />
Community <strong>Health</strong> . She also serves as<br />
Associate Dean for Student Affairs .<br />
Ricardo Perez, M .D .<br />
Dr . Perez is assistant professor in the<br />
Department of Family Medicine and<br />
Community <strong>Health</strong> . He has served as a<br />
faculty member since 1995 and as the<br />
Residency Program Director since 1999 .<br />
Alan Tyroch, M .D .<br />
Dr . Tyroch is an associate professor of<br />
surgery and Chairman of the Department<br />
of Surgery, TTUHSC at El Paso . He is also<br />
Chief of Staff, Thomason Hospital and the<br />
Trauma Medical Director of Thomason’s<br />
Level I Trauma Center .<br />
William Lee Hand, M .D .<br />
Dr . Hand is a tenured professor of<br />
internal medicine with a specialty in<br />
infectious diseases .<br />
Merle A . Ipson, M .D .<br />
Dr . Ipson is associate professor of<br />
pediatrics with a specialty in neonatology .<br />
Dr . Ipson is board-certified in both<br />
pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine .<br />
Jeffrey D . Schuster, M .D .<br />
Dr . Schuster is an associate professor of<br />
pediatrics with a specialty in pediatric<br />
cardiology . Dr . Schuster is board-certified<br />
in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology .<br />
Robert Vera, M .D .<br />
Dr . Vera is an associate professor and<br />
Chief of Gynecologic Surgery, TTUHSC<br />
at El Paso . Dr . Vera is board-certified in<br />
obstetrics and gynecology .<br />
Gilbert Handal, M .D .<br />
Dr . Handal is a tenured professor<br />
of pediatrics with a specialty in<br />
pediatric critical care, Chairman of<br />
the Department of Pediatrics and<br />
Residency Program Director at<br />
TTUHSC at El Paso . He is also Chief<br />
of Pediatrics at Thomason Hospital .<br />
C . Antonio Jesurun, M .D .,<br />
M .M .M .<br />
Dr . Jesurun is a professor in the Department<br />
of Pediatrics, TTUHSC at El Paso . He<br />
is board-certifired in both pediatrics and<br />
neonatal-perinatal medicine and has<br />
been director of Special Care Nurseries at<br />
Thomason Hospital since 1979 .<br />
Manuel Schydlower, M .D .<br />
Dr . Schydlower is a tenured professor of<br />
pediatrics with a specialty in adolescent<br />
medicine . He is also Associate Dean for<br />
Admissions .<br />
Marc J . Zuckerman, M .D .<br />
Dr . Zuckerman is professor of medicine,<br />
Department of Internal Medicine, and chief,<br />
Division of Gastroenterology, TTUHSC-EP .<br />
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Undergraduate Medical Education<br />
Match Day Moment<br />
On March 15, <strong>2007</strong>, at precisely 12 noon EST (10 a .m . MST),<br />
fourth-year medical students around the nation and Canada tore<br />
open envelopes holding the answer to their burning question:<br />
Where will I spend the next three to five years of my residency?<br />
The <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center (TTUHSC)<br />
School of Medicine Class of <strong>2007</strong> was very successful in the<br />
National Residency Match Program (NRMP) . The NRMP is<br />
operated by the Association of American Medical Colleges<br />
(AAMC) and is sponsored by the American Board of Medical<br />
Specialties, American Medical Association, American Hospital<br />
Association, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, and the<br />
AAMC . The NRMP oversees a computerized process that links<br />
choices of graduating medical students with preferences of<br />
Residency Program Directors .<br />
Overall, the 46 senior medical students at TTUHSC – El Paso<br />
obtained excellent training programs and 89% matched<br />
electronically . A majority of El Paso-based students (52%) went<br />
to training programs in primary care (either Family Practice,<br />
Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, or Pediatrics) and<br />
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67% trained in <strong>Texas</strong> programs . Six students trained in El Paso<br />
on the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong>/Thomason Hospital Campus .<br />
Academic Achievements<br />
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) National Medical Honor Society<br />
induction is a high distinction awarded to selected students for<br />
their scholastic accomplishment . Inductees in <strong>2007</strong> were Sarah<br />
Cooper, Matthew Higgs, Jennifer Johnson, Michal Klysik, Malini<br />
Patel, and Jeremy Saller .<br />
The El Paso County Medical Society also presented awards to<br />
recognize high academic achievement by medical students at<br />
TTUHSC at El Paso . Angelina Edwards and Rosser Powitzky were<br />
recognized for being the highest ranked students from El Paso<br />
in the Class of <strong>2007</strong> on the El Paso campus .<br />
Student Affairs<br />
The Office of Student Affairs supports the achievement of high<br />
quality educational experiences by third and fourth-year medical<br />
students as required by the Liaison Committee on Medical<br />
Education (LCME) through attention to the academic and career<br />
planning needs of the medical students on the El Paso campus .
School of<br />
Medicine Graduation<br />
Forty-six medical students from the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center at El Paso<br />
campus joined their peers from the Amarillo<br />
and Lubbock campuses for commencement<br />
ceremonies held May 19, <strong>2007</strong> in Lubbock’s<br />
United Spirit Arena . These 112 new doctors<br />
placed with residency programs at numerous<br />
medical institutions nationwide .<br />
<strong>2007</strong> Match results for the El Paso campus .<br />
Student Name Location Specialty<br />
William Abide Creighton <strong>University</strong>, Omaha, NE Internal Medicine<br />
Pelin Alkus Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Medical School, Houston, TX Internal Medicine<br />
Florence Amoro <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> HSC, Lubbock, TX Pediatrics<br />
Erin Angelos Conroe Medical Ed Foundation, Conroe, TX Family Medicine<br />
Nazia Baig Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Pediatrics<br />
Karl C . Bentley <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> HSC, El Paso, TX Transitional<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> HSC, Lubbock, TX Ophthalmology<br />
Blake Berryhill <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Texas</strong> HSC, San Antonio, TX Obstetrics/Gynecology<br />
Colin Bird Univ of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC Surgery<br />
Nancy Chokshi St . Christophers’s Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Pediatrics<br />
Eric Chudej McLennon County Family Practice, Waco, TX Family Medicine<br />
Ramzi Dakour Banner Good Samaritan, Phoenix, AZ Family Medicine<br />
Candida Delgatty Univ Colorado SOM, Denver, CO Fam Med/Swedish Med<br />
Jessica Drake National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD Internal Medicine<br />
Angelina Edwards Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Medical School, Houston, TX Internal Medicine<br />
David Gleinser Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Otolaryngology<br />
Adan Gonzalez <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Texas</strong> HSC, San Antonio, TX Internal Medicine<br />
Callenda Hacker <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> HSC, El Paso, TX Transitional<br />
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Physical Medicine/Rehab<br />
<strong>Paul</strong> Hansen Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Southwestern, Dallas, TX Neurology<br />
Tony Ho <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Texas</strong> HSC, San Antonio, TX Internal Medicine<br />
Heather Holder Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Southwestern, Dallas, TX Obstetrics/Gynecology<br />
Kenny Holder <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Texas</strong> HSC, San Antonio, TX Pathology<br />
herrie Jose Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Medical School, Houston, TX Transitional<br />
Veronika Karasek Banner Good Samaritan, Phoenix, AZ Internal Medicine<br />
Mohammed Khan <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> HSC, El Paso, TX Transitional<br />
Kim Lam Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Obstetrics/Gynecology<br />
Derek Lee <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> HSC, Lubbock, TX Internal Medicine<br />
Rebecca Liu Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Southwestern, Dallas, TX Internal Medicine<br />
Brian Maneevese <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> HSC, El Paso, TX Emergency Medicine<br />
Robert Martinez <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> HSC, El Paso, TX Emergency Medicine<br />
Bryant McNeill Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX Internal Medicine<br />
Kimia Mokhtari Tulane <strong>University</strong> SOM, New Orleans, LA Internal Medicine (P)<br />
Oschsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA Radiology<br />
Ravi Mydur John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TX Transitional<br />
Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Radiology<br />
Alex Olsen <strong>University</strong> Hospital, Jackson, MS Surgery (P)<br />
Namrata Patel <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> HSC, El Paso, TX Obstetrics/Gynecology<br />
David Payesteh Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Southwestern, Dallas, TX Anesthesiology<br />
Marc Pimsleur Univ of Florida Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL Emergency Medicine<br />
Drew Polson Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, Boise, ID Family Medicine<br />
Rosser Powitzky Univ of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK Otolaryngology<br />
LaJohn Quigley <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> HSC, Lubbock, TX Surgery (P)<br />
Henry Renteria Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Center, Tyler, TX Family Medicine<br />
Frank Ruda Tulane <strong>University</strong> SOM, New Orleans, LA Ophthalmology Research<br />
Shiloe Souza Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Obstetrics/Gynecology<br />
Michael Steadman UC San Diego Med Ctr, San Diego, CA Internal Medicine (P)<br />
Jason Tcheng Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Southwestern, Dallas, TX Surgery<br />
Vickie Wu UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Internal Medicine<br />
David Wyatt Univ of <strong>Texas</strong> Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Anesthesiology<br />
P = Preliminary Year<br />
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Graduate Medical Education<br />
<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center at El Paso is the sponsoring institution for eight<br />
residency programs including Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine,<br />
Neuropsychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Surgery and Transitional Year .<br />
We also co-sponsor an Orthopedics Residency program with William Beaumont Army Medical<br />
Center . There are 188 total approved residency positions . All residency programs are fully accredited<br />
by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) .<br />
The Office of Graduate Medical Education has the responsibility to maintain oversight of all<br />
residency programs, as well as the institutional accreditation for graduate medical education .<br />
The office works closely with the Institutional Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) so<br />
that all requirements of the respective programs are fulfilled . The GMEC has representation from all<br />
the residency programs, the house staff association, institutional administrators and hospital<br />
administration . The major participating hospitals involved in residency training include<br />
Thomason Hospital, William Beaumont Army Medical Center,<br />
El Paso Psychiatric Center and Providence Memorial Hospital .<br />
In <strong>2007</strong>, the institution received an accreditation visit that resulted<br />
in full accreditation for three years . The internal medicine and<br />
transitional year programs were also reviewed and accredited .<br />
TTUHSC at El Paso also received approval from the ACGME for a<br />
four-year radiology residency for graduates of medical school, to<br />
begin in the summer of 2008 . This is the first time in 15 years that<br />
a new residency program has been approved for the institution<br />
and is the first radiology residency within the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center System .<br />
TTUHSC at El Paso residents had the opportunity to present their<br />
research projects at the <strong>Annual</strong> Meeting of the Southwest<br />
Association of Hispanic American Physicians . This was also the first<br />
year the El Paso campus hosted the <strong>Annual</strong> TTUHSC Research Day,<br />
which gave researchers from TTUHSC and the <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Texas</strong> at<br />
El Paso the opportunity to share valuable knowledge, and in some<br />
cases, coordinate efforts . Awards were given to the best research<br />
projects by residents .<br />
Many residents and faculty members also produced publications<br />
in peer-reviewed journals .
Resident Graduation<br />
– Nine Docs Stay in El Paso<br />
Commencement exercises were held June 16, <strong>2007</strong> for 53 resident physicians<br />
who completed their specialty training in the nine residency programs on<br />
the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center at El Paso campus . William<br />
Beaumont Army Medical Center is the sponsor of the Orthopaedic Residency .<br />
Fifteen of the 53 resident-physician graduates chose to stay in <strong>Texas</strong> or New<br />
Mexico . Nine entered medical practice in El Paso . Two remained at <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
as faculty . Fourteen residents were accepted into fellowship programs .<br />
New graduates in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine,<br />
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery<br />
became eligible for specialty certification by American Boards of each<br />
specialty . Graduates of the Transitional Year Program proceeded to begin<br />
their training in one of these areas or other specialties .<br />
Emergency Medicine – 7<br />
Raul Carrillo, M .D .<br />
Jeff Chambers, M .D .<br />
Florence Chong, D .O .<br />
<strong>Paul</strong> Gilardoni, M .D .<br />
Aida Meza, M .D .<br />
<strong>Paul</strong>a Rossi, D .O .<br />
Mark Stilley, M .D .<br />
Family Medicine – 8<br />
Kari Ahnfeldt, D .O .<br />
Ana Arroyave, M .D .<br />
Elizabeth Kim, D .O .<br />
Jose Loaiza, M .D .<br />
Eribeth Penaranda, M .D .<br />
Luis Puron, M .D .<br />
Anitha Reddy, M .D .<br />
Adolfo Teran, M .D .<br />
Internal Medicine – 11<br />
Gilberto Garza, M .D .<br />
Nancy Hernandez-Martin, M .D .<br />
George Imuro, M .D .<br />
Andres Leon, M .D .<br />
Luis Martin, M .D .<br />
Renee Martinez, M .D .<br />
Alan Orellana, M .D .<br />
Rodrigo Saenz, M .D .<br />
Jaime Square, M .D .<br />
Miguel Vargas, M .D .<br />
Alfredo Vazquez, M .D .<br />
Resident Graduates<br />
Obstetrics/Gynecology – 2<br />
Genevieve Garcia, M .D .<br />
Sonia Rebeles, M .D .<br />
Orthopaedics – 5<br />
Russell Bear, D .O .<br />
Bryan Christensen, M .D .<br />
Terry Mueller, D .O .<br />
Patrick Smock, M .D .<br />
Scott Waterman, M .D .<br />
Pediatrics – 5<br />
Mohamad Hassan, M .D .<br />
Oscar Ingaramo, M .D .<br />
Yanli Tao, M .D .<br />
Mary Tocyap, M .D .<br />
Kumari Weeratunge, M .D .<br />
Psychiatry – 4<br />
Suhaila Al Haddad, M .D .<br />
Brenda Castells, M .D .<br />
Victor Cheang, M .D .<br />
Bachir Debba, M .D .<br />
Surgery – 5<br />
Francisco Agullo, M .D .<br />
Andy Adusei, M .D .<br />
Mentor Ahmeti, M .D .<br />
David Mokhtee, M .D .<br />
Alfredo Santillan, M .D .<br />
Transitional – 6<br />
Laxmi Atkuru, M .D .<br />
Michael Barker, M .D .<br />
Parita Bhuva, M .D .<br />
Thomas Bowden, M .D .<br />
Ryan Hernandez, M .D .<br />
Robert McGraw, M .D .<br />
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17<br />
Continuing Medical Education<br />
<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
The Office of Continuing Medical<br />
Education (CME) exists to serve<br />
the educational needs of several<br />
groups . These include faculty,<br />
community physicians in urban,<br />
rural, border, and underserved<br />
areas of West <strong>Texas</strong>, and in<br />
certain instances, the inclusion<br />
of national and international<br />
physician audiences .<br />
Within the context of the mission of the<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center<br />
School of Medicine, the Office of CME seeks to:<br />
n Provide continuing medical education opportunities for<br />
physician faculty at the <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center and physicians practicing in West <strong>Texas</strong> .<br />
n Assist regional practitioners in maintaining their basic knowledge and learning of advances in<br />
medicine, thus assisting in providing quality care to residents of the region .<br />
n Ensure the quality of educational programs by adhering to the guidelines and standards<br />
established by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) .<br />
n Utilize CME as a mechanism where faculty can report on appropriate basic science and clinical<br />
research with an emphasis on how such findings can improve the quality of patient care .<br />
The scope of CME activities encompasses primarily clinical subject matter, in risk management,<br />
ethics/professional responsibility, cultural diversity and health disparities, quality assurance,<br />
managed care, rural and border medicine and faculty development . This is accomplished with<br />
conferences, grand rounds activities, teleconferences, videotapes, Internet activities and other<br />
modes of distance learning .<br />
Accreditation<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for<br />
Continuing Medical Education (AACME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians .<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center takes responsibility for the content, quality, and<br />
scientific integrity of CME activity .<br />
Continuing Medical Education presents activities for educational purposes only . Participants are<br />
expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine .<br />
The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected because<br />
of recognized expertise in their field .
The Department of Research has entered a new<br />
phase due to great stimulus resulting from the<br />
Legislature authorizing major state monies to<br />
TTUHSC El Paso, the <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> endowment,<br />
and the LCME accreditation visits .<br />
The department moved from its planning<br />
phase, to implementing those plans . Major<br />
research faculty and staff recruitment also moved forward in <strong>2007</strong> . Recruiting directors for the<br />
School’s first Center of Excellence in Infectious Disease also began . The Center of Excellence<br />
opened in early 2008 with two new co-directors aboard - Manjunath Swamy, M .D ., and<br />
Premlata Shankar, M .D .<br />
Patrick Tarwater, Ph .D ., whose expertise is biostatistics, was also hired on as faculty . Recruitment<br />
of senior research staff for the school’s research core facilities also began, with the hiring of<br />
Lambert Ngoka, Ph .D ., as senior director of Proteomics .<br />
Beyond growth in the number of research faculty and staff, <strong>2007</strong> also brought in new research<br />
grant dollars to the <strong>Paul</strong> L . <strong>Foster</strong> School of Medicine and the community . The research faculty<br />
of the school submitted grants to both the Department of Defense and the National Institutes<br />
of Medicine, which were funded in early 2008 . These prestigious awards will bring important<br />
recognition to research in El Paso .<br />
Department of<br />
Research<br />
A place where dreams begin<br />
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<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians 545-6500<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Sciences Center patient offices are now<br />
united under one name and identity-<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians . This effort<br />
brings together more than 500 physicians across four campuses . It is the<br />
largest network of physicians and health care professionals in West <strong>Texas</strong> .<br />
A main component of <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physician is our doctors! For close to 35<br />
years, our physicians have served El Paso and West <strong>Texas</strong> . At the core of<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians are more than 200,000 patients served each year .<br />
Because our physicians are also teachers, they must remain<br />
up-to-date on new treatments and diagnostics, not only to care for<br />
patients, but to pass that knowledge on to medical students, residents,<br />
and physicians studying in fellowship .<br />
Our Offices Include:<br />
n Family Medicine and Community <strong>Health</strong><br />
n Internal Medicine<br />
n Neurology<br />
n Obstetrics/Gynecology<br />
n Ophthalmology<br />
n Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation<br />
n Pathology<br />
n Pediatrics<br />
n Psychiatry<br />
n Surgery<br />
n <strong>University</strong> Breast Care Center<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso<br />
also offers specialized geriatric care<br />
to patients 65 and over .<br />
<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Patient Care Summary<br />
Patient Care<br />
Hospital Admissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,000<br />
Deliveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,000<br />
Emergency Room Visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,000<br />
Trauma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,400<br />
General Information<br />
Full-time Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152<br />
Part-time Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36<br />
Clinical Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170<br />
Resident Physicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181<br />
Support personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729<br />
Medical Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117<br />
Clinical Visits by Department<br />
Community Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,946<br />
(Family Medicine)<br />
Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,752<br />
Family Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,929<br />
Internal Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,497<br />
Neurology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,733<br />
Neurosurgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957<br />
Obstetrics/Gynecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,630<br />
Orthopaedics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,869<br />
Pediatrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,263<br />
Psychiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,929<br />
Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,247<br />
Ophthalmology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,949<br />
<strong>University</strong> Breast Care Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,611<br />
Group Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220,312<br />
2006 Financial <strong>Report</strong><br />
State Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$16,983,862<br />
General Designated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,675,717<br />
MPIP Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$33,977,120<br />
Restricted Grants & Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,769,517
Central<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso<br />
4801 Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545-6500<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso – <strong>University</strong> Breast Care Center<br />
4801 Alberta Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545-6400<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso - Neuropsychiatry<br />
(Basement of El Paso Psychiatric Center)<br />
4615 Alameda Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532-2202<br />
East<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso – Pediatrics - East<br />
11861 Physicians Dr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855-9037<br />
Northeast<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso -Family Medicine Center<br />
9849 Kenworthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757-2581<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso – Obstetrics & Gynecology<br />
5229 Sanders Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751-8008<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso – Pediatrics - Northeast<br />
5229 Sanders Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751-8008<br />
School-Based Centers<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso -Montwood Wellness Center<br />
11950 Bob Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856-5760<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso -Child Wellness Center<br />
12583 Darrington Rd ., Horizon City, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852-1380<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso -Ronald McDonald Care Mobile<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856-5774<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians of El Paso -Tornillo Wellness Center<br />
19190 Cobb, Tornillo, <strong>Texas</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764-6194<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians Community Partnership Clinics<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians Community Partnership Clinic – Fabens<br />
600 NE 4th St ., Fabens, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764-6220<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians Community Partnership Clinic - Montana Vista<br />
14674 Greg Dr ., Unit 791, El Paso, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857-2638<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Physicians Community Partnership Clinic - Socorro<br />
313 Rio Vista Rd ., El Paso, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859-0817<br />
Locations