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Leading Primary Care
When Dr. Alexis Reedy-Cooper talks about family medicine, she speaks about creating opportunities for others to grow.
Continuing dual antiplatelet therapy, Alzheimer's, infections in US hospitals, and algorithms for diagnosing PE
This week's topics include continuing dual antiplatelet therapy after stenting, amyloid depletion in Alzheimer's, infections in US hospitals, and algorithms for diagnosing PE in people with cancer.
Hip prosthesis, pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory viruses, and GLP-1s
This week's topics include a dual-action prosthesis for hip replacement, a new inhaled agent for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, testing nursing home residents for respiratory viruses, and online GLP-1 prescribing.
Forensic Psychiatry Milestone
The inaugural fellows of Texas Tech Health El Paso's new forensic psychiatry fellowship were recognized during a graduation ceremony on campus in June, highlighting a program aimed at addressing shortages in forensic psychiatric expertise in our community.
Study Volunteers Needed
The Department of Emergency medicine is looking for 10 healthy Texas Tech Health El Paso student/resident volunteers who are willing to donate blood for a study that will measure changes in coagulation efficiency in refrigerated whole blood over a five-week period.
Technology to improve stroke outcomes, social media, and clinical management
This week's topics include technology to improve stroke outcomes, adult use of social media and health decisions, impact of social media ban on Australian youth, and an LLM to augment clinical management in a low resource setting.
Residents Champion Wellness
A wellness program designed by Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso at Transmountain’s Family Medicine Residency Program beat out 65 other proposals to become one of only three funded nationwide. The people who chose it say El Paso's border identity is exactly why it rose to the top.
Top Scientists Recognized
Six Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty members appear on the Stanford-Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List, an annual bibliometric ranking developed by Stanford University researcher John P.A. Ioannidis and colleagues to measure research citation impact across 22 scientific fields.
Brain development in kids, multimorbidity, childhood obesity, and prehabilitation
This week's topics include SES and brain development in kids, lifestyle changes and multimobidity, food labeling and childhood obesity, and prehabilitation in elders.
Medical Futures Advance
On June 17, Texas Tech Health El Paso and The University of Texas at El Paso recognized six accomplished high school seniors who have been selected for the fourth MedFuture cohort.
Advanced Wound Care
June is Wound Healing Awareness month, and Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso wants Borderplex residents to know specialists such as Brittany Shoemake, M.D., can help patients with chronic wounds reclaim their health.
Rising Through Service
Ana Alvarado is a friendly face just about everyone on the Texas Tech Health El Paso campus sees, knows and respects. She joined the General Services team as its first female member back in September of 2008. Since then, she and the department have climbed the ladder of success at Texas Tech Health El Paso.
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