This week's topics include a polypill for HTN following stroke, clinical impact of rapid tests for gram negative bloodstream infections, is there any remaining role for Paxlovid, and treating acute sinusitis.

When local doctors need answers about a suspected blood cancer or bone marrow disorder, they can turn to expert help close to home: Attilio Orazi, M.D., FRCPath (Engl.), chair of pathology at Texas Tech Health El Paso, has received the Society for Hematopathology’s 2026 Berard-Dorfman Founders Award in Senior Leadership.

This week's topics include deprescribing PPIs, kidney function equations, stenting for DVT, and timing of exercise according to chronotrope type.

Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty member Rebecca L. Campos, M.D., FAAFP, was recognized with the Texas Tech University System Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award, one of the highest honors bestowed on faculty across the TTU System.

This week's topics include deprescribing levothyroxine, drug manufacturer coupon use, how low should cholesterol be targeted in those with heart disease, and hypertension in low-income patients.

For Nils Nickel, M.D., medicine isn't just about treating the patient in front of him. It's also about creating better options for the next patient who walks through the emergency room doors.

Texas Tech Health El Paso, in collaboration with its academic hospital partner University Medical Center of El Paso, was certified as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers on Friday, April 3.

In celebration of Texas Tech Health El Paso’s 2026 Days of Service, we invite you to give back to our community by supporting two meaningful donation drives happening April 6–24.

Texas Tech Health El Paso’s Days of Service is back: It’s your chance to make an impact while celebrating the power of teamwork and community.

The Texas Surgical Society, one of Texas’ oldest professional medical organizations, will convene in El Paso from Friday, April 10, through Sunday, April 12, for the society’s 216^th semiannual meeting.

A $250,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has funded the installation of secure lockers that provide nursing students convenient access to food, baby formula and diapers at Texas Tech Health El Paso’s Hunt School of Nursing.

It’s hard to believe the future can fit inside a single envelope. On Friday morning, 107 Texas Tech Health El Paso medical students held sealed envelopes that revealed where they will spend the next several years training as physicians.