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- Congratulations to Sharmila Dissanaike M.D., Chair of @TTUHSCSurgery, on being elected as president of @Ameriburn. Dr. Dissanike has won more than 50 awards for clinical, academic & research excellence and is one of 24 female surgeons chairing a dept of surgery in North America.
- With great sadness, we share the untimely passing of our @TTUHSC School of Medicine Dean and Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs, Steven L. Berk, M.D. We extended our condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and all who knew him. ttuhsc.edu/president/presโฆ
- Happy 63rd Birthday to Bernard Harris, a 1982 graduate from TTUHSC School of Medicine! Harris, a former NASA flight surgeon and astronaut, became the first African-American to walk in space in 1995 on mission STS-63. #TTUHSCmed
- Today we welcomed 186 medical students in the Class of 2026 at our annual White Coat Ceremony! ๐ฅผ๐ #RedRaiderDoc
- TTUHSC and the School of Medicine are saddened to learn of the loss of 1995 graduate John Cheng, M.D. His heroic acts in Sundayโs shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in California reflected his dedication to service. It was heroism in its purest form.TTUHSC and the School of Medicine are saddened to learn of the loss of 1995 graduate John Cheng, M.D. His heroic acts in Sundayโs shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in California reflected his dedication to service. It was heroism in its purest form. kcbd.com/2022/05/17/ttuโฆ
- Congratulations to fourth-year @ttuhscmed students on our Lubbock campus who today learned where they will complete their residencies! Simultaneous #MatchDay celebrations were held at the Amarillo, Covenant, and Permian Basin campuses (as well as across the country). #Match2023
- Congratulations to Dr. Brittany Bankhead, assistant professor of Surgery and a @TTPhysicians trauma surgeon, on being honored with the very first @WomenSurgeons 40 Under 40 Award! ๐
- Congratulations to the @ttuhscmed fourth-year medical students in Lubbock who today learned where they will spend the next three to seven years as residents and what specialty they will pursue! At 11 a.m., students across the country open their envelopes together. ๐ #Match2022
- Congratulations to Sameer Islam, M.D., on being named Chief of Gastroenterology and new Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program. ๐
- Congratulations to John Pelley, Ph.D., MBA for being the first employee to achieve 50 years of service at TTUHSC School of Medicine! ๐ฅ We appreciate Dr. Pelley's commitment to the school & students and congratulate him on this great achievement!
- Today we welcomed the Class of 2025 to campus at our annual Scopes and Scubs Party where the 1st-year students received their TTUHSC branded stethoscopes, scrubs and other goodies! ๐ The class includes 180 students from 49 universities, chosen from 5K applicants. #TTUHSCmed
- Vadivel Ganapathy, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, was recently included in the latest edition of the Google Scholar Database as one of the worldโs most cited researchers in history, living or deceased! โ bit.ly/3euNQKw
