Texas Gov. Greg Abbott designated Alan Tyroch, M.D., as chair of the Governor’s Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC). Dr. Tyroch, professor and founding chair of surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, has served on the advisory council since 2012. He was reappointed to the council by Gov. Abbott […]Read More
University Medical Center of El Paso is the recipient of 25,000 surgical masks, through Actor Matthew McConaughey and his wife, model Camila McConaughey, on behalf of the Lincoln Motor Company. While the McConaugheys are the road trip, delivering more than 125,000 face masks to select hospitals across Texas, UMC’s delivery is currently enroute from Austin, […]Read More
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso‘s Hunt School of Nursing kicked off National Nurses Week by announcing all 86 students in its graduating class have completed clinical hours required for graduation. National Nurses Week, which begins each year on May 6 and ends May 12, recognizes the immeasurable contributions and impact nurses have on […]Read More
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and its clinical practice, Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso, have partnered with the Paso Del Norte Health Information Exchange (PHIX) to improve patient care in the Borderland. “TTUHSC El Paso and TTP El Paso have been close partners of PHIX for many years,” said Emily Hartmann, executive director for […]Read More
Salvador Cruz-Flores, M.D., M.P.H., professor and founding chair of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso’s department of neurology at the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, has been elected a Fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society. “We’ve done good work in El Paso in creating the Comprehensive Stroke Center,” Dr. Cruz-Flores said. “This […]Read More
On Wednesday, officials announced that University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) had received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. “UMC is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our stroke patients by implementing the American Heart Association’s Get […]Read More
On Thursday afternoon, officials with Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso announced that their doctors now perform a treatment for a heart birth defect that affects up to 25% of people. The procedure that closes the defect—known as an atrial septal defect, or ASD; and a smaller defect which causes stroke, called patent foramen ovale, […]Read More
On Thursday, officials with the University of Texas at El Paso and the University Medical Center of El Paso announced a new partnership that will bring new and greater access to pharmacy services for thousands of UTEP students. Through a new and innovative agreement between two of our region’s oldest and most dedicated organizations working […]Read More
University Medical Center of El Paso’s West Texas Regional Poison Center will be the site of a major medication/pharmaceutical Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, October 27, at the Poison Center located directly behind UMC. UMC Officials say, “Saturday’s “take back” gives the public the opportunity to do their part in […]Read More
70-year-old Alamogordo, New Mexico resident Steven Dutton was riding his dirt bike, when he hit a yucca tree with his handlebars and lost control of his bike. Steven fell over a 20-foot cliff and landed on a pile of rocks, breaking his hip. The injuries were serious and he was unable to stand. Steven […]Read More
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