Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
UTHealth Houston celebrated alongside its hospital partner as Harris Health System broke ground on a new $1.6 billion Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital in Northeast Harris County that will enhance health care in one of the county’s most vulnerable communities.
Academic medicine is in her DNA, says Bindu Akkanti, MD, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Every day she goes to work, she is contributing to the development of the next generation of doctors and the future patients they will be treating.
Six UTHealth Houston nurses who have dedicated themselves to caring for others were named as among the best in the city in the Houston Chronicle's 2004 Salute to Nurses.
Katie Breece was a healthy, active 27-year-old professional from Seattle starting her career, living life, and never expected it to be upended by a stroke. She woke up one morning and began her day like any other when suddenly her life changed forever. What began as a transient ischemic attack (TIA) while in the bathroom getting ready for work quickly escalated to a full-blown stroke, leaving her facing a challenging road to recovery.
