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New fellow keeps Performing Arts Medicine at UNT Health Clinical Practice Group and TCOM hitting...

Ricardo Fuentes, MD, isn’t your prototypical fellow. He is from Colombia, graduated from the Escuela Colombiana de Medicina, has specialized in internal medicine and rheumatology, has practiced in Atlanta and Puerto Rico, and completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Oh, and did we mention he’s also…
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UNT Health announces kickoff for new master’s program in clinical nutrition

UNT Health Fort Worth is celebrating its new Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition program with an event featuring Fort Worth City Councilwoman Macy Hill as the guest speaker, a panel discussion, refreshments and a tour of the university’s Regional Simulation Center. The graduate program is designed to meet the growing demand for registered dietitian…
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Two UNT Health Fort Worth leaders honored as Advocates for Healthcare

Two leaders from UNT Health Fort Worth were honored Sept. 4 as members of the 2025 Class of Advocates for Healthcare by The Business Press. Dr. Dimitrios Karamichos, vice president for research and graduate studies, and Dr. Maria Crompton, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine, were recognized during a banquet at The Fort…
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For Ethan Rummel, UNT Health bachelor’s program was key step on path to medical school

Ethan Rummel has had his sights set on the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine since he was a sophomore in high school.   Even then, he knew that getting into medical school wouldn’t be easy. So, he got to work improving his grades and became an Emergency Medical Technician to get clinical experience.  On days when…
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Pictures worth more than words: CPH’s inaugural Writing Lab unites UNT Health and the Fort...

Earlier this summer, the College of Public Health at UNT Health Fort Worth hosted its inaugural Writing Lab. The three-day event housed within the College of Public Health was available to members of the CPH, UNT Health and Fort Worth community. Twenty-seven participants including UNT Health faculty, research staff, doctoral students and external community partners…
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| October 22, 2025

Goldstein Lecture celebrates 50th anniversary of groundbreaking publication

Gert Bronfort, DC, PhD, principal investigator for the Spinal Manipulation and Patient Self-Management for Preventing Acute to Chronic Back Pain Trial, will be the speaker at the Oct. 29 Goldstein Lecture. The free event is being hosted by UNT Health...

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| October 20, 2025

New grant from AACOM to help integrate Trust-Based Relational Intervention® into TCOM course

Trust, compassion and empathy are all qualities patients want in a physician, and a new grant to UNT Health Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine will help train faculty to...

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| October 14, 2025

Leading experts gather in Fort Worth to advance brain health research

UNT Health Fort Worth’s Institute for Translational Research hosted its annual meeting for the Health and Aging Brain Study – Health Disparities from Sept. 17-19 at the Crescent Hotel in Fort Worth. The event brought together leading researchers, representatives from...

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| October 9, 2025

UNT Health professor co-authors research addressing disaster preparedness and kidney disease

Dr. Kai Zhang, professor of population and community health in the UNT Health College of Public Health, recently served as a co-corresponding author of two publications addressing the emerging environmental and social factors of the year. Zhang, whose research focuses...

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| October 9, 2025

TCOM student chosen to do selective research at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston

Call it a gut feeling, but Shraddha Bhonsle wanted to spend the summer exploring, and she did just that. The second-year student from UNT Health Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine spent eight weeks in Boston as part of...

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| October 7, 2025

Dr. Yein Lee merges love of music, medicine to heal performers

When patients step into Dr. Yein Lee’s clinic at UNT Health Fort Worth, they might hear more than the usual beeps and quiet chatter of a medical office. Violins, piano pieces or even the strains of opera sometimes fill the...

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| October 6, 2025

UNT Health Fort Worth increases preliminary fall enrollment total by nearly 5%

UNT Health Fort Worth is reporting strong fall enrollment growth, with preliminary numbers showing a nearly 5% increase in students compared with fall 2024. As of Sept. 11, the institution’s unduplicated headcount stands at 2,446 students, up 4.89% from the...

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| October 2, 2025

UNT Health to host cutting-edge course that reframes pain through the brain

An internationally recognized leader in pain science education will be the featured speaker at a two-day continuing education workshop taking place Nov. 1 and 2 at UNT Health Fort Worth. The course will feature Adriaan Louw, Ph.D., director of the...

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| October 1, 2025

Faith, theology and osteopathic medicine: How it all brought a student to TCOM

Vernon Gewa hails from Kenya, speaks and understands seven languages, is a trained theologian who has three bachelor’s degrees, two master’s degrees, and a doctorate in moral theology, and just so happens to be the oldest student in UNT Health...

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| October 1, 2025

Dr. Teresa Wagner co-launches and completes clinical health equity certification

Earning a professional certification is a major achievement, but creating one is an even bigger challenge. Dr. Teresa Wagner, an associate professor at UNT Health Fort Worth’s College of Public Health, has done both. Dr. Wagner co-developed a new certification...