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April 29, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
With a drum line and a cheerleading squad providing a soundtrack, UNT Health Science Center President Michael R. Williams and a group of Fort Worth leaders celebrated the opening of the new Pediatric Mobile Clinic on Tuesday. "It's not often you get to watch a dream turn into a reality," Dr. Williams, DO, MD, MBA,…
April 28, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
In the news: WFAA: Man says Fort Worth surgeon 'saved his life' removing 18-pound tumor Melvin Jacobs had begun to lose hope that he would ever live a normal life again. For more than a year, a tumor had been growing on his inner thigh, at first limiting his mobility, then preventing him from walking at all.…
April 28, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
"Will you wear your bike helmet every time you ride?" medical student Jerica Lomax asked 7-year-old Marisa Salas as she adjusted a shiny new helmet to fit Marisa's head. She nodded vigorously. "Do you know why you wear a helmet?" "I could fall and hit my head." Indeed. Bicycle accidents are the leading cause of…
April 23, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
The mission wasn't limited to recruiting when Rear Adm. Raquel Bono, MD, Chief of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, visited the UNT Health Science Center Wednesday. She spent most of her time on answering students' questions and listening to their challenges. "I want to know how we in the Navy can serve your needs," Adm.…
April 22, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
UNT Health Science Center's Pediatric Mobile Clinic officially hits the road the first week of May, bringing high-quality health care directly to children living in underserved areas of Fort Worth. The specially equipped state-of-the-art mobile clinic will provide examinations for routine physicals, sick visits, immunizations, screenings and laboratory testing. The clinic also will focus on…
April 18, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Student-led activities have marked National Osteopathic Medicine Week on the UNTHSC campus all week. NOM Week brings the osteopathic medical profession together to focus on the common goal of increasing awareness of osteopathic medicine and osteopathic physicians (DOs) in communities across the nation. Earlier in this week, Tarrant County commissioners issued a proclamation in honor…
April 15, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
The chief of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, Rear Adm. Raquel Bono, will address on Wednesday students, faculty and staff at UNT Health Science Center as part of the observance of Dallas-Fort Worth Navy Week. Adm. Bono, who also serves as Director of the National Capital Region Medical Directorate of the Defense Health Agency, will…
April 14, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Barbara Harty found in geriatrics, the perfect career. "My grandmother helped raise me and I always had a special affection for older people," said Harty, Nurse Practitioner and Assistant Professor of Medicine. "I just really like working with them, hearing their stories and trying to improve their quality of life." Harty visits about 200 patients in…
April 14, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Fort Worth, Texas magazine has honored 25 UNT Health Science Center physicians as "Top Docs." They were selected as a result of surveys of fellow health care providers. They practice in clinics and hospitals across Tarrant County. Those named, and their respective specialties, are: Allergy/Immunology John Fling, MD Cardiac/Thoracic Surgery Albert Yurvati, DO Gastroenterology Monte…
April 9, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
The UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth is marking National Osteopathic Medicine Week April 13-19. NOM Week brings the osteopathic medical profession together to focus on the common goal of increasing awareness of osteopathic medicine and osteopathic physicians (DOs) in communities across the nation. In advance of NOM Week, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price proclaimed…
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