TCOM Medical Mentorship Program welcomes more than 100 pre-med students to campus

Mentoring, volunteering and raising the next generation of medical students is the backbone of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Medical Mentorship Program. TCOM students volunteered their time to mentor undergraduate pre-med students from universities across the region.   More than 100 pre-med students were on the campus of The University of North Texas Health Science Center…

TCOM student Jennifer Pham named TOMA Student Doctor of the Year

Jennifer Pham of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine has been named the Student Doctor of the Year by the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association. Pham, a fourth-year student at TCOM, was honored Saturday during an awards ceremony at TOMA’s MidWinter Conference in Dallas.   “It’s…

HSC’s Performing Arts Medicine offers free clinic

A doctor told flutist Maria Gabriela Alvarado that she would have to give up her passion. Playing her instrument for long stretches caused her shoulder to pop out of its socket and her ribs to dislocate. The University of North Texas graduate’s life changed when she visited Dr. Yein Lee, a physician at HSC Health,…

HSC researcher discovered a potential cause for keratoconus

Cells are the body’s social network. One of the ways they communicate with one another is by transmitting what’s called extracellular vesicles, tiny membrane-bound messages in a bottle. The study of EVs is exploding throughout many scientific disciplines around the world, as researchers are now beginning to explore their possible use in medical diagnostics and…

Remote Area Medical clinic gives HSC physician assistant studies student the confidence he needs for his first clinical rotation

This past December, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth partnered with Remote Area Medical — for the second time — to bring free health care to the underserved and uninsured population in Texas. The impact of this clinic reverberated throughout North Texas and beyond. Last year alone, 623 volunteers served…

Honoring our 2022 Valubility of the Year nominees

A group of faculty, staff and students at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth were honored Friday with Valubility of the Year awards for making an extraordinary impact by living the university’s values. “One of the main reasons I came to HSC was because of the way this campus lives…

TCOM Hosting 11th Annual LMSA Southwest Regional Conference

The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is hosting the 11th Annual Latino Medical Student Association Southwest Regional Conference from February 3 to 5. The conference will feature the first female and Hispanic U.S. Surgeon General as the keynote speaker, Dr. Antonia Novello on February 4. “I think it’s important for TCOM to be hosting this…

HSC to host Latino Medical Student Association’s Conference

While the U.S. Hispanic population is the fastest-growing demographic in the country, the percentage of LatinX doctors isn’t rising anywhere close to the same rate. The Latino Medical Student Association is trying to change that by appealing to the next generation of health care providers. From Feb. 3 to 5, The University of North Texas…

School of Public Health’s Dr. Andrew Yockey examines drugged driving

In the past year, an estimated 2% of adolescents ages 16-17 drove under the influence of alcohol, 5.65% drove under the influence of marijuana and .48% drove under the influence of drugs other than marijuana. Those are just some of the eye-opening results of a new article on drugged driving by Dr. Andrew Yockey, an…

SaferCare Texas brings health care to rural Texas

SaferCare Texas is once again helping people in rural Texas communities gain access to health care and other vital services, this time with a new telehealth hub set up in Jeff Davis County. In November, the patient safety-focused program of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth set up the telehealth…