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Beyond weight loss: Bariatric Surgery team transforms patients' lives

January 27, 2025 • 2:05 p.m. by Chloe Chapel with the Community Impact Storytelling team

Did you know the UTMB Health Bariatrics team includes a dedicated dietitian and social worker to support patients on their journeys? They also host monthly support groups for pre-and-post-surgery individuals.

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Local mom shares bariatric weight loss journey

December 19, 2024 • 1:11 p.m.

UTMB Health Bariatrics patient Felicity Cunningham joined Houston Moms to share her journey of losing half her body weight after having bariatrics surgery at UTMB Health.

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Understanding male breast cancer: insights from a survivor and an expert

October 21, 2024 • 7:46 a.m. by Community Impact Storytelling team

Bill Garwood, a male breast cancer survivor, and his surgical oncologist Dr. Colleen Silva share insights on the disease that impacts approximately one in 1,000 men.

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Mom-daughter duo reflect on UTMB's support through high school sports injury

September 30, 2024 • 11:42 a.m.

From hands on care to thorough communication and support, learn how UTMB was there for a local family as their daughter faced and recovered from a severe sports injury.

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Joint Replacement in a Day program offered to eligible candidates

September 23, 2024 • 8:48 a.m. by Jacquelyn Chorush, Multiplatform Journalist with Community Impact

This approach, which enhances patient experiences by enabling more comfortable, home-based recoveries, is offered by Dr. Paul Dicpinigaitis and Dr. Bardia Barimani, board-certified orthopedic surgeons who both specialize in joint replacement and reconstruction surgeries.

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Advances in pediatric robotic surgery

March 28, 2024 • 9:49 a.m.

During this chat with Houston Moms, learn how Dr. Maria Carmen Mora is helping grow the pediatric robotic surgery program at UTMB Health and why the practice is so beneficial to patients.

Fluorescence-guided brain surgery means better outcomes for patients

March 8, 2024 • 5:49 a.m.

Studied for years by UTMB neurosurgeon Dr. Pablo Valdes, this approach to brain surgery relies on fluorescent markers that ultimately help surgeons more easily identify what matter needs to be removed, versus what needs to stay.

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Meet UTMB Health's newest pediatric surgeon, Dr. Carmen Mora

March 4, 2024 • 10:08 a.m.

When a child undergoes surgery, what happens in the OR can potentially influence the trajectory of the child’s entire future. UTMB Health pediatric surgeon Dr. Maria Carmen Mora does not take for granted the weight of that privilege and responsibility.

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UTMB heals patient; gains a grateful team member

October 2, 2023 • 11:34 a.m.

Nearly two years after a head-on collision forced her to learn how to walk again, Tara Williams is able to help other UTMB patients as a patient service specialist in Angleton. “I’m so grateful to be here with UTMB,”

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Prostate cancer treatment options

September 21, 2023 • 8:17 a.m.

Surgeons Dr. Stephen Williams and Dr. Laith Alzweri share insights and information on prostate cancer and its potential treatment options.

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Student athlete healed by UTMB Sports Medicine team

August 31, 2023 • 4:32 p.m.

When student athlete Priest Simpson injured his leg, the UTMB Health Sports Medicine team worked hard to repair the damage and get him back on the field after a full recovery.

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Deep Brain Stimulation changes life for woman with tremors

May 1, 2023 • 10:00 a.m.

Reba Smith-Weeden has a condition called essential tremor that prevented her from carving the Thanksgiving turkey or enjoying a cup of coffee. But thanks to the UTMB Health Neurosciences team and Deep Brain Stimulation the shaking has stopped.

You may need to begin colorectal screening at 45

March 16, 2023 • 12:00 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson

Americans born in 1990 have twice the risk of colon cancer and four times the risk of rectal cancer as those born in 1950. People younger than 55 are also more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage colorectal cancer.

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Are colorectal home tests reliable?

March 15, 2023 • 10:53 a.m.

If you wonder what doctors say about at-home colorectal tests, here is some insight from Dr. Uma Phatak, a colorectal surgeon at UTMB Health.

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Children recover faster with robot assistance

February 18, 2022 • 9:54 a.m.

“For parents, the desired benefits are less pain and smaller incisions,” said Dr. Jonathan Gerber, a pediatric urologist at UTMB Health.

Complex Collaboration Yields New Quality of Life for Patient

March 22, 2021 • 3:00 p.m.

Three days before Rebecca Tipton’s scheduled surgery, she had a moment of worry, concerned that the meticulous plan her doctors developed to treat her urinary incontinence would not be successful. A longtime patient of UTMB Health, Tipton knew her case was more complicated than most.

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A Comprehensive Approach to Hernias

March 22, 2021 • 2:00 p.m. by Dr. Richard Lu

Abdominal wall hernias, including groin hernias, can come in a wide array of shapes and forms. Some develop primarily from wear and tear of the abdominal wall, whereas others may develop at the incisions from prior surgeries. They do share one thing in common - they are all mechanical defects of the abdominal wall musculature with the tendency to progress with time.

Colon and Rectal Cancer: Who is at risk?

March 17, 2021 • 9:00 p.m. by Uma Phatak, MD, MS

Learn more about the risk of colon and rectal cancer with Dr. Uma Phatak.

Medical Minute - Hernias in children

March 8, 2021 • 2:00 p.m. by Ravi Radhakrishnan, MD

Learn more about hernias in children with Dr. Ravi Radhakrishnan.

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Spinal Stenosis: Is an Operation Worth Considering?

December 1, 2020 • 1:00 p.m. by Dr. Aaron Mohanty

Spinal stenosis, a very common neurosurgical condition, can be associated with spondylosis, ligamentous hypertrophy, and disc osteophyte complexes. Stenosis often presents as myelopathy (compression on the spinal cord) or radiculopathy (compression on the nerve root).

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