Kathleen Smith

** AWARD WINNER ** PROUD PARENTS—David and Lauren Perkins spoke about the birth of their sextuplets at TCH's Pavilion for Women. The couple was joined by doctors who gave additional information on the delivery and care of premature multiples.

NURSING REHEARSING—Nurse anesthesia students at UT Nursing School intervene as “Stan,” their computer-driven human patient simulator, experiences cardiac arrest.

ROAD TRIP—In southern Iraq, a platoon stops for a break. An injured soldier said the whole invasion was like a big road trip - only with a lot of fighting along the way. This trio was part of an amphibious assault vehicle team.

READY TO RIDE—Paramedic Bonnie Richter responded to a medical emergency when motorcycle enthusiast Carl Chargois had a heart attack. Thanks to a new interventional cardiology pilot study, Chargois was back on his bike and ready to ride a month later.

NAVIGATING BY NUMBER—The executive vice president of planning and development for the Texas Medical Center inspects one of the new numerals that direct visitors into the TMC campus.

Women with a common thyroid gland disorder appear to have a reduced chance of developing invasive breast cancer, a newly published study reveals.

For 14 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has published its "Best Hospitals" survey. The list recognizes the nation's most exceptional medical centers and is intended to be a consumer resource. Seven TMC hospitals made the 2003 highlights.

** AWARD WINNER ** BUILDING BETTER BRIDGES—The Fannin St. bridge that spans Brays Bayou, near the TMC, was the first to be completed as part of the Brays Bayou Flood Damage Reduction Project, which aims to reduce flooding along the bayou’s 31 miles.

DRAWING A CONCLUSION—Catyana Skory, the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office's newest forensic investigator, and the first who is specially trained as a forensic artist, works on a facial reconstruction sketch.

“The Unplanned Journey” offers a suitcase full of health information, including a panel of The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's top medical experts.

Six, interactive crime-fighting stations assist museum "sleuths" with exploring scientific methods and technologies used to solve crimes, and in turn, solve the mystery of the robbery that has occurred at the "Memory Diner."

** AWARD WINNER ** For the first time, surgeons can treat previously undetected visual abnormalities. The Hermann Eye Center’s director calls the surgery “haute couture,” and compares the surgery to buying a custom suit versus one off the rack.

“Nurses make great researchers because they’re analytical by nature. They assess and evaluate situations well.” – Lorraine Frazier, D.S.N.

A bioterrorism guidance manual designed to assist Texas hospitals in preparing for a bioterrorist act, contagious disease outbreak, or other public health threat or emergency was released.

What if your PCP could reach into his or her lab coat pocket and pull out a handheld personal digital assistant with instant access to information that helps diagnose or treat cancer?

“I am concerned that people who need blood transfusions, and their families, may be unnecessarily worried about West Nile virus.” ~ Susan Rossmann, M.D., Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center medical director

Physicians without specialized pain training tend to view patients seeking pain relief as anomalies, when in reality, they are victims, and physicians sometimes fail to treat pain as a medical disorder.

Reliant Stadium will reverberate with a bang of helmets when it opens for gridiron business Aug. 34 for the Houston Texans' home preseason opener.

A disaster nursing course is the first under a cooperative agreement by three colleges of nursing, formalizing a decade of informal collaborations. The schools' deans decided that rather than developing their own courses, they would collaborate.

Journalists, public relations professionals, and photographers and illustrators from Texas Medical Center institutions were honored for outstanding medical/health reporting.