ACHE to host breakfast with Dr. Daniel

12/17/2018

The ACHE of North Texas will host a morning breakfast event on Tuesday, January 15 with Dr. William Daniel, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at UT Southwestern (UTSW) in Dallas. The networking session will be held at the UTSW East Campus at Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Radiation Oncology. Dr. Daniel is the vice president for health system … Read More

DFW Citywide Palliative Medicine Interest Group to meet Jan. 16

12/13/2018

An inaugural meeting of the DFW Citywide Palliative Medicine Interest Group is set for Wednesday, January 16 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the UT Southwestern T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building. Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by the meeting from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be in the 3rd Floor Auditorium (NG3.112), at 6001 Forest … Read More

ACHE Annual Women’s Breakfast set for Oct. 2

09/21/2018

The ACHE of North Texas will host its “Annual Women’s Breakfast” on Tuesday, October 2 from 7:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. at the La Cima Club in Las Colinas. A panel will be on hand to include Dr. Teresa Chan-Leveno, an associate professor at UT Southwestern; Patricia M. Currie, president of hospital operations at Baylor Scott & White Health; Mellissa … Read More

Local physicians to start Supportive/Palliative Care interest group

04/27/2018

A team of local physicians including Dr. Robert Fine of Baylor University Medical Center, Dr. Mary Paulk of UT Southwestern and Dr. Winnie Wang of UT Southwestern are planning to kick off a city-wide Supportive/Palliative Care interest group. The goal is to bring Palliative Medicine providers together from across the metroplex to meet four times a year. “We would love … Read More

Warner selected as EVP to lead UTSW Health System

02/09/2018

Dr. John Warner was the 2015 Chair of the DFW Hospital Council. Excerpted from a UT Southwestern press release Following a national search, renowned cardiologist Dr. John J. Warner, CEO of UT Southwestern’s University Hospitals, has been appointed to lead UT Southwestern’s patient care enterprise for the Medical Center. As Executive Vice President for Health System Affairs, Dr. Warner will … Read More

Local hospitals participating in Hurricane Harvey relief

09/08/2017

The rains may have stopped (for the time being), but hospital relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Harvey have continued throughout the week in North Texas. While the number of evacuees has not reached the overwhelming totals from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when an estimated 26,000 people arrived in Dallas, the storm has kept the region’s hospitals on alert. Medical … Read More

Daniel, Porsa and Villarreal join DFWHC Board of Trustees

08/14/2017

Will Daniel, MD, Esmaeil Porsa, MD and Xavier Villarreal have joined the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC) Board of Trustees effectively immediately. Dr. Daniel is the vice president and chief quality officer at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Porsa is the executive vice president and chief strategy and integration officer at Parkland Health & Hospital System and Villarreal is the … Read More

Just two days until you can learn about new “Depression Screening” program

04/18/2017

Just two days until the DFW Alliance for Healthcare Excellence educational discussion “VitalSign6: Making Screening for Depression the Sixth Vital Sign” on Thursday, April 20 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch. Dr. Madhukar Trivedi of UT Southwestern will serve as speaker. Dr. Trivedi will present an update on UT Southwestern’s unique program … Read More

Meeting on “Depression Screening Program” set for April 20

04/03/2017

The DFW Alliance for Healthcare Excellence will host the educational discussion “VitalSign6: Making Screening for Depression the Sixth Vital Sign” on Thursday, April 20 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch. Dr. Madhukar Trivedi of UT Southwestern will serve as speaker. Dr. Trivedi will present an update on UT Southwestern’s unique program to … Read More

UTSW Global Health Conference begins Friday

01/19/2016

The UT Southwestern Office of Global Health will be hosting its 5th Annual Conference this Friday and Saturday in the T. Boone Pickens Biomedical Building, 6001 Forest Park in Dallas. Titled “Grand Challenges in Global Health: Strengthening Health Systems across Borders,” the conference is from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Saturday. … Read More