A place where dreams begin

And minds grasp all the possibilities

A place where service begins

And knowledge expands

And lives are molded

Thank you El Paso for believing the sky is the limit – for our children and El Paso’s future A place where dreams Table of Contents

Leaders Founding Dean’s Perspective ...... 1 Chancellor’s Message ...... 2 President’s Message ...... 2

Building the Dream Governor Perry Visits School of Medicine for Ceremonial Signing ...... 3 El Paso School of Medicine Receives $50 Million Gift ...... 4 Lt .Governor David Dewhurst Tours Paul L .Foster School of Medicine ...... 5 Medical Education Building Unveiled ...... 5 Accredited! ...... 5

Development New Development Director ...... 7 Rick & Ginger Francis Honored as Outstanding Philanthropists ...... 8 1 5. Million Endowed Chair Honors Pedi Surgeon and Child He Saved ...... 8 Levels of Giving ...... 9

Faculty & Staff Faculty Development/ Dean’s Awards ...... 10 Senior Leadership ...... 10 Quality Service Awards ...... 11 New HR Director ...... 11 El Paso’s Best Docs ...... 12

Education Undergraduate Medical Education Match Day ...... 13 School of Medicine Graduation ...... 14 Graduate Medical Education A place where Texas Tech Residency Programs Accredited ...... 15 Residency Graduation ...... 16 Continuing Medical Education CME Activities ...... 17

begin Research ...... 18 Research

Patient Care Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso ...... 19 Patient Care Summary ...... 19 Locations ...... 20 Founding Dean’s Perspective

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step Lao-tzu

Our choice to make a positive impact on the community each day – whether through interactions with our patients, our students, our peers or the public – is what has made our institution a success . The courageous actions and attitudes of many helped us reach for the sky – one step at a time . While watching the story of El Paso’s medical school unfold, I have logged thousands of hours in the presence of individuals whose

Leaders hearts and minds were reluctant to face the odds, yet rather focus on the possibilities – and the work at hand . This not only includes our most visible supporters and donors, but specifically each member of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center faculty and staff that have made this institution a valuable part of the El Paso community for almost 35 years . With humble beginnings within the corridors of Thomason Hospital, we have grown to heights that still leave some silent with pride . Not only have we emerged as a thriving health sciences center, but also the only accredited four-year medical school on the U S. /Mexico. border – preparing to seat its first class in 2009 . As our efforts take a place in El Paso’s history, I hope they are viewed as a time when many truly believed and proved… the sky is the limit! Thank you El Paso! Founding Dean Jose Manuel de la Rosa, M.D.

1 2 2007 Annual Report Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center President Leaders

Chancellor’s Message John C. Baldwin, M.D., began his appoint- Across the Texas Tech University System, 2007 proved to be a record ment as president of Texas Tech University year for fundraising, enrollment growth and advanced research Health Sciences Center in August 2007. initiatives . One of our proudest moments was the establishment of a Dr. Baldwin previously served as Professor four-year medical school at the Texas Tech University Health of Surgery at Harvard University and Sciences Center at El Paso . President and Chief Executive Officer of the In August, it was announced that the El Paso School of Medicine Immune Disease Institute, an affiliate of would be named in honor of Paul L .Foster, president and CEO of Harvard Medical School. Western Refining, Inc . Foster donated $50 million to the TTUHSC Baldwin, a fifth consecutive generation El Paso School of Medicine, the largest gift ever to be received by native Texan, was born in Fort Worth and the Texas Tech University System . As the only four-year medical raised in Anna, Texas, near McKinney. school on the United States/Mexico border, this initiative will allow us to establish ourselves as Because of family business interests, he had the national leader in border health research . the opportunity to spend considerable time The Paul L .Foster School of Medicine is a perfect example of what can be accomplished with a in the El Paso/southern New Mexico area passionate vision and the collaboration of people like you – our faculty, staff, students, alumni, as a child and knows it well. He earned his legislators and community partners . This truly is an exciting time for the Texas Tech University bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, System . I celebrate with you in this historic achievement and look forward to many more where he was one of 12 students to be successes in 2008 . elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honorary Chancellor Kent Hance society as a junior. After graduating summa cum laude from Harvard, Baldwin was President’s Message awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, under which he performed research at Oxford. He The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center started with one received his medical degree with honors man’s vision . More than three decades later, Governor Preston from the Stanford University School of Smith’s dream has grown into a reality that likely has exceeded Medicine and completed his internship even his imagination . and residency at Massachusetts General This has been an historic year in the life of our institution with the Hospital in Boston. Later in his career in official celebration of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences academic medicine, he succeeded Dr. Michael Center Paul L .Foster School of Medicine . Debakey as head of surgical programs at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The achievement of excellence has required dedication and hard work from all elements of the Texas Tech family . He has served as Dean of Dartmouth Medical School and as the university’s Thank you to our faculty, staff and students and especially to the El Paso community for your Associate Provost for Health Affairs. commitment and contributions .This is an exciting time in the life of this institution . I value Baldwin has extensive business experience deeply your continued confidence in the Paul L .Foster School of Medicine .Texas Tech is a in biotechnology and bioengineering, special place with a compelling history and an exciting future . intellectual property, technology transfer, Exceptional work will take place within these new walls .As we continue to grow what Governor pharmaceutical and device start-up Smith began, we will continue to focus on excellence in education, research and health care . companies, health insurance, banking and The Paul L .Foster School of Medicine will be your legacy for the next generations to come . non-profit organizations. 1 President John C. Baldwin, M.D. 2 A place where dreams begin Governor Rick Perry arrived on the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center campus on June 12, 2007 to attend a ceremonial signing for higher education legislation and celebrate the passage of the bill that provided $48 million in startup funds for the full, four-year El Paso School of Medicine . Perry officially signed the budget on June 15, approving the medical school funding that enabled the El Paso School of Medicine to hire the necessary faculty and proceed with the accreditation process to seat the first four-year medical school class in 2009 .

Governor Perry Visits TTUHSC School of Medicine for

Building Ceremonial Signing

3 Saturday June 16, 2007 4 2007 Annual Report the Dream School Named in Donor’s Honor

Paul L .Foster, president and CEO of Western Refining Inc ,. donated $50 million to the TTUHSC El Paso School of Medicine, the largest gift ever to be received in the Texas Tech University System . “We are so grateful to Mr .Foster for making an extraordinary gift to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso . His generosity and foresight will enhance the El Paso community and touch future generations of physicians and researchers as they pursue cutting-edge advances in border health and other health and health care initiatives,” said Texas Tech University System Chancellor Kent Hance .

The Paul L .Foster School of Medicine will focus on the following areas:

n Training physicians capable of delivering quality, affordable health care

n Offering superior health care for the community of El Paso

n Creating Centers of Excellence for scientific research related to Border Health issues

Saturday Aug .25, 2007 n Generating significant economic expansion in the El Paso region

“Mr .Foster’s gift to the El Paso School of Medicine is an outstanding example of the support this community has shown Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center . We are honored to be the recipient of such a generous gift . Its impact on El Paso will be profoundly positive,” added TTUHSC President John C .Baldwin, M D. .

3 4 A place where dreams begin Lt .Governor David Dewhurst Tours Paul L .Foster School of Medicine Medical Education Building

Lt. Governor David Dewhurst expressed his continued support of the TTUHSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine on September 20, 2007, after completing a tour of Medical Science Building I and the Medical Education Building. “I pledge to you my continued support to grow this medical school,” said Dewhurst. During the 80th Legislative Session, Dewhurst secured $48 million in the 2008-2009 state budget to fund faculty for Texas’ first four-year medical school in 30 years.

Building The appropriation will fund first- and second-year faculty at the medical school, completing the first phase of development and making full accreditation possible. The institution is scheduled to enroll its first four-year students in 2009.

After nearly 35 years of teaching Texas citizens and community leaders of El Paso, Accredited! Tech University Health Sciences Center philanthropists – large and small, public medical students in their third and fourth servants, the staff of Texas Tech and years, caring for large numbers of patients Thomason, and the current students have from El Paso and surrounding areas in been appropriately recognized . After more partnership with Thomason Hospital, and than ten years of visionary planning and extensive experience in clinical research, the hard work, they have achieved what they Paul L .Foster School of Medicine has been deserve – a full-fledged four-year medi- approved as a four-year medical school cal school . It is a time for celebration and within the Texas Tech University System . re-dedication to our mission of teaching, top-tier research, and patient care ”. “This is a watershed event, a great milestone in the history of El Paso and Texas Founding Dean Jose Manuel de la Rosa Tech System,” said Texas Tech University expressed, “Thank you to the Liaison Health Sciences Center President Committee on Medical Education (LCME) John Baldwin . “For nearly four decades, our which is the national medical school El Paso campus has been a cornerstone in accrediting agency, to Texas Tech University our medical education system at Texas Tech . Health Sciences Center and the TTU Now, the efforts of countless thousands of System, to the Texas Legislature and its 5 6 2007 Annual Report the Dream Unveiled A ribbon cutting for the Medical Education Building (MEB) of Texas Tech University System Chancellor Kent Hance also the TTUHSC Paul L .Foster School of Medicine took place on honored local businessman, and namesake of the school, November 29, 2007 . The building is the second of three that Paul L .Foster, for his contribution to the School of Medicine . will comprise the Paul L .Foster School of Medicine . Texas Tech The four floors of the MEB comprise 125,000 sq .ft ,. and University Health Sciences Center administrators, local and include a student services area, cafeteria, food prep area, state officials and TTUHSC at El Paso medical students were classrooms, a library, evaluation areas, small group rooms, present to cut the ribbon at the MEB . “This is where our clinical skills areas, simulation areas, basic science students will spend their days learning, studying, and training teaching labs and a gross anatomy lab . to be the best doctors in the region,” said Founding Dean Jose Manuel de la Rosa, M D. ,. TTUHSC Paul L .Foster School of Medicine . Saturday Dec .8, 2007

leadership, to our faculty, who have worked tirelessly in this long journey, and to all the people of El Paso ”. The school has now entered into an agreement with the Texas Medical and Dental School Application Service, to begin accepting applications for the first class of students, to be seated in August of 2009 . Texas Tech’s Paul L .Foster School of Medicine will, over the next several years, grow to accept some 80 students per year . Kent Hance, chancellor of the Texas Tech System, said, “We confidently expect El Paso’s medical school to be a national leader in education, biomedical research, and clinical care, and we are positioning Wednesday Feb .6, 2008 the people and resources to make 5 certain that it does ”. 6 A place where dreams begin Thank you El Paso! El Paso Supports the Paul L .Foster School of Medicine The Infinity Capital Campaign far surpassed its goal with generous contributions from our community to establish the Paul L .Foster School of Medicine . Contributions came in all amounts — some small, some large — and showed that El Paso truly supports its new four-year medical school . What a wonderful beginning! The Paul L .Foster School of Medicine is committed to reach its full-potential as the national leader in border health. However, before the first class of medical students is seated next year, a great deal is left to do . We must be ready to compete with other medical schools for top students and experts in many scientific disciplines . Support from individual and corporate investors is needed to help recruit and retain top faculty, as well as to expand scholarship opportunities for qualified students, trainees and residents . Accomplished professors, scientists and researchers must be added to the ranks to teach and contribute to existing medical knowledge that will benefit healthcare professionals nationally . Newly established Centers of Excellence need to be endowed to fund the ongoing investigation of health care challenges that have afflicted El Paso for years including diabetes, obesity, and infectious diseases . Donor’s gifts are helping us to break this region’s healthcare confines, and provide a path toward a better future . Thank you for your ongoing support . Development

Patricia Gonzalez is New Development Director

Patricia A. Gonzalez, senior director of Development for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, holds a B.A. in Journalism/Advertising and Public Relations from the University of Texas at El Paso, and will receive her Master’s in Communications this summer. She last served as director of Development for the College of Business Administration at the University of Texas at El Paso.

7 8 2007 Annual Report Endowed Chairs Rick & Ginger Francis Honored as Outstanding Philanthropists The dictionary defines philanthropy as “a desire to help mankind by donating gifts, services, or by providing other acts of generosity ”. L .Frederick “Rick” and Ginger Francis have distinguished themselves as philanthropists whose gifts, services, and actions have helped bring to life the first four-year medical school on a U S. /Mexico. border in their hometown . And in 2007, they contributed $1 5. million to the Paul L .Foster School of Medicine for a Regent’s Endowed Dean’s Chair . This gift will subsidize the salary of a dean who administers the School of Medicine and has a major interest in border health . For their continued support of worthy projects, the couple was honored by the Association of Fundraising professionals with the Outstanding Philanthropist Award .

Pete & Anne Mounsey Honor Pediatric Surgeon Pete and Anne Mounsey left El Paso with a priceless gift – their son’s life . Twenty-four hours after arriving in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with their three children - eight-year-old Gracey and seven-and-a-half month old twins, Mary Sarah and Peter - their son Peter developed a life-threatening intestinal blockage . With no pediatric surgeon available, the Mounsey family waited 17 hours before boarding a flight-for-life plane which would return them to Denver . But, Peter experienced severe trauma during flight, and landing in El Paso, their child’s fate fell in the hands of one man – Donald E .Meier, M D. ,. pediatric surgeon and a professor of clinical surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso . “I’m going to give him the same care that I would give my own grandson, nothing less,” is what Dr .Meier said to the Mounseys after an ultrasound at Providence Memorial Hospital confirmed the need for immediate surgery . The surgery went well, and Dr .Meier spoke with the Mounseys at length, methodically explaining the surgery . After an intense recovery, they finally headed home to Denver . “Through all of our experiences, we’ve come to know that it’s not just what doctors do, but how they do it that truly makes a difference in people’s lives,” said Pete Mounsey . This led Pete and his wife Anne to honor the lifesaving work of Dr .Meier by establishing a $1 5. million Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery . The endowed chair will enable the Paul L .Foster School of Medicine to attract pediatric surgeons like Dr .Meier to El Paso and Texas Tech, support the teaching of outstanding patient care, and buttress research in the area of pediatric surgery . 7 8 A place where dreams begin Endowment Endowed Professorship- $500,000 students based on academic achievements, leadership in school or An endowment is the greatest source This endowment is funded at a community activities .Recipients must of financial security to non-profit lower level than the endowed chair .It obtain a minimum score of 30 on the institutions .It is used chiefly to support rewards faculty who are doing an out- MCAT admission exam . faculty and students and is valued standing job of teaching or conducting because it provides stable income, free research in their particular field . Research Endowments- $100,000 from shifts in government funding patterns, and third –party Endowed Lectureship- $200,000 Research at TTUHSC Paul L .Foster School of Medicine focuses on border reimbursement rates . This endowment provides funds in health issues, diabetes, HIV and other perpetuity to offset expenses in bring- Endowments can support education, infectious diseases, migrant health, ing distinguished lecturers to speak research, patient care and community colorectal cancer, asthma, gastrointesti- to students and faculty of the TTUHSC service .Endowed funds are invested in nal conditions and psychiatric diseases . long-term investments in accordance Paul L .Foster School of Medicine . with Board of Regents policy . Endowed Health Sciences Center Library Book Fund Endowment Scholarships - $35,000 Fiscal year spending is based on 4 5%. -$100,000 Endowed scholarships are also of an endowment’s average market These funds will be named after the awarded to outstanding entering value for the previous twelve quarters, donor and monitored by the Director students who are just below the level and is made available on a quarterly of Libraries at Texas Tech .These funds of Honors Scholars .The scholarships, schedule . will be used to purchase books or while small in dollar amount, can have professional journals .This fund Endowed Chair - $1,500,000+ a major influence in convincing a supplements the limited budget potential student to attend our school . An endowed chair is the most supplied to public institutions prestigious award an academic through state appropriations for Endowed Scholarships- $10,000 institution can grant one of its scientists special research publications . or more or physicians .Chairs enable TTUHSC to recognize its most talented current Presidential Endowed Scholarships These endowments can be used faculty members as well as to recruit - $100,000 for whatever purpose in needed by TTUHSC, as determined by the Regents outstanding new members .Endowed Presidential Endowed Scholarships for and Administration . chair holders are among the institu- under-graduate study are awarded to Levels of Giving of Levels tion leaders setting the standards for outstanding entering first year medical research, teaching, and patient care .

For additional information, contact: Patricia A .Gonzalez, Senior Director of Development (915) 545 n 6425

9 10 2007 Annual Report Faculty & Staff

Hoi Ho, M D. . Manuel Schydlower, M D. . Jose Gonzalez, M D. . Kathryn Horn, M D. . Associate Dean for Associate Dean for Admissions Associate Dean for Associate Dean for Student Affairs Senior Leadership Faculty Affairs and Development Graduate Medical Education

Brian W .Tobin, Ph D. . David J .Steele, Ph D. . Kathryn McMahon, M D. . Frank Stout Associate Dean for Education Senior Associate Dean for Interim Associate Dean for Research Dean of Finance Medical Education

Faculty Recognition Banquet 2007

The Faculty Recognition Banquet honors Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso new faculty, faculty that have been promoted, and a Faculty of the Year winner – selected by his or her peers . At this year’s banquet, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Dean Steven Berk, M D. ,. also honored El Paso faculty with Dean’s Awards .

Faculty of the Year Winner Dean’s Clinical Science Teaching Award Miguel, Pirela-Cruz, M D. . Jose L .Gonzalez-Sanchez, M D. .

Dean’s Distinguished Service Award Dean’s Educational Innovation Award Gilbert Handal, M D. . Hoi Ho, M D. 9 10 A place where dreams begin 2007 Employee & Quality Service Awards Rebecca Salcido Named HR Director Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso held its annual Employee Rebecca Salcido is the new Senior Service and Quality Service Awards ceremony on April 24, 2007 . Director of Human Resources Employees with five, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of service were honored . for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso. Salcido, a Individuals receiving the Quality Service Award were nominated for performing native of El Paso, received a Bachelor their jobs with passion and excellence .The award went to: Celina Mendoza, of Arts with Honors in Psychology Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, and Sonya Prado, from Austin College in 1982 and a Department of OB/GYN. Two teams also won the coveted award: Lizette Garcia Doctor of Jurisprudence from Texas Tech and Alice Martinez from the Department of OB/GYN, and Maria Imelda Ibarra and University School of Law in 1985. Nieves D .Guerrero from Building Maintenance .

Quality Service Award Winners Quality Service Team Award Winners

Celina Mendoza Sonya Prado Lizette Garcia and Alice Martinez Maria Imelda Ibarra and Nieves D .Guerrero Department of Family Medicine Department of OB/GYN Department of OB/GYN Building Maintenance & Community Health

30 Years 25 Years

David Francisco Garrett Stephen Olga Josefina Ortega Yvette Reyes Leticia Salazar Rito Torres Briones, M D. . Levin, M D. . Radiology UBCC MPIP Business Operations Human Resources Faculty & Staff & Faculty Neuropsychiatry Pediatrics 20 Years

Irma Bejar John Haynes, M D. . Irene Moreno OB/GYN Emergency Medicine Surgery 11 12 2007 Annual Report Faculty & Staff El Paso’s Best Docs

Sixteen Texas Tech Physicians made the list of El Paso’s Best Doctors . Best Doctors Inc .was founded in 1989 to provide greater access Lorenzo Aragon, M D. . Jose Gonzalez-Sanchez, M D. . William Lee Hand, M D. . Gilbert Handal, M D. . to the very best in Dr .Aragon is an assistant professor in Dr .Gonzalez-Sanchez is a professor Dr .Hand is a tenured professor of Dr .Handal is a tenured professor the Department of Family Medicine of obstetrics and gynecology with a internal medicine with a specialty in of pediatrics with a specialty in and Community Health . specialty in maternal fetal medicine . infectious diseases . pediatric critical care, Chairman of medical information He is also Associate Dean for Graduate the Department of Pediatrics and Medical Education . Residency Program Director at and care for individuals TTUHSC at El Paso .He is also Chief of Pediatrics at Thomason Hospital . with serious illnesses and injuries . Best Doctors Inc .starts with a database which includes about 30,000 physicians in more than 40 medical specialties . Hoi Ho, M D. . Kathryn V .Horn, M D. . Merle A .Ipson, M D. . C .Antonio Jesurun, M D. ,. The list is then pared Dr .Ho is a professor of internal medicine Dr .Horn is an associate professor in the Dr .Ipson is associate professor of M M. M. . with a specialty in infectious diseases . Department of Family Medicine and pediatrics with a specialty in neonatology . Dr .Jesurun is a professor in the Depart- He also presently serves as Community Health .She also serves as Dr .Ipson is board-certified in both ment of Pediatrics, TTUHSC at El Paso . He down to local doctors Assistant Dean for Faculty Development . Associate Dean for Student Affairs . pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine . is board-certifired in both pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine and has who are recommended been director of Special Care Nurseries at Thomason Hospital since 1979 . by their peers .

Garrett S .Levin, M D. . Ricardo Perez, M D. . Jeffrey D .Schuster, M D. . Manuel Schydlower, M D. . Dr .Levin is an associate professor in the Dr .Perez is assistant professor in the Dr .Schuster is an associate professor of Dr .Schydlower is a tenured professor of Department of Pediatrics with a specialty Department of Family Medicine and pediatrics with a specialty in pediatric pediatrics with a specialty in adolescent in neonatal – perinatal medicine .Dr . Community Health .He has served as a cardiology .Dr .Schuster is board-certified medicine .He is also Associate Dean for Levin is board-certified in pediatrics and faculty member since 1995 and as the in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology . Admissions . neonatal-perinatal medicine . Residency Program Director since 1999 .

Mary Spalding, M D. . Alan Tyroch, M D. . Robert Vera, M D. . Marc J .Zuckerman, M D. . Dr .Spalding is associate Dr .Tyroch is an associate professor of Dr .Vera is an associate professor and Dr .Zuckerman is professor of medicine, professor and Chairman of the surgery and Chairman of the Department Chief of Gynecologic Surgery, TTUHSC Department of Internal Medicine, and chief, Department of Family Medicine of Surgery, TTUHSC at El Paso .He is also at El Paso .Dr .Vera is board-certified in Division of Gastroenterology, TTUHSC-EP . and Community Health . Chief of Staff, Thomason Hospital and the obstetrics and gynecology . Trauma Medical Director of Thomason’s 11 Level I Trauma Center . 12 A place where dreams begin Undergraduate Medical Education Match Day Moment 67% trained in Texas programs . Six students trained in El Paso On March 15, 2007, at precisely 12 noon EST (10 a m. .MST), on the Texas Tech/Thomason Hospital Campus . fourth-year medical students around the nation and Canada tore Academic Achievements open envelopes holding the answer to their burning question: Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) National Medical Honor Society Where will I spend the next three to five years of my residency? induction is a high distinction awarded to selected students for The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) their scholastic accomplishment . Inductees in 2007 were Sarah School of Medicine Class of 2007 was very successful in the Cooper, Matthew Higgs, Jennifer Johnson, Michal Klysik, Malini National Residency Match Program (NRMP) . The NRMP is Patel, and Jeremy Saller . operated by the Association of American Medical Colleges The El Paso County Medical Society also presented awards to (AAMC) and is sponsored by the American Board of Medical recognize high academic achievement by medical students at Specialties, American Medical Association, American Hospital TTUHSC at El Paso . Angelina Edwards and Rosser Powitzky were Association, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, and the recognized for being the highest ranked students from El Paso AAMC . The NRMP oversees a computerized process that links in the Class of 2007 on the El Paso campus . choices of graduating medical students with preferences of Residency Program Directors . Student Affairs Overall, the 46 senior medical students at TTUHSC – El Paso The Office of Student Affairs supports the achievement of high obtained excellent training programs and 89% matched quality educational experiences by third and fourth-year medi-

Education electronically . A majority of El Paso-based students (52%) went cal students as required by the Liaison Committee on Medical to training programs in primary care (either Family Practice, Education (LCME) through attention to the academic and career Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, or Pediatrics) and planning needs of the medical students on the El Paso campus .

13 14 2007 Annual Report 2007 Match results for the El Paso campus . Match Results Student Name Location Specialty William Abide Creighton University, Omaha, NE Internal Medicine School of Pelin Alkus Univ of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX Internal Medicine Florence Amoro Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX Pediatrics Medicine Graduation Erin Angelos Conroe Medical Ed Foundation, Conroe, TX Family Medicine Nazia Baig Univ of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Pediatrics Karl C .Bentley Texas Tech University HSC, El Paso, TX Transitional Forty-six medical students from the Texas Tech Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX Ophthalmology University Health Sciences Center at El Paso Blake Berryhill University of Texas HSC, San Antonio, TX Obstetrics/Gynecology campus joined their peers from the Amarillo Colin Bird Univ of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC Surgery Nancy Chokshi St .Christophers’s Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Pediatrics and Lubbock campuses for commencement Eric Chudej McLennon County Family Practice, Waco, TX Family Medicine ceremonies held May 19, 2007 in Lubbock’s Ramzi Dakour Banner Good Samaritan, Phoenix, AZ Family Medicine United Spirit Arena . These 112 new doctors Candida Delgatty Univ Colorado SOM, Denver, CO Fam Med/Swedish Med Jessica Drake National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD Internal Medicine placed with residency programs at numerous Angelina Edwards Univ of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX Internal Medicine medical institutions nationwide . David Gleinser Univ of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Otolaryngology Adan Gonzalez University of Texas HSC, San Antonio, TX Internal Medicine Callenda Hacker Texas Tech University HSC, El Paso, TX Transitional Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Physical Medicine/Rehab Paul Hansen Univ of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX Neurology Tony Ho University of Texas HSC, San Antonio, TX Internal Medicine Heather Holder Univ of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX Obstetrics/Gynecology Kenny Holder University of Texas HSC, San Antonio, TX Pathology herrie Jose Univ of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX Transitional Veronika Karasek Banner Good Samaritan, Phoenix, AZ Internal Medicine Mohammed Khan Texas Tech University HSC, El Paso, TX Transitional Kim Lam Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Obstetrics/Gynecology Derek Lee Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX Internal Medicine Rebecca Liu Univ of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX Internal Medicine Brian Maneevese Texas Tech University HSC, El Paso, TX Emergency Medicine Robert Martinez Texas Tech University HSC, El Paso, TX Emergency Medicine Bryant McNeill Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX Internal Medicine Kimia Mokhtari Tulane University SOM, New Orleans, LA Internal Medicine (P) Oschsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA Radiology Ravi Mydur John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TX Transitional Univ of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Radiology Alex Olsen University Hospital, Jackson, MS Surgery (P) Namrata Patel Texas Tech University HSC, El Paso, TX Obstetrics/Gynecology David Payesteh Univ of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX Anesthesiology Marc Pimsleur Univ of Florida Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL Emergency Medicine Drew Polson Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, Boise, ID Family Medicine Rosser Powitzky Univ of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK Otolaryngology LaJohn Quigley Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX Surgery (P) Henry Renteria Univ of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX Family Medicine Frank Ruda Tulane University SOM, New Orleans, LA Ophthalmology Research Shiloe Souza Univ of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Obstetrics/Gynecology Michael Steadman UC San Diego Med Ctr, San Diego, CA Internal Medicine (P) Jason Tcheng Univ of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX Surgery Vickie Wu UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Internal Medicine David Wyatt Univ of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Anesthesiology

P = Preliminary Year 13 14 A place where dreams begin Graduate Medical Education Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso is the sponsoring institution for eight residency programs including Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neuropsychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Surgery and Transitional Year . We also co-sponsor an Orthopedics Residency program with William Beaumont Army Medical Center .There are 188 total approved residency positions .All residency programs are fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) . The Office of Graduate Medical Education has the responsibility to maintain oversight of all residency programs, as well as the institutional accreditation for graduate medical education . The office works closely with the Institutional Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) so that all requirements of the respective programs are fulfilled . The GMEC has representation from all the residency programs, the house staff association, institutional administrators and hospital administration . The major participating hospitals involved in residency training include Thomason Hospital, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso Psychiatric Center and Providence Memorial Hospital . In 2007, the institution received an accreditation visit that resulted in full accreditation for three years .The internal medicine and transitional year programs were also reviewed and accredited . TTUHSC at El Paso also received approval from the ACGME for a

Education four-year radiology residency for graduates of medical school, to begin in the summer of 2008 . This is the first time in 15 years that a new residency program has been approved for the institution and is the first radiology residency within the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center System . TTUHSC at El Paso residents had the opportunity to present their research projects at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest Association of Hispanic American Physicians .This was also the first year the El Paso campus hosted the Annual TTUHSC Research Day, which gave researchers from TTUHSC and the University of Texas at El Paso the opportunity to share valuable knowledge, and in some cases, coordinate efforts .Awards were given to the best research projects by residents . Many residents and faculty members also produced publications in peer-reviewed journals .

15 16 2007 Annual Report Education Resident Graduation Resident Graduates – Nine Docs Stay in El Paso Emergency Medicine – 7 Orthopaedics – 5 Raul Carrillo, M D. . Russell Bear, D O. . Jeff Chambers, M D. . Bryan Christensen, M D. . Commencement exercises were held June 16, 2007 for 53 resident physicians Florence Chong, D O. . Terry Mueller, D O. . who completed their specialty training in the nine residency programs on Paul Gilardoni, M D. . Patrick Smock, M D. . the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso campus . William Aida Meza, M D. . Scott Waterman, M D. . Paula Rossi, D O. . Beaumont Army Medical Center is the sponsor of the Orthopaedic Residency . Mark Stilley, M D. . Pediatrics – 5 Fifteen of the 53 resident-physician graduates chose to stay in Texas or New Mohamad Hassan, M D. . Mexico .Nine entered medical practice in El Paso . Two remained at Texas Tech Family Medicine – 8 Oscar Ingaramo, M D. . as faculty . Fourteen residents were accepted into fellowship programs . Kari Ahnfeldt, D O. . Yanli Tao, M D. . Ana Arroyave, M D. . Mary Tocyap, M D. . New graduates in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Elizabeth Kim, D O. . Kumari Weeratunge, M D. . Obstetrics & Gynecology, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery Jose Loaiza, M D. . became eligible for specialty certification by American Boards of each Eribeth Penaranda, M D. . Psychiatry – 4 Luis Puron, M D. . Suhaila Al Haddad, M D. . specialty .Graduates of the Transitional Year Program proceeded to begin Anitha Reddy, M D. . Brenda Castells, M D. . Adolfo Teran, M D. . their training in one of these areas or other specialties . Victor Cheang, M D. . Bachir Debba, M D. . Internal Medicine – 11 Gilberto Garza, M D. . Surgery – 5 Nancy Hernandez-Martin, M D. . Francisco Agullo, M D. . George Imuro, M D. . Andy Adusei, M D. . Andres Leon, M D. . Mentor Ahmeti, M D. . Luis Martin, M D. . David Mokhtee, M D. . Renee Martinez, M D. . Alfredo Santillan, M D. . Alan Orellana, M D. . Rodrigo Saenz, M D. . Jaime Square, M D. . Transitional – 6 Miguel Vargas, M D. . Laxmi Atkuru, M D. . Alfredo Vazquez, M D. . Michael Barker, M D. . Parita Bhuva, M D. . Thomas Bowden, M D. . Obstetrics/Gynecology – 2 Ryan Hernandez, M D. . Genevieve Garcia, M D. . Robert McGraw, M D. . Sonia Rebeles, M D. .

15 16 A place where dreams begin Continuing Medical Education

The Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) exists to serve the educational needs of several groups .These include faculty, community physicians in urban, rural, border, and underserved areas of West Texas, and in certain instances, the inclusion of national and international physician audiences . Within the context of the mission of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, the Office of CME seeks to:

n Provide continuing medical education opportunities for physician faculty at the Health Sciences Center and physicians practicing in West Texas .

n Assist regional practitioners in maintaining their basic knowledge and learning of advances in medicine, thus assisting in providing quality care to residents of the region . Education n Ensure the quality of educational programs by adhering to the guidelines and standards established by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) .

n Utilize CME as a mechanism where faculty can report on appropriate basic science and clinical research with an emphasis on how such findings can improve the quality of patient care . The scope of CME activities encompasses primarily clinical subject matter, in risk management, ethics/professional responsibility, cultural diversity and health disparities, quality assurance, managed care, rural and border medicine and faculty development .This is accomplished with conferences, grand rounds activities, teleconferences, videotapes, Internet activities and other modes of distance learning . Accreditation Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (AACME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians . Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of CME activity . Continuing Medical Education presents activities for educational purposes only .Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine . The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected because of recognized expertise in their field . 17 18 2007 Annual Report Research Department of Research

The Department of Research has entered a new phase due to great stimulus resulting from the Legislature authorizing major state monies to TTUHSC El Paso, the Paul L .Foster endowment, and the LCME accreditation visits . The department moved from its planning phase, to implementing those plans . Major research faculty and staff recruitment also moved forward in 2007 . Recruiting directors for the School’s first Center of Excellence in Infectious Disease also began . The Center of Excellence opened in early 2008 with two new co-directors aboard - Manjunath Swamy, M D. ,. and Premlata Shankar, M D. . Patrick Tarwater, Ph D. ,. whose expertise is biostatistics, was also hired on as faculty . Recruitment of senior research staff for the school’s research core facilities also began, with the hiring of Lambert Ngoka, Ph D. ,. as senior director of Proteomics . Beyond growth in the number of research faculty and staff, 2007 also brought in new research grant dollars to the Paul L .Foster School of Medicine and the community .The research faculty of the school submitted grants to both the Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Medicine, which were funded in early 2008 .These prestigious awards will bring important recognition to research in El Paso . 17 18 A place where dreams begin Texas Tech Physicians 545-6500 Patient Care Summary Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center patient offices are now Patient Care united under one name and identity-Texas Tech Physicians . This effort Hospital Admissions ...... 23,000 brings together more than 500 physicians across four campuses .It is the Deliveries ...... 5,000 largest network of physicians and health care professionals in West Texas . Emergency Room Visits ...... 62,000 A main component of Texas Tech Physician is our doctors! For close to 35 Trauma ...... 2,400 years, our physicians have served El Paso and West Texas . At the core of Texas Tech Physicians are more than 200,000 patients served each year . General Information Because our physicians are also teachers, they must remain up-to-date on new treatments and diagnostics, not only to care for Full-time Faculty ...... 152 patients, but to pass that knowledge on to medical students, residents, Part-time Faculty ...... 36 and physicians studying in fellowship . Clinical Faculty ...... 170 Resident Physicians ...... 181 Our Offices Include: Support personnel ...... 729 Medical Students ...... 117 n Family Medicine and Community Health

n Internal Medicine Clinical Visits by Department n Neurology Community Partnerships ...... 10,946 n Obstetrics/Gynecology (Family Medicine) Epilepsy ...... 1,752 n Ophthalmology Family Medicine ...... 14,929 n Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Internal Medicine ...... 25,497 Neurology ...... 2,733 n Pathology

Patient Care Patient Neurosurgery ...... 957 n Pediatrics Obstetrics/Gynecology ...... 37,630 Orthopaedics ...... 14,869 n Psychiatry Pediatrics ...... 80,263 n Surgery Psychiatry ...... 6,929 n University Breast Care Center Surgery ...... 8,247 Ophthalmology ...... 7,949 University Breast Care Center ...... 7,611 Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso Group Total ...... 220,312. also offers specialized geriatric care to patients 65 and over . 2006 Financial Report

State Funds ...... $16,983,862 General Designated ...... $1,675,717 MPIP Revenue ...... $33,977,120 Restricted Grants & Contracts ...... $14,769,517 19 2007 Annual Report Locations Central Patient Care Summary Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso 4801 Alberta ...... 545-6500 Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso – University Breast Care Center 4801 Alberta Ave ...... 545-6400 Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso - Neuropsychiatry (Basement of El Paso Psychiatric Center) 4615 Alameda Ave ...... 532-2202

East Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso – Pediatrics - East 11861 Physicians Dr ...... 855-9037

Northeast Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso -Family Medicine Center 9849 Kenworthy ...... 757-2581 Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso – Obstetrics & Gynecology 5229 Sanders Ave ...... 751-8008 Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso – Pediatrics - Northeast 5229 Sanders Ave ...... 751-8008

School-Based Centers Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso -Montwood Wellness Center 11950 Bob Mitchell ...... 856-5760 Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso -Child Wellness Center 12583 Darrington Rd ,. Horizon City, TX ...... 852-1380 Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso -Ronald McDonald Care Mobile ...... 856-5774 Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso -Tornillo Wellness Center 19190 Cobb, Tornillo, Texas ...... 764-6194

Texas Tech Physicians Community Partnership Clinics Texas Tech Physicians Community Partnership Clinic – Fabens 600 NE 4th St ,. Fabens, TX ...... 764-6220 Texas Tech Physicians Community Partnership Clinic - Montana Vista 14674 Greg Dr ,. Unit 791, El Paso, TX ...... 857-2638 Texas Tech Physicians Community Partnership Clinic - Socorro 313 Rio Vista Rd ,. El Paso, TX ...... 859-0817