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December 01, 2021

This Holiday, Go Back to the Basics

Tammy Camp, M.D., a pediatrician at Texas Tech Physicians, discusses safe choices when choosing children's toys.

tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

December 01, 2021

Team Member Spotlight | Kinzey Wilson, Facility Health Administrator

Kinzey Wilson, a Facility Health Administrator for TTUHSC Managed Care in Amarillo, shares her experiences as a TTUHSC team member.

tags: Amarillo, General, Miscellaneous, Staff, Stories, Team Member Spotlight, Values

November 30, 2021

Holidays Provide Opportunity to Discuss Family Medical History and Health Care Directives

Kelly Klein, M.D., a family medicine doctor for Texas Tech Physicians and program director for the hospice and palliative medicine fellowship program at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, said holiday gatherings also are a good time to discuss family medical histories.

tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

November 24, 2021

Eating Healthy During the Holiday Season

Christine Garner, Ph.D., RD, a registered dietician and a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) assistant professor in the department of pediatrics, says holiday eating doesn’t have to be stressful.

tags: Amarillo, School of Medicine, Stories

November 23, 2021

TTUHSC Faculty and Students Use Fun Environment to Help Children Manage Diabetes

Camp New Day is a non-profit summer camp for children with diabetes that was originally started over 35 years ago. Thomas Parker, an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice in the Pediatrics Division at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, took over as co-director of the camp when it was going to be ended in 2009.

tags: School of Pharmacy, Stories

November 23, 2021

Texas Tech Physicians Trauma Surgeon Offers Tips for Ringing in a Safer Holiday Season

John Griswold, M.D., executive director of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Clinical Research Institute and a surgeon for Texas Tech Physicians, said there are steps people can take to make the holidays as safe as they are fun.

tags: Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

November 22, 2021

Texas Tech University System Board of Regents Approves Donation of Land from Amarillo Area Foundation

The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents approved the donation of five acres of land from Amarillo Area Foundation (AAF) to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) in Amarillo. The value of the land is $1.25 million and is located west of the current TTUHSC campus at 1400 South Coulter.

tags: Amarillo, Stories

November 19, 2021

Health Care Community Comes Together to Host Bone Marrow Registry Event

Be The Match Registry® is the world’s largest and most diverse donor registry. The organization provides the most ethnically diverse listing of potential donors and umbilical cord blood units in the world, with more than 22 million potential donors and more than 300,000 umbilical cord blood units.

tags: Amarillo, School of Medicine, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

November 18, 2021

It Takes a Community to Achieve Population-Based Improved Health

Debra Flores, PhD, Director of the TTUHSC Master of Healthcare Administration Program with the School of Health Professions, and Morgan House, PHD, Assistant Professor of the TTUHSC Healthcare Management Program, speak about the power of population-based healthcare, the obstacles that stand in the way, and what she hopes to see in the future of this vital movement.

tags: School of Health Professions, Stories

November 17, 2021

Beating the Smoking Habit Can Benefit More than the Lungs

Since it hosted the first national Great American Smokeout in 1977, the American Cancer Society has touted the third Thursday each November as a jumping-off point for smokers to commit to a healthier life without cigarettes or other tobacco products.

tags: School of Medicine, Stories

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