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TTUHSC’s Dissanaike Appointed to Texas Medical Board District Three Review Committee

  • By Kate Gollahon
  • January 15, 2021

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Department of Surgery Chair Sharmila Dissanaike, M.D., to the Texas Medical Board District Three Review Committee. Dissanaike holds this appointment until the end of her term on January 15, 2026.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces New Rural Telehealth Initiative’s Telehealth Broadband Pilot Program

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • January 11, 2021

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new Rural Telehealth Initiative’s Telehealth Broadband Pilot Program. TTUHSC will serve as a community site and state partner.

Program Director Takes Texas-sized Role in Leadership

  • By David Mitchell, AAFP News
  • January 08, 2021

After completing his training at the family medicine residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center of the Permian Basin in 2012, Okwuwa stayed in Odessa, Texas, as faculty and became the residency’s program director in 2017.

A Positive COVID-19 Test Result: What You Need to Know

  • By Kate Gollahon
  • December 15, 2020

Director of Nursing for Texas Tech Physicians Erin Nash Rowin, MSN, R.N., has developed a keen understanding of what considerations should be made upon receiving a positive COVID-19 test result.

Permian Basin Fellowship Program Works to Break Down Mental Health Stigma in West Texas

  • By Kate Gollahon
  • December 10, 2020

Unique to The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Family Medicine Department in Odessa, Texas, the Family Medicine Mental Health (FMMH) Fellowship Program is designed to offer training in psychological practices. Within the program, fellows provide integrative care as they train alongside primary care residents.

Safe Toys And Gifts Month Encourages Age-Appropriate Gifts For Children

  • By Meaghan Collier
  • December 04, 2020

December has been established as National Safe Toys and Gifts month—a time to a create a wonderful gift-giving experience for all involved by choosing developmentally-appropriate toys for little ones.

TTUHSC’s Varma Appointed to HRSA Advisory Council

  • By Kate Gollahon
  • December 03, 2020

On November 17, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) announced that Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s Dr. Surendra Varma has been invited by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to serve as a member of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME).

Relief and Hope for Those with Severe Depression

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • November 24, 2020

TMS is a noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression. The treatment for severe depression involves delivering repetitive magnetic pulses to a specific area of the brain. TMS is typically used when other depression treatments have not been effective.

This Holiday Season, Give the Gift to be Smoke Free

  • By Yusuf Dundar, M.D.
  • October 31, 2020

Yusuf Dundar, M.D., is a head and neck surgical oncologist and microvascular reconstruction surgeon at Texas Tech Physicians and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine.

Should Pregnant Women Get the Flu Vaccine?

  • By Kate Gollahon
  • October 28, 2020

Fortunately, there is a reassuring answer to this question for pregnant women. According to Edward Yeomans, M.D., chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) and maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Texas Tech Physicians, not only is it safe for pregnant individuals to get a flu vaccination, it actually helps protect the baby.

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