June is Wound Healing Awareness month, and Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso wants Borderplex residents to know specialists such as Brittany Shoemake, M.D., can help patients with chronic wounds reclaim their health. 

Ana Alvarado is a friendly face just about everyone on the Texas Tech Health El Paso campus sees, knows and respects. She joined the General Services team as its first female member back in September of 2008. Since then, she and the department have climbed the ladder of success at Texas Tech Health El Paso.

To mark National Cancer Survivors Month, the Texas Tech Health El Paso community gathered at the Medical Education Building lawn on Friday, June 12, to form a lavender ribbon.

This week's topics include visceral fat and CVD risk factors, delirium and cognitive decline and hospitalization, caps on insulin price, and factors involved with IBD.

David Hu, M.A., a fourth-year student at Texas Tech Health El Paso’s Hunt School of Dental Medicine, recently published a case study in the prestigious Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons.

This week's topics include duration of dual anticoagulation following bypass grafting or stents, how has management of miscarriage changed, at home rehab after an ICU stay, and weight loss for atrial fibrillation.

University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC), in collaboration with Texas Tech Health El Paso, is expanding access to Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC), an advanced, highly targeted treatment option for patients with difficult-to-treat cancers.

This week's topics include duration of dual anticoagulation following bypass grafting or stents, how has management of miscarriage changed, at home rehab after an ICU stay, and weight loss for atrial fibrillation.

As running clubs, community walks and recreational fitness activities grow across the Borderplex, orthopaedic specialists say joint pain should not automatically discourage people from staying active.

This week's topics include digoxin for heart failure, thrombectomy for strokes in medium sized vessels, maternal occupation during pregnancy and ASD in offspring, and exercise and 24 hr ambulatory blood pressure.

For Carolina Mendez, M.D., graduating from the Foster School of Medicine represents the fulfillment of a dream shaped by personal loss, and her commitment to serving the Borderplex.

This week's topics include digoxin for heart failure, thrombectomy for strokes in medium sized vessels, maternal occupation during pregnancy and ASD in offspring, and exercise and 24 hr ambulatory blood pressure.