Just months after launching the Building Hope Campaign, one of the largest fundraising initiatives in the university's history, Texas Tech Health El Paso has raised $52.5 million to help build the Fox Cancer Center.

When Zoe Rosales walked across the stage last Friday at Starlight Event Center, she didn’t just receive a diploma. At only 19 years old, this Socorro High School Class of 2024 graduate is now an alumna of Hunt School of Nursing’s Class of 2025 and already a registered nurse, ready to treat patients in the West Texas community where she grew up.

This week's topics include covid vaccination and pregnancy outcomes, tirzepatide benefits, bisphosphonates and complex pain syndrome, and breast density knowledge.

Born and raised in El Paso’s historic Segundo Barrio, Dr. Saul Ivan Ramirez’s medical journey began in the community he now serves. A proud first-generation college graduate, he is a board-certified internal medicine doctor — a physician who specializes in the comprehensive care of adults, focusing on prevention, diagnosis and management of chronic diseases.

University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) and Texas Tech Health El Paso are opening the region’s first dedicated burn center under the leadership of nationally recognized trauma and burn surgeon, Philip E. Fidler, M.D., FACS. This partnership transforms El Paso into a regional hub for specialized burn care and eliminates treatment delays that can mean the difference between recovery and permanent disability.

This week's topics include decentralized clinical trials, GLP-1 peripregnancy, LLM and normal tissue characterization, and texting to improve CVD risk assessment.

Health care leaders, civic officials, and community advocates, including El Paso County Judge Ricardo A. Samaniego, gathered on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Texas Tech Health El Paso’s auditorium to welcome Eric M. Rohren, M.D., Ph.D., FACR, as the new Rick and Ginger Francis Endowed Dean of the Foster School of Medicine. 

This week's topics include acetaminophen in pregnancy and ASD, the impact of canceling funding for clinical trials, supplementing potassium in people with ICDs, and mRNA flu vaccines.

With critical oral health disparities rising in El Paso County, Texas Tech Health El Paso is launching Borderland Dental Leaders: Building Bridges program with a $400,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

This week's topics include medications after successful ablation for afib, fish oil for those having hemodialysis, anticoagulation after stent placement, and best therapy for stents and afib.

As Cynthia Maldonado drives past the Texas Tech Health El Paso campus on her way to work, she recalls conversations she had years ago with her mother during their morning commute to Silva Health Magnet High School. They would discuss the medical school buildings under construction across the street and the possibility of Cynthia becoming a doctor.

Texas Tech Health El Paso has selected a native El Pasoan as its next vice president for Institutional Advancement.