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A packed lineup of outdoor concerts and festivals is coming in a few weeks, and fans across the Borderplex will be spending hours in the sun, on their feet, and in large crowds.
When local doctors need answers about a suspected blood cancer or bone marrow disorder, they can turn to expert help close to home: Attilio Orazi, M.D., FRCPath (Engl.), chair of pathology at Texas Tech Health El Paso, has received the Society for Hematopathology’s 2026 Berard-Dorfman Founders Award in Senior Leadership.
This week's topics include deprescribing PPIs, kidney function equations, stenting for DVT, and timing of exercise according to chronotrope type.
Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty member Rebecca L. Campos, M.D., FAAFP, was recognized with the Texas Tech University System Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award, one of the highest honors bestowed on faculty across the TTU System.
This week's topics include deprescribing levothyroxine, drug manufacturer coupon use, how low should cholesterol be targeted in those with heart disease, and hypertension in low-income patients.
For Nils Nickel, M.D., medicine isn't just about treating the patient in front of him. It's also about creating better options for the next patient who walks through the emergency room doors.
Texas Tech Health El Paso, in collaboration with its academic hospital partner University Medical Center of El Paso, was certified as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers on Friday, April 3.
A $250,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has funded the installation of secure lockers that provide nursing students convenient access to food, baby formula and diapers at Texas Tech Health El Paso’s Hunt School of Nursing.
It’s hard to believe the future can fit inside a single envelope. On Friday morning, 107 Texas Tech Health El Paso medical students held sealed envelopes that revealed where they will spend the next several years training as physicians.
This week's topics include brain architecture and diet, use of wastewater to screen for colorectal cancer, new cholesterol management guidelines, and screening for glaucoma in a primary care setting.
For many Borderplex cancer warriors, stories of grueling cross-state trips to Houston for treatment are common. Now, a federal grant will help Texas Tech Health El Paso care for patients closer to home while boosting research to reduce the disease’s disparate impact on the region.
The only fellowship-trained endocrine surgeon within 200 miles is seeing patients at Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso and training the next generation of surgeons at Texas Tech Health El Paso.
This week's topics include COVID-19 vaccination and preeclampsia, HIV injection medicines, monkeypox treatment, and menstrual blood for HPV testing.
Texas Tech Health El Paso President Richard Lange, M.D., M.B.A., told a campus audience on Tuesday, Feb. 17 that heart disease remains the most common cause of death locally and nationally — and that much of the risk is preventable. The two-hour educational session and Q&A for community members was billed as a “Heart-to-Heart With Dr. Richard Lange.”
For El Paso surgeon Vernon Burke, sending one El Paso child hundreds of miles for specialized oral surgery is too many.
This week's topics include benefits of accountable care organizations, HT and mortality, accessibility of dialysis in the US and cannabis use and mental health disorders in adolescents.
To mark National Cancer Prevention Month, Texas Tech Health El Paso is highlighting the importance of early cancer detection, patient advocacy and equitable access to care through the story of breast cancer survivor Nicole Walls.
This week's topics include patient views of statin therapy, MRI of shoulders, a planetary health diet, and food prescriptions in people with diabetes.
El Paso researchers pursue new treatments for disease affecting local families.
This week's topics include an oral PCSK9 inhibitor, knee braces, removing fallopian tubes to prevent ovarian cancer, and using the EHR to deprescribe risky medicines in older adults.
In collaboration with Bel Air High School and the Texas Tech Health El Paso Libraries, our institution has expanded academic support by providing online library access for health profession students and purchasing core health science books for the library to strengthen classroom instruction.
Texas Tech Health El Paso President Richard Lange, M.D., M.B.A. was honored with the prestigious Pioneers 21 Innovation Award during a special event Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Hotel Paso Del Norte, Autograph Collection, in Downtown El Paso.
Over 850 middle school students descended on Texas Tech Health El Paso on Saturday, Jan. 31, for the 15th annual Medventure for Your Future, a hands-on introduction to health care careers, sponsored by FirstLight Federal Credit Union.
Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and dentists across the region will be able to complete more continuing education hours as a team through Texas Tech Health El Paso. The university has earned Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education, enabling unified, team-based training to strengthen coordination and patient safety.
This week's topics include weight regain after medications for weight loss, benefits of a variety of exercises, connecting CKD with heart failure, and using wastewater to detect measles.
Saturday nights can be busy for Texas Physicians of El Paso doctors working in the trauma bays at University Medical Center of El Paso. EMTs wheel in patients who have experienced severe falls, car accidents resulting in complex fractures, or they might have serious conditions like bone cancer. What many of them share is their wait to see an orthopaedic specialist like Rajiv Rajani, M.D.
Family, friends and faculty gathered Tuesday, Jan. 20, to celebrate a milestone moment for the Hunt School of Nursing’s newest students during the White Coat Ceremony.
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in our Borderplex often face financial challenges and limited access to providers when trying to get the dental care they deserve. To help address this need, the Hunt School of Dental Medicine, with support from the Dental Trade Alliance Foundation, hosted a series of oral health workshops last fall.
Biff F. Palmer, M.D., FACP, FASN, professor of education and internal medicine at the Texas Tech Health El Paso’s Foster School of Medicine, received the prestigious Robert G. Narins Award in early November — recognizing his extensive contributions to training the next generation of nephrologists, physicians who treat diseases of the kidneys.
For 39 years, El Paso dentist Richard C. Black, D.D.S., M.S., served his community with compassionate care. Now, as founding dean of the Hunt School of Dental Medicine, he’s leading the effort to train the next generation of oral health care providers for our Borderplex region.