Bryant Boutwell, Dr.P.H.

Dr. Bryant Boutwell has spent the last three decades in Houston's Texas Medical Center.  He is the first holder of The John P. McGovern, M.D. Professorship in Oslerian Medicine and joined the John P. McGovern, M.D. Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit as a full time faculty member in September, 2006 with specific interests in medical communications, ethics, and professionalism.  In February of 2007 he launched a medical humanities Certificate program that encompases all four years of medical training at the UT Medical School in Houston.  In September 2007 that program received a $2 million endowment from the John P. McGovern Foundation.

A former news journalist, he has written award-winning newspaper columns, radio programs, and videotape presentations including scripts narrated by Walter Cronkite.  In recent years, he has published a history of the UT Medical School at Houston and the Texas Medical Center.  Sales from that book support the Boutwell/McGovern scholarship fund to assist medical students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Dr. Boutwell has journalism and biology degrees from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health degree from the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston.  Prior to Joining the UT Medical School in Houston, was at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center where he served in communications and as Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs.  He knows the Medical Center well and served as Director of Public Affairs for the Texas Medical Center in the early 1980s.

He is a former associate Dean for the UT Medical School at Houston and has now added institutional accreditation duties to his list of responsibilities.  He is a proud member of the American Osler Society and graduate / former board member of Leadership Houston.

PUBLICATIONS:

Refereed Original Articles in Journals:

  1. Boutwell, W.B.:  Information/education resources on BSE. The Cancer Bulletin 31:157-159, 1979.
  2. White, L.N.  and  Boutwell, W.B.:  Screening for early stages of cancer.  The Cancer Bulletin 32:151-153, 1980.
  3. Newell, G.R. and Boutwell, W.B.:  Cancer Prevention:  An Editorial.  The Cancer Bulletin  32:127,   1980.
  4. Boutwell, W.B.:  Public service utilization by Texas radio stations.  Journalism Quarterly, Winter, 1980.
  5. Boutwell, W.B.:  Community health education and the effective use of radio.  Texas Public Health Association Journal  32:6, 1981.
  6. Newell, G.R. and Boutwell, W.B.:  Counseling patients on saccharin use.  The Cancer Bulletin  33:33-34,  1981.
  7. Newell, G.R. and Boutwell, W.B.: Potential  for cancer prevention.  The Cancer Bulletin  33:78-79, 1981.
  8. Newell, G.R. and Boutwell, W.B.:  Cancer differences among Texas ethnic groups - An hypothesis.  The Cancer Bulletin  33:113-114, 1981.
  9. Newell, G.R. and Boutwell, W.B.:  Advising patients about nitrites in foods.  The Cancer Bulletin  33:180-181, 1981.
  10. Boutwell, W.B.:  Today's health care, more than a doctor/nurse team.  Texas Health Careers (Texas Hospital Association) 1:10-12, 1982.
  11. Boutwell, W.B. and Sandefur, R.:  Biomedical communication: The next chapter.  Journal of Biomedical Communication, Spring, 1987.
  12. Boutwell, W.B.: Closing the Gap. Dimensions in Oncology Nursing, 4(3):3-4, 1990.
  13. Boutwell, W.B.: Marketing Concepts Revisited,  Dimensions in Oncology Nursing, 4(3):36-37, 1990.
  14. Judkins, A.F. and Boutwell, W.B.: A Model Program for Teaching Nurses Breast Assessment and Cancer Screening.  The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 22(6):223-236, 1991.
  15. Boutwell, W.B., Cummings, S.R., Ward, J.D., Watson, K.D., Riedel, T.:  Under Cover Skin Cancer Prevention Project:  A Community Based Intervention in Three Texas Cities.  Skin Cancer  8:67-73, 1993.
  16. Boutwell, W.B., Under Cover:  A skin cancer prevention initiative in four Texas cities.  The Cancer Bulletin  45(3):279-281, 1993.
  17. Abrams, David B.; Boutwell, W.B.; Grizzle, James; Heimendinger, Jerianne; Sorensen, Glorian; and Varnes, Jill:   Cancer Control at the Workplace:  The Working Well Trial.  Preventive Medicine  23(1) 15-27, 1994.
  18. Boutwell, W.B:  Theory-based approaches for improving biomedical communications. Journal of Biomedical Communications  21(1):2-6, 1994.
  19. Gelb, B.D., Boutwell, W.B., Cummings, S.: Using mass media communication for health    promotion:  Results from a cancer center effort.  Hospital & Health Services Administration  39(3), 1994.
  20. Heimendinger, J., Feng, Z., Boutwell, W.B., et al.: The Working Well Trial: Baseline Dietary and Smoking Behaviors of Employees and Related Worksite Characteristics.  Preventive Medicine 24: 180-193, 1995.
  21. Boutwell, W.B.: Under Cover Skin Cancer Prevention Project: A Community-Based Program in Four Texas Cities.  Cancer   Supplement: 75(2), January 15, 1995.
  22. Boutwell, W.B.: Interdisciplinary education: Looking beyond the horizon.  Academic Medicine (in press).
  23. Boutwell, W.B.: Creating and Publishing a Medical School History.  Manuscript published in the proceedings of the 37th International Congress on the History of Medicine, Galveston, Texas, Sept. 12, 2000.
  24. Boutwell, W.B.: Two Bachelors, A Vision, and the Texas Medical Center.  Houston Review,  2 (1), Fall 2004.

Books:

  1. Boutwell, W.B., McGovern, J.P.: Conversation With a Medical School.  The University of Texas-Houston Medical School: 1970 -2000.  UT-Houston Printing Division, Houston, September, 1999.

Chapters:

  1. Boutwell, W.B., Ellison, N.M. and Newell, G.R.:  Summary and overview of cancer and nutrition.  In, Cancer and Nutrition: Etiology and Treatment, G.R. Newell and N.M. Ellison (eds.), New York, Raven Press, 1981.
  2. Newell, G.R., Boutwell, W.B. and Morris, D.L.: Principles of Epidemiology (Chapter 1).  In, Principles and Practice of Oncology, V.T. Devita, S. Hellman and S.A. Rosenberg (eds.), Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1981.

Thesis and Dissertation:

  1. Boutwell, W.B.:  A Survey of Public Service Utilization by Texas Radio Public Service Directors.  The University of Texas -Houston School of Public Health.  May, 1979.
  2. Boutwell, W.B.: Development and Evaluation of a Video-Based Modeling Strategy for the Dissemination Phase of a School Health Tobacco-Use Prevention Program.
    The University of Texas -Houston School of Public Health.  December, 1989.

Other Professional Communications (Produced and Distributed):

  1. Celebration:  A Gift for Generations (1991).  Videotape concept and script for 50th Anniversary of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.  (Narrated by Walter Cronkite, CBS, New York).  (see awards)
  2. Curriculum for Guard Your Life, a cooperative skin cancer prevention program of the YMCA of the Greater Houston Area and M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (1991).
  3. Smart Choices (1989).  Videotape script and production for NCI-funded diffusion study for tobacco-use prevention curriculum in Texas schools.  Program supported dissemination phase of 4-year study, Guy S. Parcel, Ph.D., principal investigator (UT-Houston School of Public Health).
  4. Staging and Treatment Options for Breast Cancer.  Interactive videotape training program for physicians.  Content planning and development with Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, M.D., M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (1989).
  5. Teleconference, Treatment of Early Stage Breast Cancer.  Scripting, content development, post-test, coordination of live teleconferencing linking 1200 hospitals through the Hospital Satellite Network.  Moderator, Charles M. Balch, M.D., M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (1987).
  6. RX- Information Management (1987).  Videotape concept, script, and production for presentation to UT System.
  7. Silent Heroes (1985).  Videotape concept, script, and production for national working group supporting academic use of animals in research.  Used nation-wide by multiple academic institutions to demonstate the importance of animals in research.  Kenneth N. Gray, DVM, content coordinator. (see awards)
  8. Cancer Nursing:  The Critical Difference (1985).  Videotape concept, script, and production for the American Cancer Society, Inc. national office.  National awards received.  (Narrated by Felicia Jetter, KHOU-TV, Houston). (see awards)
  9. CANCER:  The Next Frontier (1985).  Videotape concept, script, and production.  (Narrated by Ron Stone, KPRC-TV, Houston.  (see awards)
  10. Cancer Answerline (newspaper) (1976 to 1978).  Monthly newspaper column written and distributed in cooperation with the American Cancer Society to daily and weekly newspapers throughout the state.
  11. Cancer Answerline (radio) (1978 to 1979).  Adaptation of newspaper column for radio use by Texas radio stations, Spanish and English versions.
  12. Winning the Nobel (1998).  Videotape written and co-produced for Nobel Laureate and faculty colleague, Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D., upon his receipt of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.  Shown on Houston's IMAX screen for community-wide celebration event hosted by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in February 1999.
  13. Problem-Based Learning oncology cases for statewide use in Texas medical schools. (1999 – 2000).  Authored or co-authored a series of twelve cases published online and available to medical schools and university faculty throughout Texas.  Funded through a grant  (CATCHUM) at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston by the National Cancer Institute.
  14. Formula for Success. (2002). Overview video written and produced for The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
  15. Imagine. (2006).  Video written and produced for The University of Texas Health Science Center's new Institute for Molecular Medicine.  A companion commemorative book, Molecular Medicine: The Next Frontier including the history of genetics and molecular medicine along with the relevance of this new program for generations to come was also written and published.