| The Division of
General Medicine has an active program involving teaching,
patient care and research. A major responsibility of the
division is supervision of The University of Texas Internal
Medicine ambulatory care centers, which include the Memorial Hermann
Hospital Emergency Center and the Life Flight helicopter
ambulance service, a walk-in clinic, house staff patient
panels, and the private practice offices of the general
internists and subspecialists. Activities at Memorial Hermann and
Lyndon B. Johnson General hospitals include supervision
of a General Medicine Consultation service and participation
on inpatient ward services, including Chief Medical Residents'
services.
Training of house officers and medical students is a priority of
the division. House officers are assigned to the ambulatory care
services and service in the emergency center, helicopter ambulance
service and the ambulatory care clinics. Additionally, each house
officer meets weekly with a panel of patients and follows this group
of patients throughout the training program. All ambulatory clinic
activities are supervised by full-time faculty who provide an active,
multi-disciplinary teaching program. The opportunity to acquire a
formal education is provided by all inpatient ward teams and a consult
service staffed by full-time attending faculty and house officers,
providing consultation to all specialty groups within the hospital.
Research activities of the division include the study of a number
of new antihypertensive drugs and the effects of antihypertensive
agents on the vascular endothelium and on atherogenesis;
histoplasmosis in AIDS patients; and travelers diarrhea. Research
objectives are to develop and conduct investigation consistent with
the mission of the division such as projects in ambulatory care,
general medicine and delivery of care.
The faculty of the Division of General Medicine is dedicated to
providing excellent training programs while insuring quality patient
care.
Future programs to be considered as the division continues to grow
and expand include the development of a preventive medicine program
and a travelers' advisory clinic.
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Professor
and Director, Division of General Medicine
Philip C. Johnson, M.D.
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Professors
of Medicine
Eugene Boisaubin, M.D.
Richard Grimes, Ph.D.
Cheves M. Smythe, M.D.
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Associate Professors
Elmer V. Bernstam, M.D.
Evelyn C. Chan, M.D., M.S.
Laura A. Colletti, M.D.
Mark A. Farnie, M.D.
Fabrizia Faustinella, M.D., Ph.D.
Niraj Mehta, M.D.
Eric J. Thomas, M.D., M.P.H.
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Assistant Professors
Guha Ashrith, M.D.
Modushudan Bhattacharjee, M.D.
Janine Catalano, FNP
Yesim Ersoy, M.D.
Carolyn Gardiner, M.D.
Matthew Harbison, M.D.
Robin Hardwicke, Ph.D., AACRN, FNP
Kevin Hwang, M.D.
Gus W. Krucke, M.D.
Thomas R. Lux, M.D.
Sunil Movva, M.D.
Kelly O'Brien, M.D.
Ikenna Ogbaa, M.D.
Navid Sadeghi, M.D.
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Clinical Instructor
Fellow
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