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38 T M C » P U L S E | A U G U S T 2 0 1 8 Field Notes 7 3 Credit: Nos. 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, courtesy photos; No. 3, NASA; No. 4, Adolfo Chavez III, Texas Children's Hospital; No. 7, Paul Vincent Kuntz, Texas Children's Hospital; No. 10, Gary Fountain; No. 14, William Duncan Beard 5 1 2 4 6 1 | STEPHEN J. INCAVO, M.D., section chief of adult reconstructive surgery in the department of orthopedic surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital, was one of 73 recipients of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2018 Achievement Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | ABBEY ROBERSON, vice president of planning for the Texas Medical Center, was appointed Houston District Council Chair of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Roberson is the first female chair for ULI's local council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | SERENA AUÑÓN-CHANCELLOR, M.D., a NASA astronaut and a University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston assis- tant professor in internal medicine, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on June 8 for a six-month mission. She and two other crew members traveled to the ISS on the Soyuz spacecraft, which launched from Kazakhstan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | Olympian YVONNE TREVIÑO HAYEK hosted a mini Olympics for young patients at MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital. The event, developed by KERI SCHADLER, PH.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics at MD Anderson, is part of the new Profit Program, a fitness program designed to bring celebrity athletes to the hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL was ranked No. 1 in cardiology, heart surgery and pulmonology among the nearly 200 pediatric centers surveyed by U.S. News & World Report in their 2018-19 edition of Best Children's Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | An anonymous $3 million gift will pay the tuition for the inaugural class of the UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON'S COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, expected to begin in the fall of 2020. The University of Houston's Health 2 Building serves as a temporary home to the UH College of Medicine for three planning years and the first two years of initial enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | DAVID POPLACK, M.D., was named associate director of Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers and director of Global HOPE (Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Excellence). SUSAN BLANEY, M.D., was named director of Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers.