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38 T M C ยป P U L S E | N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8 Field Notes Credit: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, courtesy photos; No. 8, Allen S. Kramer / Texas Children's Hospital; No. 11, Jenny Antill; No. 12, Je Fitlow 3 8 1 2 7 6 1 | HARVEY LEVIN, M.D., professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine, received the 2018 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Gold Key Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | MARY ELLEN TRAIL ROSS, DRPH, MSN, associate professor at the Cizik School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), received a Gold Medal in the "Nursing Education: Faculty" category from The Good Samaritan Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE HOUSTON opened its newly renovated flagship facility, Holcombe House, at the end of September. The updated space brings accommodations from 50 to 70 bedrooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | Three dozen health care innovation ocers from across the country convened at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) for the inaugural HEALTHCARE INNOVATORS PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY (HIPS) conference in October. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center joined communities and institutions across the country in host- ing a local Biden Cancer Community Summit. One of the panels, "The Patient Experience: Improving Access, Navigation & Survivorship," included DAN BLUM, patient advocate; ALYSSA RIEBER, M.D., chair of general oncology at MD Anderson; DAMION SMITH, cancer survivor; JENNIFER KENNEDY-STOVALL, director of patient access support services at MD Anderson; and WELELA TEREFFE, M.D., chief medical ocer at MD Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | JAIR C. SOARES, M.D., PH.D., professor and Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair in Psychiatry in the department of psychiatry and behav- ioral sciences at UTHealth, was named president of the International Society for Aective Disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | ANGELLE SANDER, PH.D., associate professor and director of the division of clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology at Baylor, won the 2018 William Fields Caveness Award from the Brain Injury Association of America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | MARK. A. WALLACE, president and CEO of Texas Children's Hospital, welcomed HIS EXCELLENCY MOKGWEETSI E.K. MASISI, president of Botswana, in September. Masisi met with clinical and executive leaders to discuss health care in Botswana and the continued relationship with Texas Children's. 5 4