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39 t m c » p u l s e | d e c 2 0 1 9/JA N 2 02 0 Do you have TMC photos you would like to share with Pulse? Submit high-resolution images to: news@tmc.edu 11 7 | William F. "Bill" McKeon, CEO and president of the TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, brought the future of the TMC to a huge crowd at the State of the Texas Medical Center luncheon, presented by the Greater Houston Partnership. At the end of the presentation, a robot joined McKeon onstage to celebrate ABB, the international robotics company that opened a 5,300-square-foot space in the TMC INNOVATION INSTITUTE in the fall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | At a "Taste America" event at THIRD COAST restaurant in October, Jeff Black of the James Beard Foundation; Third Coast executive chef Jon Buchanan; James Beard Award winner Sue Zemanick, executive chef/ owner of Zasu in New Orleans; and James Beard Award winner Hugo Ortega, executive chef/owner of H Town Restaurant Group (which includes Backstreet Café, Hugo's, Caracol and Xochi) posed outside the restau- rant. The six-course dinner benefited the James Beard Foundation, raising more than $11,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | MARGARET "PEGGY" GOODELL, PH.D., chair of the department of molecular and cel- lular biology at Baylor College of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 | MD Anderson's STEPHEN HAHN, M.D., was nominated by President Trump to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). If the Senate approves his appoint- ment, Hahn will take over from acting FDA commissioner Norman "Ned" Sharpless, M.D., who has served since April. Hahn is currently chief medical executive at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | Attendees of the 50th anniversary celebration of the JOHN P. McGOVERN MUSEUM OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE danced and mingled at River Oaks Country Club. The gala was chaired by J. Downey Bridgwater and his wife, Kerri, and Brian Strake Parsley, M.D., and his wife, Katherine. J. Downey Bridgwater is president of Comerica Bank's Houston market and chairman of the board of directors of the Texas Medical Center. Brian Parsley is an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. 11 10 7 9 8 9 10