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T M C N E W S . O R G T M C N E W S . O R G 34 Field Notes Credit: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 courtesy photos; No. 10, Johnny Than; No. 13, Country Park Portraits; No. 15, Thomas Campbell 5 9 1 | JOSETTE ARMENDARIZ-BATISTE, DNP, RN, is the new System Chief Nursing and Patient Care Services Executive at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB Health). She served in the role in an interim capacity starting May 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | STEVEN D. POWELL, MSN, RN-BC, the People with Disabilities program man- ager for Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, has been appointed to the Health Policy Committee of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses for the 2020 term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 | San José Clinic volunteer pharmacist VICTORIA PHO, PHARM.D, was honored by the Houston Texans as a finalist for the United Way Community Quarterback award at a Texans game in December, where Pho received a $5,000 check for San José Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 | WINELL HERRON, KAREN MILES and KELLI COHEN FEIN, M.D., chaired the annual Men of Substance Black Tie Gala, which raises money to fight sickle cell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 | ALICE McPHERSON, M.D., professor of ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine, received the 2019 Retina Hall of Fame Award for her contributions to the field of retinal diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 | CAROLYN OLIVAREZ, LVN, CPTC, CPHQ, has been promoted to vice president of quality and regulatory compliance at LifeGift and will join the organization's strategic governance council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 | JOHN COOKE, M.D., PH.D., chair of the cardiovascular sciences department at Houston Methodist Research Institute and director of the Houston Methodist Center for Cardiovascular Regeneration, has been elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, class of 2019. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 | MARIA ELENA BOTTAZZI, PH.D., profes- sor and associate dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, was inducted into the National Academy of Science of Honduras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 | WILLIAM F. McKEON, CEO and presi- dent of the Texas Medical Center, was hon- orary chair of 2019's "Sleep Out: Executive Edition," a Covenant House Texas fundraiser that raised $1 million to help homeless youth. 7 1 8 3 6 4 2