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t m c » p u l s e | d e c e m b e r 2 0 1 4 36 ACCOLADeS JOSEPh cOSEllI, M.d., professor of surgery and chief of the division of cardiothoracic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, was the 25th John W. Kirklin Visiting Professor in Cardiac Surgery and Related Problems at the Mayo Clinic Oct. 2-3. He presented the Kirklin lecture Friday, Oct. 3, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Mary's Campus. Titled Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in the Endovascular Era: Possibilities, Perils, and Perspectives, it was the lead lecture for a morning of clinical and research presentations. Coselli also pre- sented an evening talk titled "My Surgical Heroes: DeBakey, Cooley and Crawford." Sally w. haRRIS, senior occupational therapy assistant at Harris Health System-Ben Taub General Hospital, has been appointed to the Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners by Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Harris, the only clinically based mem- ber from Houston, joins the nine-member board in charge of overseeing the statewide professional standards and licensure of occupational therapists. In Texas, only occupational therapy practitioners licensed by the board can practice. Harris is com- pleting a vacancy term through February 2015 and is expected to be reappointed for a six-year term. dIanE haynER, Rn, a registered nurse at Houston Hospice, was awarded the prestigious Good Samaritan Foundation's Bronze Excellence in Nursing Award on September 3, 2014 at a luncheon ceremony at Houston's Royal Sonesta Hotel. Hayner is a full-time registered nurse at Houston Hospice's 33-bed inpatient unit, located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center. She has served as a registered nurse for Houston Hospice for two years, providing a full-spectrum of physical, emotional, psycholog- ical and spiritual care with the goal of preventing suffering and relieving symptoms of the patients and families in her care. laRRy h. hOllIER JR., M.d., facS, chief of plastic surgery at Texas Children's Hospital and a professor in the division of Plastic Surgery and program director for the plastic surgery residency program at Baylor College of Medicine, has been appointed chairman of the medical advisory board of Smile Train, the largest cleft lip and palate charity in the world. In his role as chairman of the medical advisory board, Hollier supervises a group of phy- sicians and health care providers assembled from countries around the world to ensure Smile Train provides the safest care for these children. kEvIn P. lally, M.d., A.G. McNeese Chair in Pediatric Surgery, Richard Andrassy Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School is being recognized by the Houston Surgical Society as the Distinguished Houston Surgeon for 2014. Annually, the Houston Surgical Society nomi- nates and honors a fellow surgeon for their contribu- tions to the surgical profession. Lally is on the Board of Governors for the American Pediatric Surgical Association and the Past Chair of the Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is internationally known for his work of diaphragmatic hernia and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. gERald M. lawRIE, M.d., a cardiothoracic sur- geon at Houston Methodist Hospital, was a visiting professor at the Cleveland Clinic on May 2. Lawrie met with surgeons and gave Cardiovascular Grand Rounds titled, "100 Percent Reparability of the Mitral Valve. The Importance of an Engineered Approach." Lawrie developed a technique for mitral valve repair called the American Correction, which has resulted in a 100 percent success rate over a ten-year period. In 2007, Lawrie was the first to use a surgical robot to successfully repair a mitral valve using this advanced technique. MaTThIaS lOEbE, M.d., chief in the division of Transplant and Assist Devices at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, director of thoracic transplantation at Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center and professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College at Cornell University, has been honored by the German Association of Transplant Recipients (BDO) for 25 years of dedicated service in the field of solid organ transplantation. The associ- ation promotes organ transplantation and supports transplant recipients and their families in Germany. The association has more than 800 members. M. hOSSEIn TchaRMTchI, M.d., associate pro- fessor of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics and program director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training Program at Baylor College of Medicine, was named a fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine for his commitment to the ideals and practice of multi professional critical care and dedication to education and research. The American College of Critical Care Management is part of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and serves as the society's consultative body.

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