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t m c » p u l s e | n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 6 34 [ 1 ] One of the guests at THIRD COAST restaurant's VIP preview party was Robert J. Cruikshank, a Texas Medical Center board member. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 2 ] HOWARD MONSOUR, M.D., speaks at the inaugural TMC Hispanic Transplant Symposium on Oct. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 3 ] NICU nurses at Texas Children's Hospital pose for BAD PANTS DAY, an event that precedes the Bad Pants Open, an annual golf fundraiser. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 4 ] Chefs Jon Buchanan and Robert Del Grande; President and CEO of the TMC Robert C. Robbins, M.D.; Taste of the NFL founder Wayne Kostroski; University of Houston president Renu Khator, Ph.D.; and UH Executive Chef Mark A. Riley at the announcement of TASTE OF THE NFL'S "PARTY WITH A PURPOSE," which will be held at UH on the eve of Super Bowl LI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 5 ] STEPHANIE CUNNINGHAM, MBA, has been promoted to vice pres- ident of business development for The Menninger Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 6 ] JOHN P. DORMANS, M.D., chief of pediatric orthopedic surgery at Texas Children's Hospital and professor at Baylor College of Medicine in the Division of Orthopedic Surgery, was recently elected to the presidency of Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 7 ] SHARON PLON, M.D., PH.D., professor of pediatrics and of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine and director of the Cancer Genetics and Genomics Program at Texas Children's Cancer Center, was elected to the American Society of Genetics Board of Directors for 2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 8 ] DAVID POPLACK, M.D., direc- tor of Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers, recently received the first-ever Hyundai Hope on Wheels Hero of Hope Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his dedication to pediatric cancer research. 5 6 7 8 4 2 1 3 FIELD NOTES * Credit: Courtesy Photo