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t m c ยป p u l s e | d e c e m b e r 2 0 1 6 42 [ 1 ] FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN share a moment at the 75th anniversary gala for MD Anderson Cancer Center. (Credit: Nick de la Torre/FCS Photos) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 2 ] UTHEALTH CONSTELLATION GALA chairs Phil Ferguson and Kathy O'Neil, honoree Kathrine G. McGovern, and UTHealth President Dr. Giuseppe N. Colasurdo. (Credit: Michelle Watson / CatchLight Group, LLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 3 ] First Lady of South Africa, Bongekile Ngema Zuma, presents ROBERT C. ROBBINS, M.D., president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center, with a Global Diabetes Foundation pin, in South Africa, as Houston Mayor SYLVESTER TURNER looks on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 4 ] Winners of the "worst pants" com- petition at the 19th annual BAD PANTS OPEN. More than 360 golfers teed off at the event, which raised $375,000 for premature and critically ill babies at Texas Children's Newborn Center.* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 5 ] MARIA E. FERNANDEZ, PH.D., director of the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research at UTHealth School of Public Health, received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Maryland School of Public Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 6 ] LARRY H. HOLLIER JR., M.D., associate surgeon-in-chief for clinical affairs and chief of plastic surgery at Texas Children's Hospital, was recog- nized by Press Ganey with the 2016 Physician of the Year award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 7 ] IMAD JARJOUR, M.D., associ- ate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, was recently named a Fellow of the American Autonomic Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 8 ] ANDREA PREISINGER has been promoted to vice president of human resources at The Menninger Clinic. 5 6 7 8 2 1 3 * Credit: Courtesy photo Field Notes 4