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t m c » p u l s e | m ay 2 0 1 7 35 13 17 11 16 [ 11 ] NORA'S HOME, which provides a home away from home for transplant patients and their fami- lies, held "Yoga on the Meadow" to kick o Donate Life Month. (Credit: Kimberly Cooper / User of Reality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 12] PERITECT, a company that designed a device to drain fluid from the sac around the heart, answered questions from judges at the second annual TMC BIODESIGN HACKATHON. Peritect earned first place and $2,000 for their design. (Credit: Gary Fountain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 13] Female surgeons from MD ANDERSON pose in an operating room, mimicking a recent cover of The New Yorker magazine. (Credit: Meagan Raeke, MD Anderson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 14 ] PATRICK C. McCULLOCH, M.D., who leads the research team at Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, has been appointed to the John S. Dunn Chair in Orthopedic Surgery at Houston Methodist. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 15 ] LAURA A. PETERSON, M.D., M.P.H., professor of Medicine-Health Services Research at Baylor, was honored with a Magnificent Seven Award by nonprofit Prayers of the People. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 16 ] Attending the annual Diabetic Foot Global Conference, presented by Baylor and the Texas Heart Institute, were conference co-chairs DAVID G. ARMSTRONG, M.D., PH.D., of the University of Arizona, and JOSEPH L. MILLS, M.D., professor and chief of the division of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy at Baylor, along with GEORGE ANDROS, M.D., conference founder and this year's recipient of the Edward James Olmos Award for Advocacy in Amputation Prevention, and EDWARD JAMES OLMOS, actor and director. * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 17 ] DR. HERBERT EDMUNDSON, chair of the University of St. Thomas Board of Directors; MICHELE MALLOY, past chair of the UST Board of Directors; ROBERT IVANY, PH.D., UST presi- dent; and DAVID HARVEY, chair of the UST Faith in Our Future Campaign, at a ceremony for UST's new Center for Science and Health Professions. * 11 12 14 15 DO YOU HAVE TMC EVENT PHOTOS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH PULSE? SUBMIT HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES TO: NEWS@TMC.EDU

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