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t m c » p u l s e | m a r c h 2 0 1 8 38 [ 1 ] Houston Methodist Hospital's ERIK SUAREZ, M.D., a thoracic surgery specialist, and THOMAS MacGILLIVRAY, M.D., chief of cardiac surgery and thoracic transplant, posed with Methodist's 1,000th heart trans- plant recipient, TYLER WERTZ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 2 ] AIMEE LIOU, M.D., a pediatric cardiolo- gist at TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, oversees a team of health professionals who knitted red hats for every baby with congeni- tal heart disease at Texas Children's Hospital. The team distributed the hats in February, in observance of Heart Month. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 3 ] MICHAEL C. LINN has been appointed chairman of the board at Texas Children's Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 4 ] DIANA GRAIR, M.D., assistant professor in the department of family and community medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, was named medical director of San José Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 5 ] Houston-area certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) celebrated NATIONAL CRNA WEEK in January at Cadillac Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 6 ] MARGO MELCHOR, R.D.H., M.ED., ED.D., community outreach director for the School of Dentistry at UTHealth, has been appointed to the Texas State Board that regu- lates dentistry and dental hygiene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 7 ] CARRIE L. BYINGTON, M.D., dean of the Texas A&M College of Medicine, senior vice president of the Texas A&M University Health Science Center and vice chancellor for health services at the Texas A&M University System, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 8 ] DORIT DONOVIEL, PH.D., associate professor in the Center for Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named director of the Translational Research Institute for Space Health at Baylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 9 ] PEGGY SMITH, PH.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine, was honored with a Congressional Proclamation for her positive impact on Houston teens and young adults as director of the Baylor Teen Health Clinic. 6 7 8 9 3 1 2 Field Notes Credit: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 courtesy photos; No. 4, Allen S. Kramer, Texas Children's Hospital; No. 13, Gary Fountain; No. 15, alexandersportraits.com 4 5