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t m c » p u l s e | m a y 2 0 1 8 2 TMC | PULSE Vol. 5 No. 4 May 2018 President and Chief Executive Officer William F. McKeon Vice President of Communications Christen Bagley Pulse Editor Maggie Galehouse mgalehouse@tmc.edu Assistant Editor Cindy George cgeorge@tmc.edu Staff Writers Alexandra Becker Christine Hall Ryan Holeywell Shanley Pierce Britni N. Riley Photojournalist Cody Duty Contributing Photographers Scott Dalton Nick de la Torre NEWSROOM 713-791-8812 news@tmc.edu ADVERTISING Felicia Zbranek-Zeitman 713-791-8829 newsads@tmc.edu DISTRIBUTION Daniel Martinez 713-791-6136 distribution@tmc.edu READ US ONLINE tmc.edu/news FOLLOW US @TXMedCenter @texasmedcenter @thetexasmedicalcenter TMC Pulse is an award-winning monthly publication of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Permission from the editor is required to reprint any material. WILLIAM F. McKEON President and Chief Executive Officer Texas Medical Center Mark Mulligan/© Houston Chronicle. Used with permission. O ne of the most transformative occasions in the 70-plus-year history of the Texas Medical Center took place on April 23, 2018. State and local leaders, together with leaders of the TMC, announced the launch of TMC 3 , a new multi- institution research campus that will foster collaboration amid a culture of competition. The campus will be situated south of the medical center's clinical campus. Decades from now, we will look back on this date as a historic moment for the Texas Medical Center, the city of Houston and the great state of Texas. President's Perspective Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, is seated in front at the TMC 3 announcement on April 23, 2018. Standing from left to right: John Sharp, chancellor of The Texas A&M University System; Edward Roski, president and chairman of the board for Majestic Realty Co.; Ed Emmett, Harris County Judge; Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston; William F. McKeon, president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center; Paul Klotman, M.D., president, CEO and executive dean at Baylor College of Medicine; Peter Pisters, M.D., president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Michael R. Blackburn, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief academic officer at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Carrie Byington, M.D., 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; and Admiral William McRaven, chancellor of The University of Texas System.