Ttuhsc- Department of Surgery

A week ago, we had our inaugural Surgery Olympics which was overall a success. We would like to thank those who helped organize the event. We would also like to thank all the residents who were able to participate and to congratulate the winners of our first Surgery Olympics. Feedback and suggestions are most welcome to help us with the next Surgery Olympics as we hope to hold this fun team-building activity annually.

Surgery Jeopardy Winner: Team DeBakey (Drs. Wyatt, Vaughan, Nelson, Ukachukwu, Jensen, Dougherty)
Open Skills Station Winner: Team Mayo (Drs. Burton, Corbitt, Wright, Galvan, Lucero)
Laparoscopic Skills Winner: Team Blalock
Robotic Skills Winner: Team Blalock
Overall Champion: Team Blalock (Drs. Mistrot, Senter, Schexnayder, Moore, Hunt, Manal)

Congratulations 🎊 To our newly minted Surgeons ⁦
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1. Dr. Cody Clapp
2. Dr. Natalie Hodges
3. Dr. Jonathan Huynh
4. Dr. Atli Valgardsson

All facilities and clinics will be CLOSED on Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. We’ll resume regular business hours on Friday, July 5.

TTUHSC Holiday Schedule TTUHSC proudly offers many exceptional employee benefits, including a generous compensation package with comprehensive benefits, paid time off, medical and dental insurance, and substantial automatic retirement contributions.

Congratulations to Kendra P. Rumbaugh, Ph.D., as one of twelve TTUHSC scientists named in the sixth edition of the World’s Top 2% of Scientists List.

Twelve Full-Time TTUHSC Researchers Named to Latest World’s Top 2% of Scientists Rankings Last fall, Stanford University/Elsevier’s sixth edition of the World’s Top 2% of Scientists List was released and included 12 full-time and three part-time researchers from TTUHSC.

Congratulations Dr. Griswold for being chosen attending of the month for June.

All facilities and clinics will be CLOSED Wednesday, June 19 in observance of Emancipation Day, also known as Juneteenth. We’ll resume regular business hours on Thursday, June 20.

TTUHSC Holiday Schedule TTUHSC proudly offers many exceptional employee benefits, including a generous compensation package with comprehensive benefits, paid time off, medical and dental insurance, and substantial automatic retirement contributions.

Congratulations to Dr. Bryce Stash for being awarded the UMC Attending of the Month award for May! This award recognizes exemplary clinical care alongside caring, compassionate communication with patients, their families, and coworkers. It is great to see our team continue to shatter outdated negative stereotypes of “surgeon bedside manner” and prove we can be great doctors in addition to excellent surgeons.

Congratulations Dr. Brooks on being chosen attending of the month for the month of March.

Please join us in congratulating our March 2024 Spirit of Service and All Star recipients! 💙

Congratulations to all on a successful Match 2024 and we appreciate everyone’s commitment to this important task every year. We chose candidates we believe will be excellent, well-rounded general surgeons who will continue to build on the positive culture of the residency and department. Please welcome them warmly to our surgery family.

"Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D., a professor in the TTUHSC School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery, has focused her research career on investigating bacterial biofilms and their role in wound infections. Those efforts were recently recognized by the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM), which named Rumbaugh one of its 65 new Fellows for 2024. …
Sharmila Dissanaike, M.D., professor and chair in the Department of Surgery, said she is proud of the consistently great work conducted by Rumbaugh and her lab for many years.
“Dr. Rumbaugh has made ground-breaking discoveries in many aspects of surgical infections, especially in biofilm research. It’s great to see her earn this well-deserved recognition, and we're thrilled to have such a distinguished scientist on our team.” … "

Rumbaugh Named Fellow by American Academy of Microbiology Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D., a professor in the TTUHSC School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery, was named as one of the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) 65 new Fellows for 2024.

Congratulations to Dr Rumbaugh and her whole team for their hard work and dedication.

NIH Grant to Aid Rumbaugh’s Biofilm Dispersal Research Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D., a professor in the TTUHSC School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery, was awarded a two-year, $434,938 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH.

Congratulations Dr. Pert for being chosen House Staff of the month for February

Please join us in congratulating our February 2024 Spirit of Service and All Star recipients! 💙

All Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center facilities and clinics will be closed Monday, Jan. 15 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We’ll resume regular business hours on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

TTUHSC Holiday Schedule TTUHSC proudly offers many exceptional employee benefits, including a generous compensation package with comprehensive benefits, paid time off, medical and dental insurance, and substantial automatic retirement contributions.

All Texas Tech Physicians clinics will be closed Monday, Dec. 25 (Christmas Day) and Tuesday, Dec. 26. We will resume regular business hours on Wednesday, Dec. 27. Have a safe and happy holiday.

TTUHSC Holiday Schedule TTUHSC proudly offers many exceptional employee benefits, including a generous compensation package with comprehensive benefits, paid time off, medical and dental insurance, and substantial automatic retirement contributions.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving everyone.

TTUHSC Holiday Schedule TTUHSC proudly offers many exceptional employee benefits, including a generous compensation package with comprehensive benefits, paid time off, medical and dental insurance, and substantial automatic retirement contributions.

Our faculty and residents had a 'friendly' competition in our first ( and last? )Faculty-Resident paintball event on Saturday! 🙂

Justin Vaughan, M.D., a surgeon at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), said if you’ve ever felt intermittent pain in your upper right abdomen after eating a second deep-fried Tw***ie or an extra spicy chili cheese dog, you may need to be more aware of the gallbladder. Vaughan emphasized it’s important to note and check out any concerning symptoms because the gallbladder is something most people take for granted until it goes awry.

Fall Festivities and Feasts: Is Your Gallbladder Trying to Tell You Something? TTUHSC Expert Advises on Recognizing Potential Troubles

Dr. Justin Vaughn is a surgeon at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. He says the gall bladder helps in digestion by acting as a grease trap and storage tank for bile. He says we should treat the gall bladder the same way we protect the heart… “Fatty foods and greasy, spicy things in moderation. The same things to try to help you live a heart healthy lifestyle would also have the benefit of helping minimize your risk for gallbladder attack.”

Lubbock surgeon says to protect your gall bladder from greasy foods Fall festivities come with a lot of rich food, which is why this can also be a busy season for surgeries on the gall bladder.

Congratulations to Surgery Resident, Atli Valgardsson (PgY5) for being celebrated by the Texas Surgical Society as the Raleigh Ross scholar.

Congratulations to Surgery Resident, Atli Valgardsson (PgY5) for being celebrated by the Texas Surgical Society as the Raleigh Ross scholar.

This award is presented to an exceptional resident who is undergoing training in general surgery within the state of Texas. Awardees are selected based on their remarkable display of patient care and leadership throughout their training period.

Congratulations Dr. Richmond for being chosen UMC Attending of the Month and Dr. Gutierrez for UMC House Staff of the Month for the month of September.

Please join us in congratulating our September 2023 Spirit of Service and All Star recipients! 💙

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Plastic surgery is more than just improving someone's appearance. It involves much more, including procedures such as repairing complex wounds. For a variety of reasons, some people choose to get plastic surgery abroad, but they might come home with more complications. Guests for this episode, Bryce Stash, M.D., and Deepak Bharadia, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians surgeons, explain what plastic surgery is and how to choose a surgeon.

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Did you know robots are used in medicine? 🤖 Surgery residents in the Ttuhsc- Department of Surgery recently participated in a simulation lab using surgical robots to perform colectomies, splenectomies and inguinal hernias.