UNT Health Science Center adds to faculty, staff
The UNT Health Science Center has added or appointed several faculty and administrative assignments.
Abbot Clark, former vice president of discovery research and head of glaucoma research at Alcon Laboratories Inc., has left retirement to become director of the North Texas Eye Research Institute.
Thomas Moorman, at the Health Science Center in several roles since 1994, has been named vice president of student affairs.
Dr. Bruce Dubin has been promoted to vice dean of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine from his former role as associate dean of academic affairs.
Dr. Robert Adams, who served as TCOM senior associate dean of clinical affairs and chief medical officer for UNT Health, has become vice president and chief medical officer for UNT Health.
Joel Daboub has become assistant dean for admissions and outreach for both TCOM and the School of Health Professions.
Christine Moranetz, who has been with the University of Kansas School of Medicine as an adjunct associate professor of family medicine, preventive medicine and public health, has joined the Health Science Center as associate dean for curricular enhancement and associate professor of social and behavioral sciences.
David Sterling has been appointed chair of environmental and occupational health and professor of environmental and occupational health; he has been with the Saint Louis University School of Public Health as professor and division director of environmental and occupational health.
Dr. Carlos Reyes-Ortiz, former researcher at the Sealy Center on Aging and assistant professor of rehabilitation sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has been named associate professor of social and behavioral sciences at the Health Science Center.
Subhash Aryal has joined the Health Science Center as an assistant professor of biostatistics, coming from a post as instructor and research assistant of biostatistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Hsueh-Fen Chen, formerly an instructor and research assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named assistant professor of health management and policy at the Health Science Center.
Neonatal unit fundraiser
Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit staged its annual “Breakfast with St. NICUas” fundraiser on Dec. 13 at the Fort Worth Club.
Chesleigh and Blake Lloyd, a patient family whose premature son spent weeks in the NICU and is not approaching his first birthday, served as hosts. The event, which raised $32,000, is a benefit celebration for the department.
Donations for patrol
The auxiliary board at Harris Methodist Southwest Hospital donated almost $27,000 to the hospitalÂ’s security department to purchase a new patrol car.
The funds were raised through various events during the year, and volunteers also generated revenues through the hospitalÂ’s gift shop and its baby-photo service.
“The support of these wonderful, hard-working volunteers is greatly appreciated,” said John Jones, supervisor of security. “Our department needed this vehicle badly.”
Medicare sign-up in progress
Medicare Open Enrollment, a period for first-time enrollment or changes in existing plans, ends on Dec. 31. People can compare plans and find additional information by visiting www.Medicare.gov.
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