The 2012 Grand Opera House Kids Festival was a huge success and it was nice to see so many happy children and families enjoying what turned out to be a beautiful, fun-filled day of activities.

The Department of Family Medicine would like to congratulate its employees, and the employees of its administrative service group, who were honored for their milestone anniversaries at this year's UTMB Health Employee Service Day. Ten Family Medicine employees received service pins at the ceremony held March 22, 2012 in Levin Hall.

Visit the Family of Family Medicine at the 2012 Grand Kids Festival under the UTMB Healthy Fun Tent for your free bicycle safety helmet. Funding for TMA's Hard Hats for Little Heads provided by the Texas Medical Association Foundation thanks to top donors - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Prudential, and an anonymous foundation - and gifts from physicians and their families. The Texas Academy of Family Physicians has joined with TMA in this effort to promote safety and exercise. Local support offered by Dr. Hanan Hussein, UTMB Family Medicine.

The UTMB Department of Family Medicine is pleased to welcome the Family Medicine Residency Class of 2015.

Barbara L. Thompson, MD, chair and professor of the UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine, was elected President -Elect of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) in February 2012 at the organization's winter meeting held in Palm Springs, California. In addition, Judy DiMarco, PhD was selected to serve as the Administrators Liaison to the ADFM Board of Directors for 2012-2013.

Please join us in congratulating the New Family Medicine Chief Residents for the 2012-2013 Academic Year, Dr. Saquib Ansar and Dr. Myers Hurt, III

We are excited to announce that Dr. Catalina Triana has been selected as one the 2012 recipients of the Excellence in Clinical Teaching Awards.

Dr. Saleh Elsaid, Assistant Professor and Director of Family Medicine Hospital Service, will be installed as the Treasurer/Secretary of the Galveston County Medical Society on January 20, 2012.

The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine has published in 2010-2011 Annual Report.

In a survey of Texas medical professionals, 22 doctors from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have been named Texas “Super Doctors” and our very own Family Medicine Physician Barbara L. Thompson, MD is one of them.

It is our pleasure to announce that, effective December 1, 2011, Dr. Hanan Hussein is the Medical Director of Family Medicine Clinic - Island East.

It is our pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr. Tricia Elliott as Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, effective December 1, 2011.

The John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine and the 2011-2012 Osler Student scholars have awarded Dr. Rory Bradt the Thayer Award for Excellence in Teaching.

On Sunday, October 30, 2011, Dr. Tricia Elliott got up and went to church, but on this Sunday she went to perform free screening mammograms as part of the Sunday Screening Mammogram Program.

On Thursday, September 15th, 2011, over 100 medical students filled the primary care pavilion for hands on training sessions and interactive workshops with the Family Medicine Faculty and Residents. This event was sponsored by Dr. Julie McKee, the Family Medicine Interest Group and the UTMB American Medical Association (AMA/TMA). The event was supported by Dr. Lauree Thomas, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions, Dr. Victor Sierpina and the Family Medicine Medical Student Education Program and an Ethicon Educational Grant.

The Department of Family Medicine wants to make your life easier and is proud to announce new extended hours at two of its clinics. Dickinson Family Health Clinic will now see patients until 7pm on Mondays and Stewart Road Family Health will now see patients until 7pm on Tuesdays.

The Department of Family Medicine presents The Allan C. Shields, MD Lecture "The Patient Centered Medical Home" by Alfred Tallia, MD, Professor and Chair of Family Medicine and Community Health, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey Tuesday, April 26, 2011 12:30-1:30 p.m. Primary Care Pavilion, Entrance A, 2nd Floor, Conference Room 2.268

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kyu Kim Jana to The Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Jana will be seeing patients at Steward Road Family Health and specializes in geriatric medicine.

Please join Residency Director Dr. Tricia Elliott and The Department of Family Medicine in congratulating Drs. Rory Bradt and Branka Kosarac for being named Chief Residents for the Class of 2012.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the reappointment of Dr. Alice Anne O’Donell as the Evalyn Matheson Phillips and Claurice M. Phillips, MD Distinguished Professorship in Family Medicine.