Jeremy Brynes has accepted the position of Associate Vice President, Health System Business Development, effective July 14.
Jeremy was the Assistant Administrator/Director of Business Development for Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, a position held since 2006. In this role, he was responsible for leading the hospital’s Neuroscience, Oncology, Heart & Vascular, Pediatric and Orthopedic & Rehabilitation service lines. In addition, he oversaw several operational functions and ancillary services including the cancer center, wound care center, environmental services, food & nutrition services, patient relations and volunteer services. He also led the hospital’s strategic planning process, served as the hospital’s Director of Marketing, and served as the Director of Customer Relations where he successfully increased patient satisfaction and physician satisfaction ratings above 90th percentile. Jeremy also held a senior leadership role for Joint Commission readiness within the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System.
Dr. Kevin H. McKinney, associate professor in endocrinology in the Department of Internal Medicine, is one of six physicians recently given the Texas Medical Association’s 2014 Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine. This achievement, according to the TMA, recognizes “academic physicians who are consummate teachers, role models and medical professionals.”
America’s Essential Hospitals, a national organization of public hospitals and health systems, has named UTMB’s Donna Sollenberger to its board of directors. Sollenberger, UTMB’s Health System executive vice president and CEO, will join the leadership of an association that brings together health providers from across the country, including Boston Medical Center, the University of Washington Medical Center and the UCLA Health System, to advance best practices for vulnerable populations and underserved communities through advocacy, policy development, research and education.
Sollenberger, who joined UTMB in 2009, has overseen an unprecedented expansion of UTMB health services and achievements, including the opening of many new clinics throughout the region and the building of new hospitals in Galveston and Victory Lakes. During her tenure UTMB has received numerous awards for increasing positive patient outcomes, including acknowledgements from the American Heart Association, the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Texas Hospital Association.
Drs. Susan Dixon McCammon and Patricia A. Rogers have been named William Osler Scholars. The John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine recognizes individuals who exemplify Sir William Osler’s ideals of humane, compassionate, scientifically sound, patient-centered care and teaching.
Also recognized were Dr. Leonard E. Swischuk, the John P. McGovern Lifetime Achievement Award in Oslerian Medicine; Drs. Loretta Lee Grumbles, Hanan Hussein, Michael H. Malloy and Robert Glenn Smith were recognized with Excellence in Clinical Teaching Awards.
Students honored were Mary Elizabeth Murphy, Angie Hamouie, Taylor Baumann and Candace Bailey who received John P. McGovern Student Awards in Oslerian Medicine; Jacqueline Stout, the John D. and Mary Ann Stobo Award; William Green, the John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine Student Award; and Jillian Patton, Mary R. Goodrich and Michelle H. Parmley received awards for essays in the practice of Oslerian medicine.