UTMB pediatric surgeon's hobby helps him reach world's highest peaks

UTMB pediatric surgeon's hobby helps him reach world's highest peaks

Chron.com - May 30, 2026

When he dons his mountain-climbing gear, Dr. Harold Pine becomes a willing ambassador for the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. The pediatric ear, nose, and throat surgeon—and tenured professor in otolaryngology—recently returned from the foot of Mount Everest, where he and his surgeon girlfriend helped provide medical care to inhabitants of the base camp on Nepal's Khumbu Glacier.

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The first academic health center in Texas opened its doors in 1891 and today has four campuses, five health sciences schools, seven institutes for advanced study, a research enterprise that includes one of only two national laboratories dedicated to the safe study of infectious threats to human health, a Level 1 Trauma Center and a health system offering a full range of primary and specialized medical services throughout the Texas Gulf Coast region. UTMB is an institution in The University of Texas System and a member of the Texas Medical Center.

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