David M. Eisenberg, MD presented Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives suggesting that one way to combat the rising perils of obesity, diabetes, and inactivity is to return to preparing meals at home.

Rachel Marinch, the current Co-President of the UTMB Health Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG), has announced that the group has elected their 2013-2013 officers following an overwhelming application response.

The UTMB Health Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) held a Match Day Panel on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The panel discussion, open to all UTMB School of Medicine students, featured a panel of senior medical students discussing the residency program application and interview process.

You are invited to join our physicians and staff of the Family Medicine Clinic - Dickinson on Wednesday May 8th, 2013 for an Open House.

The UTMB Department of Family Medicine is pleased to welcome the Family Medicine Residency Class of 2016.

The UTMB Health Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) is planning a Helping Hands event on March 23, 2013. The group of medical students, along with some faculty members and residents, will spend the day volunteering their time at local free clinics, including the Luke Society Medical Mission to the Homeless' open-air clinic and the St. Vincent's House Free Clinic.

The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine is pleased to announce that David M. Eisenberg, MD will present a lecture and discussion, Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives, on Thursday, April 4, 2013.

The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine is pleased to announce that David M. Eisenberg, MD will present a lecture, Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives, on Thursday, April 4, 2013. This lecture is open to the public, and will be followed by a luncheon.

The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine is pleased to announce that James Giordano, PhD will be presenting a lecture, A Right and Good Healing: Philosophical and Ethical Foundations of Integrative Medicine, on Tuesday, April 2, 2013.

UTMB Health Family Medicine resident Sai Palepu, MD has been selected as one of ten recipients of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors Family Medicine Congressional Conference resident scholarship.

On Friday, February 22, 2013 the UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine proudly announced its chief residents for the 2013-2014 year: Manju Mahajan, MD, Laura Porterfield, MD, and Estela Mota-Garcia, MD.

Anika Bell-Gray, MD, a 2002 graduate of the UTMB Health School of Medicine and 2005 graduate of the Family Medicine Residency Program, was recently notified that she has been named one of the "Rising Stars" among Texas' Super Doctors on www.superdoctors.com.

The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine has published in 2011-2012 Annual Report. The report summarizes the activities of the faculty, staff, and residents of the department from September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012.

Saleh Elsaid, MD, Assistant Professor in the UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine, will be installed as the Vice-President of the Galveston County Medical Society on February 15, 2013. A reception and dinner to introduce and honor this year's officers will be held at the San Luis Hotel in Galveston, Texas.

The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine is pleased to congratulate Saquib Ansari, MD, on winning the 2013 Gold Humanism Society's Resident Teaching Award. Dr. Ansari, currently a third-year resident and serving as Chief Resident, was selected by the UTMB Health School of Medicine Class of 2014 for his efforts in teaching medical students and for being an example of humanistic and professional values.

The Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) hosted a suturing workshop in the Primary Care Pavilion on Thursday, February 7, 2013. The hands-on workshop was sponsored by the UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine's Medical Student Education Program and Julie McKee, MD, a faculty member in the department. Family medicine faculty members and residents served as instructors and taught the students suturing techniques and supervised their practice of the techniques.

The UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine would like to wish everyone — patients, employees, students, and our neighbors — a happy 2012 holiday season.

The Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (TORCH), in conjunction with iVantage Health Analytics, has recognized two hospitals connected to the UTMB Health Family Medicine Integrated Rural Training Track as part of its iVantage Hospital Strength Index rating system. Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus, Texas has been recognized

There's a new family medicine doctor in the house. Dr. Tuere Coulter joined the Department of Family Medicine on October 15. Dr. Coulter is a faculty member in the Family Medicine Residency Program and will care for patients at our Family Medicine Clinic - Dickinson. She will be supervising residents and assisting Dr. Julie McKee in obstetric care, including labor and delivery.

UTMB Family Medicine Rural Training Track Director and faculty member, Dr. Jorge Duchicela, has been named the Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP) Member of the Month.