Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Plano broke ground on its new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) this past May as part of its $3.9 million expansion project to meet the healthcare needs of Collin County and surrounding areas. Texas Health Plano is the only Level IV NICU unit in the area. The expansion will allow the facility to accept more infants for longer-term stays, complete with 43 infant beds, two rooms dedicated to twins and triplets, enhancements to existing rooms such as milk storage, televisions, upgraded bathing sinks, and accommodation suites for families. The project is slated for completion in the fall of 2023.
Seasoned healthcare executive Larry Nabb has been named the next CEO of Fort-Worth-based home health and hospice care service provider Jet Health Inc. Nabb will harness growth and expansion efforts for the company, which is already present in sixteen markets throughout the Southwest and Mountain West United States, as well as managing all operations. Nabb comes from a position as CEO of Providence Care LLC, a home health, hospice, and house call provider in the Southeast, where he executed similar expansion goals and led an impressive acquisition strategy.
The University of Texas Southwestern has been awarded a $10.7 million grant for its research into the immune system and cardiovascular cell regeneration. In preclinical studies, Dr. Hesham Sadek and his team achieved conclusive evidence of low oxygen levels enabling the heart to self-repair and reignite lost functions following an extreme cardiac event. Volunteers in the subsequent human trial were scouted based on prior experiences with heart attacks. The four selected men were placed in controlled chambers with gradually lowered oxygen levels, and all experienced significant, long-term improvement in heart function following the trial. This grant will go specifically towards advancing these research efforts and exploring the broader immune systems’ contributions to cardiovascular rehabilitation.
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) has elected eight Dallas-Fort Worth-based physicians to represent the state as delegates in the American Medical Association House of Delegates, including Dr. John Carlo M.D., Dr. Mark Casanova M.D., Dr. Deborah A. Fuller M.D., Dr. John Gill M.D., Dr. Steven Hays M.D., and Dr. Angela Self M.D. TMA hired another DFW physician to serve on an internal policymaking committee, Dr. Stuart C. Pickell M.D. Representing more than 57,000 physicians and medical students, TMA is the largest state medical society in the country.
