Texas to open COVID-19 vaccination to all adults on March 29

Open Texas COVID-19 Vaccines

All adults will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas beginning Monday, March 29. The Texas Department of State Health Services expects vaccine supplies to increase next week, and providers in multiple parts of the state have made great strides in vaccinating people in the current priority groups. The state’s Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel recommended opening vaccination to everyone who falls under the current Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorizations to protect as many Texans as possible.

Texas to open COVID-19 vaccination to all adults on March 29

Texas to open COVID-19 vaccination to all adults on March 29

All adults will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas beginning Monday, March 29. The Texas Department of State Health Services expects vaccine supplies to increase next week, and providers in multiple parts of the state have made great strides in vaccinating people in the current priority groups. The state’s Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel recommended opening vaccination to everyone who falls under the current Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorizations to protect as many Texans as possible.

Publications

1. PMID: 32988752

Laparoscopic pancreatectomy for cancer in high volume centers is associated with an increased use and fewer delays of adjuvant chemotherapy.

Kutlu OC, Vega EA, Salehi O, Lathan C, Kim S, Krishnan S, Stallwood C, Kozyreva O, Conrad C.

HPB (Oxford). 2020 Sep 25:S1365-182X(20)31146-1. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.09.003. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32988752

2. PMID: 32909213

Western population-based study of oncologic surgical quality and outcomes of laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma.

Curriculum

The HPB Surgery trainee will gain a rich experience and will take away the skills to be able to provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art medical & surgical care to patients with surgical diseases/disorders of the liver, pancreas, biliary tract and duodenum.


A minimum of 12 months of clinical training is required for training in HPB surgery. At the completion of the fellowship, the HPB fellow may be eligible to apply for additional training in minimally invasive surgery.