South Texas Healthcare System HealthNews
Summer 2009

Contents

 Home
 An Act of Brotherly Love
 Faith Finds a Way
 A Daughter Gives
the Ultimate Gift
 A Home Away
From Home
 From Transplant Recipient to
Transplant Advocate
 Help and Hope
for Depression
 Consolidated Nursery is Convenient for Parents
 Meet the Physicians at the South Texas Transplant Center
 Neurosurgery at
McAllen Medical
Center: 24/7 Care
 STHS receives Contract Award for Veterans' Health Services
 Advantage News
 Save a Life! Be an Organ Donor
 Advantage Program Calendar of Events
June 2009
 Advantage Program Calendar of Events
July 2009
 Advantage Program Calendar of Events
August 2009
 Past Issues

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Meet the Physicians at the South Texas Transplant Center

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Daniel "Rick" McLean, MD
Medical Director, Transplant Surgeon
Dr. McLean attended the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio for his general surgery training and then completed a transplant surgery fellowship at the Texas Transplant Institute in San Antonio.

He is board certified in surgery, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is Chief of Surgery at South Texas Health System.

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Jose L. Farias-Jimenez, MD
Transplant Surgeon
Dr. Farias-Jimenez underwent his general surgery training at Easton Hospital, Easton, PA. He is board certified in surgery.

He comes to the South Texas Transplant Center from the University of Texas, Houston, where he was an instructor in surgery in the Department of Abdominal Organ Transplantation.

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Charles E. Moritz, MD
Medical Director, Transplant Nephrologist
Dr. Moritz underwent internal medicine training and residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Afterward, he completed a fellowship in nephrology at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. He comes to the South Texas Transplant Center team from Central Texas Kidney Associates. He is board certified in nephrology.


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