Julian Gill

Houston

Medical Reporter at Houston Chronicle

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Memorial Hermann reactivates liver transplant program after scandal

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill

Memorial Hermann Health System is reactivating its liver transplant program, one year after a surgeon's improper data manipulations prompted the hospital to stop all abdominal transplant operations, the health system announced Saturday. Dr. Mark Hobeika, a former transplant surgeon at Houston Methodist Hospital, will take over as the hospital's abdominal transplant program director and chief of immunology and organ transplantation at UTHealth Houston, the hospital system said.
Who is allowed to perform abortions in Texas? And what are the exceptions?

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Michael Garcia |Julian Gill

A Houston-area midwife is being accused of performing illegal abortions and practicing medicine illegally - the first criminal case to be filed under the state's abortion ban. But with Texas law prohibiting almost all abortions, who is allowed to perform these procedures? Here's what to know about where Texas stands with abortion: Where does Texas stand on abortion? Performing an abortion in Texas is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
How Trump cuts are stunting the growth of Baylor's medical school

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill

Uncertainty over health research funding is prompting the elite Baylor College of Medicine to scale back plans to expand the university's research efforts and to reduce its incoming graduate school class size by about 15 students. The developments reflect the anxiety that has gripped the Texas Medical Center in recent weeks, as the Trump administration seeks to slash research funding and broadly target language that falls under the banner of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Memorial Hermann gets rare, severe sanction for organ transplant scandal

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill

The national organ transplant system has leveled its most severe sanction against Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center following revelations that a liver transplant surgeon improperly manipulated its transplant database. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network on Wednesday declared the hospital a "member not in good standing," making Memorial Hermann only the second hospital to receive such a designation in the last 18 years.
These fees are driving up health care costs in Houston. Patients are noticing.

2 months ago | houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill

Large hospital bills have become more common for routine care nationwide, and they are starting to take a toll on families who need to manage chronic diseases in Houston. For years, Kayla Yates paid a $90 copay for her son's routine visits to Texas Children's Hospital's campus in The Woodlands. Now, those same visits, which her son needs two to four times per year to manage his Type 1 diabetes, will cost her nearly $600 out of pocket after the health system imposed a new fee in late 2023.
Baylor, MD Anderson could lose tens of millions under NIH grant policy

2 months ago | houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill |Evan MacDonald

Houston's largest health care institutions stand to lose tens of millions of dollars under a new National Institutes of Health policy that slashes grant funding for medical research, triggering widespread concern among researchers and university administrators. The funding in question, also called "indirect costs," reimburses grant recipients for overhead costs associated with research, such as the cost of support staff and maintaining lab space.
Trump's foreign aid freeze halts Houston-based pediatric AIDS program

2 months ago | houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill |Evan MacDonald

The Trump administration's pause on foreign aid has disrupted treatment provided by a Houston-based HIV/AIDS program, threatening the health of tens of thousands of patients in three African countries and throwing operations into a state of confusion on the continent, program officials told the Houston Chronicle on Thursday.
UH, Tilman Fertitta want to bring new $200M hospital to east Harris County

2 months ago | houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill |Samantha Ketterer

The University of Houston's medical school will ask the Texas legislature for $200 million to build a community hospital in Harris County - part of an ambitious goal to significantly grow the college and provide students with more training opportunities. University leadership, including president Renu Khator and Board of Regents Chairman Tilman Fertitta, revealed the plans in a meeting Thursday with the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board. Dr. Jonathan A.
Case dropped against doctor accused of leaking Texas Children's patient info

2 months ago | houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill

Prosecutors on Friday dropped their charges against a Dallas-area doctor who was accused of illegally obtaining records of patients at Texas Children's Hospital, according to court records. Dr. Eithan Haim has described himself publicly as a whistleblower who handed information to a conservative activist about the transgender care program at Texas Children's Hospital. He has maintained his innocence throughout the proceedings.
How Houston’s 'hero doctor' of 2020 morphed into a COVID vaccine critic

Dec 4, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Julian Gill

Dr. Joseph Varon, center, reviews patient's CT scans with physicians and nurses after concluding rounds in UMMC's COVID-19 intensive care unit Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Houston. Godofredo A. Vásquez/Photo illustration by Susan Barber; Photo by Godofredo A. VásquezFour years after he was hailed internationally as a “hero doctor” for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Joseph Varon, a Houston-based critical care physician, has emerged as a key player in a reinvigorated anti-vaccine movement.