Accolades
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he Methodist Transplant Center’s lung transplant program received a Bronze Award from the Health Resources and Service Administration, an arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The transplant program is the largest in the United States. The award measures performance, based on post-transplant survival rates, transplant rates and mortality rates after patients have been placed on the waiting list. Only 22 percent of transplant programs in the United States receive this award. n
Dr. Timothy Boone, chairman of the Department of Urology at The Methodist Hospital, has been named president of the American Board of Urology. The organization certifies urologic physicians who meet its educational, professional peer review and examination criteria. n
Dr. Bobby Alford has step ped down as chairman of the otolaryngology programs at The Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Alford, chairman of Methodist’s Department of Otolaryn gology since 1967, was instrumental in developing the hospital’s Neurosensory Center, which includes the Institute for Head and Neck Surgery. He is an internationally recognized leader in otolaryngology and under his leadership, the Baylor and Methodist otolaryngology departments rose to preeminence in patient care, post-graduate education and research. n
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Randee Regan, RN, CNOR, has been named the Brown Foundation Inc. Outstanding Nurse for 2010, at The Methodist Hospital. Regan is a charge nurse in the Main operating room, where she coordinates use of the da Vinci surgical robot and is also a resource nurse for urology cases. With more than 26 years of nursing experience, she is the 21st nurse to receive this annual award. n
Rosemary Moreno is the first employee in the more than 90-year history of The Methodist Hospital to reach 50 years of service. Moreno, who has always worked in the Ophthalmology Surgery Department, has served in various capacities since she began on June 1, 1960 at the age of 17. She now works as the department’s receptionist. Moreno was selected to push the detonator button to bring down the Diagnostic Clinic Tower on Fannin Street in 2006. The building was demolished to make room for the Methodist Outpatient Center, which opened last year. n
