NEWS & NOTES
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Matthew Grisham, PhD, (’82) will retire August
31, 2022, after serving since 2012 as chair of the TTUHSC Department of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology.
JERRY H. HODGE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
Levi Campbell, PharmD, (’16) was named the
2021 TTUHSC Faculty Preceptor of the Year for the Amarillo campus.
Brent Dance, PharmD, (’06) was named the
Karl M. Trippe, MD PHYSICIAN/OWNER Waco Primary Care, Waco, Texas Medicine Graduate: 1996
INDEPENDENT STREAK
As owner and sole physician of Waco Primary Care, Karl M. Trippe, MD, will occasionally ask another physician to cover for him, but otherwise, he says, “I’ve had my phone on for 10 years.” He even answered a call right before walking his daughter down the aisle at her wedding – although, he he did say he’d have to call them back. Trippe recognizes that the always-on-call lifestyle isn’t for everyone, but he values the autonomy — the ability to take as much time with a patient as he wants, for instance, and to make referrals without in-house corporate pressure. The result, he says, is a strong personal relationship with his patients. “I don’t think I’ve bought a carton of eggs in I don’t know how long,” he says with a chuckle. Trippe does hope to add a partner in the next year, with a goal of someone taking over the practice in 15 or 20 years. He would like nothing better, he says, than to identify a like-minded physician to continue the independent path he’s forged. — Tina Hay
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2021 TTUHSC Amarillo Adjunct Preceptor of the Year. Lee Ann Hampton, PharmD, (’02) was
named the 2021 Texas Pharmacy Association Texas Pharmacist of the Year. Mary Klein, PharmD, (’07) received the 2021
Texas Pharmacy Association Distinguished Service Award. Robert Martinez, second-year student,
was one of only 40 Texas pharmacy school students selected for Houston Methodist Hospital’s Power Week, a student observation program.
SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Jeramy Davies, MLS, (ASCP)CM, (’11)
joined Be the Match as a donor and collection experience specialist in Seattle, Washington. Jordan Dutton, ATC, (’19) was named a
recipient of the 2021 East Coast Hockey League Athletic Trainer of the Year award. April Hosley, DPT, (’11)
was named CEO of Trustpoint Hospital in Lubbock, Texas.
Clark Houser, CLS, (’04)
joined SSM Health as administrative director for Rural Health Development, a dual role supporting a network of rural hospitals, and serves as CEO of Okeene Municipal Hospital in Okeene, Oklahoma. Jared Oluwek, ATC, (’21)
joined the Arizona State University sports medicine staff in Tempe, Arizona. Logan Price, AuD, (’13, ’09) was named a 2021
Odessa Under 40 Honoree by the Young Professionals of Odessa, Texas.
PROVIDED BY KARL M. TRIPPE, MD
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