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Dr. John Krouse, Dean Of The UTRGV School Of Medicine (Courtesy Photo)

UT Health RGV, to open Surgery and Women’s Specialty Center in Harlingen

MDN Staff - Apr 18, 2018

Publisher’s Word: Technology Innovation is Effective in Radiology Services

MDN Staff - Apr 16, 2018

L-R: Dr. Sherif Zaafran, Stephen Brint Carlton, and Scott Freshour

Medical Board Names Executive Director

MDN Staff - Apr 13, 2018

Pictured Above: Mr. Gerardo Hernandez, DHR Health’s first kidney transplant recipient, and his daughter, Ms. Janett Arambula, who donated her kidney to her father, visit the DHR Health Transplant Institute for their one-year follow-up. Mr. Hernandez and Ms. Arambula are joined by Philip Thomas, MD, Transplant Surgeon (left) and Mourad Alsabbagh, MD, Transplant Nephrologist (right)

DHR Health Announces Certification from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for their Kidney Transplant Program on World Kidney Day

MDN Staff - Apr 13, 2018

Knapp Community Care Foundation Awards Over $6.8 Million in Grants

MDN Staff - Apr 11, 2018

Mega Doctor: “Radiology is the Eyes of Medicine,” – Dr. Allan Kapilivsky

MDN Staff - Apr 9, 2018

Dr. Jose A. Perez Jr. named Vice President of HCA Healthcare’s Gulf Coast Division

MDN Staff - Apr 6, 2018

5 Top Smart Gadget Inventions Medical, Healthcare Accessories You Need in 2018

MDN Staff - Apr 4, 2018

New Treatment for Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis Available

MDN Staff - Apr 4, 2018

South Texas College Celebrates Expansion of Starr County Campus

MDN - Apr 2, 2018

Mega Doctors 2017

Dr. Hazem B. Kanaan, an OB/GYN and Obesity Medicine Specialist with...

FDA Approves Treatment for Advanced Lymphoma Cancer

McAllen Oncologist Says the Cure for Cancer Is Already Happening

Dr. Norman M. Ramirez, an Outstanding Physician and Pioneer in Medicine

Scientists Successfully Eliminated a Genetic Disease from Human Embryos

Interventional Cardiologist Educates Patients to Live Better Lives

Dr. Michael Wingard Optometrist Serving the Nation’s Bravest

Dr. Carlos Cardenas Named President of Largest Medical Association

Kidney Transplantation, a Milestone for DHR and Valley Community

Minimally Invasive OB/GYN Surgeon A Distinguished Professional of the Valley

Dr. Nicole Grigg-Gutierrez: Providing Life-Saving Colonoscopies & Advanced Gastroenterology Procedures for...

Experienced Orthopedic Surgeon Opens Office in Weslaco

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Dr. Jose A. Perez Jr. named Vice President of HCA Healthcare’s...

MDN Staff - Apr 6, 2018

Mega Doctor News Houston, TEXAS – Jose A. Perez Jr., M.D., has joined Hospital Corporation of America Healthcare’s Gulf Coast Division as vice president of graduate...

Pictured Above: Dr. Michael Martinez, Bariatric Surgeon at the DHR Health Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, speaks with a patient. Dr. Martinez received the Young Physician of the Year Award from the National Hispanic Medical Association.

Two Physicians from DHR Health Honored with Young Physician of the...

Mar 16, 2018

In Mexico, Successful Cross Transplantation Provides Kidneys for 4 Patients

Mar 16, 2018

Three UTRGV School of Medicine leaders to join UT System’s Shine...

Mar 8, 2018

A 26th Annual Rio Grande Valley Medical Education Conference & Exposition will be held Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, McAllen Convention Center in McAllen. Helping to plan the conference, from the left, are Dr. Dionisio Calvo III, MD, CDE, Internal Medicine Physician in Weslaco; Mitty Reyna of the Knapp Medical Center Education Department; and Dr. Robert Sepulveda, Internal Medicine Physician in Weslaco and conference chairman.

Conference for Valley Physicians, Nurses, Health Professionals to Be Held in...

Mar 7, 2018

McAllen International Airport - Daily Non Stop Flights to Las Vegas

5 Top Smart Gadget Inventions Medical, Healthcare Accessories You Need in...

Apr 4, 2018

Video: The Evolution of Heart Failure Treatment

Mar 14, 2018

New Medicare Cards are coming!

Mar 12, 2018

Video: McAllen International Airport Vuela Directo a Dallas Todos los Días

Feb 16, 2018

Video: McAllen International Airport Flies Daily Non-Stop to Dallas

Feb 16, 2018

Mega Doctor of the Month

Mega Doctor: “Radiology is the Eyes of Medicine,” – Dr. Allan Kapilivsky

MDN Staff - Apr 9, 2018

Mega Doctor: Dr. David Schnaiderman, from Peru to the Rio Grande Valley

MDN - Mar 9, 2018

Wayne Clark, M.D., a professor of neurology in the OHSU School of Medicine and director of the OHSU Stroke Program.

Study: Treatment for Stroke Using Stem Cells Shows Promising Results

MDN - Jan 31, 2018

Dr. Hazem B. Kanaan, an OB/GYN and Obesity Medicine Specialist with Passion for Improving People’s Health

MDN - Jan 3, 2018

FDA Approves Treatment for Advanced Lymphoma Cancer

MDN - Dec 1, 2017

McAllen Oncologist Says the Cure for Cancer Is Already Happening

MDN - Nov 10, 2017

Dr. Norman M. Ramirez, an Outstanding Physician and Pioneer in Medicine

MDN - Oct 16, 2017

Scientists Successfully Eliminated a Genetic Disease from Human Embryos

MDN - Sep 11, 2017

Interventional Cardiologist Educates Patients to Live Better Lives

MDN - Jul 28, 2017

Dr. Michael Wingard Optometrist Serving the Nation’s Bravest

MDN - Jun 30, 2017

Dr. Carlos Cardenas Named President of Largest Medical Association

MDN - May 30, 2017

Kidney Transplantation, a Milestone for DHR and Valley Community

MDN - May 2, 2017

Publisher's Word

Publisher’s Word: Technology Innovation is Effective in Radiology Services

MDN Staff - Apr 16, 2018

By Roberto Hugo Gonzalez As originally published by Mega Doctor News in its newsprint edition March 2018 Dr. Allan Kapilivsky is a radiologist born in New...

Medical Breakthroughs

New Treatment for Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis Available

Dr. Franz Velarde, holding the FDA approved Lutonix 035 Drug Coated Balloon.

Hospital in Harlingen First to Use Drug Coated Balloon for Hemodialysis...

UTRGV Marketing Department Expanding its Consumer Neuroscience Research

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Community News

Dr. John Krouse, Dean Of The UTRGV School Of Medicine (Courtesy Photo)

UT Health RGV, to open Surgery and Women’s Specialty Center in...

Apr 18, 2018

L-R: Dr. Sherif Zaafran, Stephen Brint Carlton, and Scott Freshour

Medical Board Names Executive Director

Apr 13, 2018

Pictured Above: Mr. Gerardo Hernandez, DHR Health’s first kidney transplant recipient, and his daughter, Ms. Janett Arambula, who donated her kidney to her father, visit the DHR Health Transplant Institute for their one-year follow-up. Mr. Hernandez and Ms. Arambula are joined by Philip Thomas, MD, Transplant Surgeon (left) and Mourad Alsabbagh, MD, Transplant Nephrologist (right)

DHR Health Announces Certification from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

Apr 13, 2018

Knapp Community Care Foundation Awards Over $6.8 Million in Grants

Apr 11, 2018

Mega Story

Dr. Ameer Hassan, an investigator in the trial and head of the Neuroscience Department, Director of Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology, and Director of Clinical Neuroscience Research at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen. Photo Mega Doctor News

Valley Baptist Neuroscience Department Participates in Groundbreaking Stroke Research

Jan 30, 2018

Pictured above, from L-R: Larry Safir, Chairman of Renaissance Cancer Foundation; Jericka L. Gaskamp Renaissance Cancer Foundation; Elizabeth Jondreau, Interim Director DHR Health Advanced Care Center; Marissa Castañeda, DHR Chief Operating Officer and Director of Marketing; and Robert Lucio, Chief Operating Officer; and Natasha Del Barrio, Chief Executive Officer, both with the Bert Ogden Auto Group; and Edna De Saro, Lone Star National Bank Senior Vice President/ Marketing Director; Lone Star National Bank President David De Anda, and Adriana I. Rios. Photo by Roberto Hugo Gonzalez.

Renaissance Cancer Foundation raises $345,700 to Help Patients Fighting Cancer

Jan 4, 2018

Weslaco Regional Rehabilitation Hospital awarded advanced stroke certification

Dec 6, 2017

Dr. Lydia Aguilera, Director of the UTRGV/UT Austin College of Pharmacy and clinical associate professor in the UTRGV Cooperative Pharmacy Program, has added another level of expertise to an impressive list of accomplishments by achieving board certification in ambulatory care pharmacy from the National Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS). (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy)

Dr. Lydia Aguilera Gains Highest Standard of Certification for Pharmacists

Oct 2, 2017

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Pictured Above: Dr. Michael Martinez, Bariatric Surgeon at the DHR Health Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, speaks with a patient. Dr. Martinez received the Young Physician of the Year Award from the National Hispanic Medical Association.

Two Physicians from DHR Health Honored with Young Physician of the...

Mar 16, 2018

Mega Doctor: Dr. David Schnaiderman, from Peru to the Rio Grande...

Mar 9, 2018

Dr. Franz Velarde, holding the FDA approved Lutonix 035 Drug Coated Balloon.

Hospital in Harlingen First to Use Drug Coated Balloon for Hemodialysis...

Mar 21, 2018

Mega Doctor: “Radiology is the Eyes of Medicine,” – Dr. Allan...

Apr 9, 2018