UTHealth-Houston Emergency Medicine

The UTHealth Mobile ECMO team joined world leaders at the 8th Houston Shock Symposium! 🌎💓 Over 3,000 attendees advancing shock & resuscitation care 🚑⚡ Dr. Kha Dinh shared "Developing an ECPR Program" 🏥💡 & Drs. Witkov & Villalobos ran the Mobile ECMO unit at the Shock Run🏃‍♂️

Inspiring the next generation of healthcare professionals 🩺🚑✨ We partnered with Spring Branch ISD for Health Care Simulation Day, where students explored medicine & nursing through hands-on learning - Stop the Bleed 🩹, trauma simulations 🚑, and a healthcare careers panel 🎓

Space Medicine 🚀 Fellowship Director, Dr. Nicolas Heft, met with Congress to showcase UTHealth Houston’s leadership in human spaceflight 👩‍⚕️🔬. Collaboration keeps astronauts safe 🛡️. Proud to lead the way! 🌌 #uthealthhouston #spacemedicine #humanspaceflight #stem #wecare

Huge congrats 🥳 to EM Prof & Vice Chair of Education, Hilary Fairbrother, MD, MPH, on being inducted into the Kenneth I. Shine Academy. Such a crucial part 🔑 of our dept — proud to see her excellence recognized! 🎉 #uthealthhouston #em #medicaleducation #shineacademy #tmc

Excited to spotlight 🔦 Kris Lehnhardt, MD, FACEP, EM Professor & Director of Space Medicine, at ASCENDxTexas 2026! 🌌 He shared 🧠 on “Human Readiness for the Next Frontier,” prepping astronauts 🧑‍🚀 & off-world teams for extreme environments. #ascendspace #uthealthhouston #uth

New space medicine research from UTHealth Houston 🚀 Our EM faculty & collaborators published a study on injury management during spaceflight training, highlighting how emergency care is evolving from the ED to the future of human spaceflight 🚑➡️🚀 #SpaceMedicine #EmergencyMed

30,000+ runners. 26.2 miles. One incredible weekend 🏃‍♂️🏁 While athletes chased PRs at the 2026 @ChevronHouston Marathon, @UTHealthHouston EM was behind the scenes providing critical care - from minor injuries to life-threatening emergencies, alongside EMS partners citywide 🚑💪

🚨🤖 AI Meets Emergency Cardiac Care! EM's Dr. Ben Cooper contributed to a study showing AI 🖥️ can improve STEMI detection, reduce false alarms, and help clinicians act faster ❤️⚡. Full story: inside.uth.edu/news/story?id=… #uthealthhouston #emergencymedicine #ai #stemi #cardiology

Making patient safety a priority! 🚑⚡ Drs. Jacqueline Okere & Felisha Perry-Smith presented “B. M&Ms! A Blueprint for a Quality Assurance Program to Nurture a Culture of Safety” at the HMF Research Symposium. 🩺📚🤝 #houstonmedicalforum #em #patientsafety #blackphysicians

UTH CORE x YMCA West Orem! 💚 Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for CPR/AED training 🤸❤️🙌. Big learning moment for many of our elders 🧓 on how hands-only CPR 💢 can save a life before EMS arrives 🫶🚑. Special thanks to Dr. Johnson, Tony Harrison, and SSEM! 💪✨ #uthcore

Excited to showcase UTHealth Houston’s Space Medicine program at the French-American Innovation Days! 🌍🚀 Dr. Nick Heft shared our research alongside Texas A&M, Rice, the French Consul General & Arts Et Métiers. So many promising future collaborations! 🤝🔬 #spacemed #research

Our APPs led Stop the Bleed training for students from the Center for Interprofessional Collaboration (CIPC) during MCI drills! 💉🩺👐 Thanks to EMS Fellows Dr. Wang & Dr. Forte for supporting this hands-on learning! 👏🚑 #emergencymedicine #appheroes

Yesterday was Dr. Ben Karfunkle’s last shift! 💙 Since 2018, he’s been a cornerstone of EM: Assistant & Associate Professor, Fellowship Director, Research Lead, and multiple-time Dean’s Teaching Award winner. We’ll miss him and wish him all the best! 🩺🙏

🩺 Happy #NPWeek! (Nov. 9–15) 🌟 This week we celebrate the Nurse Practitioners who bring expertise, compassion & dedication to every patient encounter. 💙 Thank you for advancing care, education & outcomes across Houston and beyond! 🙌 #npweek #uthealthhouston #em

Saluting Our Heroes this Veterans Day 🇺🇸 Today, we honor the brave men and women who have served, and continue to serve, in the U.S. Armed Forces. Your courage, sacrifice, and dedication to protecting our freedoms inspire us all. 🙏💙 Thank you for your service. ❤️🤍💙

🚀 Big congrats to Dr. Hannah Rosenthal, Space Medicine Fellow at @UTHealthHouston, for presenting “Building the Pressurized Rover Medical System” with @NASA_Johnson’s EVA & Human Surface Mobility Program! 👩‍🚀🌕 #uthealthhouston #emergencymedicine #spacemedicine #nasa #stem

Our EM team stays ready for the most critical cases with ECMO 💉🫀, a lifesaving tech for severe heart & lung failure. From training to real cases, our residents and faculty deliver precision care when every second counts⏱️ #ecmo #criticalcare #emergencymedicine #uthealth #uth

✨💙 Happy PA Week 2025! 💙✨ Oct 6–12 we celebrate Physician Assistants 🩺👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️—compassionate, dedicated, and lifesaving every day! 🙌💛 From the first class in 1967 🎓 to today, PAs keep shaping the future of healthcare 🚀🏥 #paweek2025 #paweek #physicianassistant #medlife #uth

Late one night in triage, a patient collapsed without a pulse. Dr. Nick Heft carried her to a CC room, where nurses, techs & physicians worked fast to save her life. Weeks later, she reunited with him, healthy & thriving. Teamwork saves lives 💪👥 #emergencymed #uthouston #em

🚀🌌 Explore the frontier of medicine! Applications are open for the UTH Space Med Fellowship - a 2-year program blending clinical excellence with aerospace innovation—train in microgravity, eva sims & more 👩‍🚀🛰️✨ #spacemedicine #fellowship #houston #uthealth #emergencymed #nasa