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UT Health Tyler Successfully Implants TriClip, First-of-Its-Kind Device to Repair Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valve
Read more: UT Health Tyler Successfully Implants TriClip, First-of-Its-Kind Device to Repair Leaky Tricuspid Heart ValveTyler, Texas (March 3, 2026) — The interventional cardiology team at UT Health Tyler announced that they have successfully performed their first procedure using the Abbott TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system, the first-of-its-kind device to repair a leaky tricuspid valve (known as tricuspid regurgitation or TR). “The ability to offer the TriClip TEER system…
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UT Health East Texas AIR 1 Celebrates 40 Years of Life-Saving Service
Read more: UT Health East Texas AIR 1 Celebrates 40 Years of Life-Saving ServiceTyler, Texas (December 18, 2025) — UT Health East Texas AIR 1, the first air ambulance service in East Texas, is proudly celebrating 40 years of providing critical air medical transport to communities across the region. The program’s first flight took place in December 1985, transporting a burn patient to Dallas and marking the beginning…
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UT Health Tyler Recognized for Excellence with Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation
Read more: UT Health Tyler Recognized for Excellence with Cardiac Cath Lab AccreditationTyler, Texas (December 18, 2025) — The American College of Cardiology has recognized UT Health Tyler for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients who come to a cardiac cath lab for care. UT Health Tyler was awarded Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation based on rigorous onsite evaluation of the staff’s ability to evaluate, diagnose…
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UT Health Pittsburg Earns 2025 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety
Read more: UT Health Pittsburg Earns 2025 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and SafetyPittsburg, Texas (December 15, 2025) — Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, UT Health Pittsburg was named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group. This award is one of the most competitive honors hospitals and surgery centers in the United States can receive for their commitment to safety and quality.…
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New Technology Innovates at Rehabilitation Center
Read more: New Technology Innovates at Rehabilitation CenterUT Health East Texas’ physical therapy team is integrating an adaptive training platform — including real-time EMG (electromyography) muscle-activation tracking — into patient rehabilitation programs. The result is a data-rich, highly interactive experience that is enhancing patient engagement and helping clinicians improve outcomes. The innovative collaboration brings the immersive training technology of Lumin Fitness into a clinical…
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UT Health Jacksonville Earns an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group
Read more: UT Health Jacksonville Earns an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog GroupFall 2025 Safety Grade is a national recognition for commitment to patient safety Jacksonville, Texas (November 13, 2025) — UT Health Jacksonville earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across…
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UT Health Henderson Earns an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group
Read more: UT Health Henderson Earns an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog GroupFall 2025 Safety Grade is a national recognition for commitment to patient safety Henderson, Texas (November 13, 2025) — UT Health Henderson earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across…
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UT Health East Texas Celebrates Grand Opening of New West Loop Clinic
Read more: UT Health East Texas Celebrates Grand Opening of New West Loop ClinicTyler, Texas (November 4, 2025) — UT Health East Texas celebrated the grand opening of its new clinic and urgent care facility on Tyler’s West Loop with a ribbon-cutting and community open house. The 8,000-square-foot facility, located at 3753 Earl Campbell Parkway, is designed to expand access to care for families in West Tyler. The…
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Employee Spotlight: Lee Ann Hein, Director, UT Health Henderson Emergency Department
Read more: Employee Spotlight: Lee Ann Hein, Director, UT Health Henderson Emergency DepartmentWhen patients walk through the doors of the UT Health Henderson Emergency Department, they can feel confident knowing an experienced and passionate leader is at the helm — someone who has dedicated her entire career to caring for East Texans. Lee Ann Hein, Emergency Room Director at UT Health Henderson, began her journey in the…
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UT Health Jacksonville physician finds strength, passion after fleeing war and relocating to East Texas
Read more: UT Health Jacksonville physician finds strength, passion after fleeing war and relocating to East TexasDr. Shaza Moussa, an internal medicine physician at UT Health Jacksonville, remembers the day 12 years ago that changed her life forever. Moussa had been a practicing pediatrician in Syria for more than 20 years, the ongoing war increasingly affecting her family’s daily life, to the point she and her husband went to different churches…
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