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Athens, Texas (August 1, 2024) — Gone are the days of being wheeled into surgery on a stretcher. Pediatric patients at UT Health Athens can now drive themselves in style, cruising the hospitals hallways in a red, electric toy car. 

“Surgery can be a scary thought, no matter what the age of the patient, so this is a way to help keep our youngest patients focused on something fun and exciting before they undergo a surgical procedure,” said Heather Densmore, director of surgery. “We’ve really seen the positive benefits because the patients have been so excited about...

Kelli Martin, APRN, FNP-C

UT Health East Texas Physicians Gastroenterology Clinic...

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting our caregivers, the diversity they bring and the difference they make at UT Health East Texas.

Working in healthcare has been a calling for as long as Linda Boykin can remember. 

Boykin, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN, CAPA, the clinical manager for Healthy Connections at UT Health Tyler, got her start as a teenager volunteering as a candy striper in the nursery of a Los Angeles, Calif., hospital in the late 1970s.

“I loved working in the newborn nursery, not knowing those tiny fingers and toes would draw me...

As we celebrate Black History Month, we’re spotlighting our caregivers, the diversity they bring and the difference they make at UT Health East Texas.

(February 1, 2024) — Shoundala “Sam” Smith has spent the past 20 years at UT Health Pittsburg with the primary goal of helping patients through the different roles in which she has served.    

Sam started her career journey at the hospital in 2003 as a certified nursing assistant and later was promoted to activity coordinator. She also is a patient advocate for the hospital’s med-surg unit.

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