Ttuhsc- Department of Surgery

09/17/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Griswold on his retirement. Here's to many happy years relaxing and enjoying time with his family. You’ve probably heard over the years that the John A. Griswold Level One Trauma Center at UMC is the only one of its kind between Dallas and Albuquerque. He has served as Director of the Burn Unit at UMC, which has grown significantly under his leadership, for 34 years. He has made it his life’s work training other surgeons, nurses and therapists. He is a surgeon who has likely trained most of the surgeons in Lubbock.

Dr. Griswold announces he is retiring to spend more time with his family, he says it will be hard to leave the many relationships he has developed with his colleagues and his patients.

09/04/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Moore for being selected UMC House Staff of the Month for August.

09/04/2025

Stop by Oct 7 and get some answers to your questions from our own Karla Daniele, MD

09/04/2025

“Advancing telehealth technology is a core part of our mission,” said Ariel P. Santos, M.D., TTUHSC Department of Surgery chair and principal investigator for the TexLa Telehealth Resource Center. “We are expanding into remote patient monitoring, using wearable devices to track heart health, glucose levels and other vital metrics, enabling providers to care for patients wherever they are,” he said. “We’re also exploring how artificial intelligence can strengthen health care delivery, particularly in rural areas and providing webinars and resources to help institutions adopt these innovations.”

The TexLa Telehealth Resource Center, based at TTUHSC, has been awarded a $1.3 million, four-year grant from HRSA to strengthen and expand digital health services in Texas and Louisiana.

08/10/2025

An excellent article on our own Dr. Kendra Rumbaugh -- “It’s been 25 years now, so becoming a researcher at TTUHSC was a great decision. I think the environment here is so friendly and collaborative and collegial at the faculty level, and we’re given a lot of support to help us succeed as basic scientists. So, while I wasn’t really happy about that fork in the road at the time, it ended up being a wonderful decision and we’ve been really happy here.”

When Kendra Rumbaugh, PhD, (Biomedical Sciences ’01) enrolled in 1996 as a TTUHSC graduate student, she knew two things for certain: she wanted to go into some type of health care field and she didn’t want to go to medical school.

08/04/2025

And to pile on the praise; Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Moore in receiving the August House Staff of the Month. Keep up the excellent work!

07/30/2025

Due to recent medical breakthroughs, burn victims can now recover more fully through advanced laser therapy. Dr. Alan Pang, burn and trauma surgeon for Texas Tech Physicians, recognizes how these new procedures greatly improve the quality of life of his patients. This same laser therapy has also been able to improve scarring that patients, in some cases, suffered up to 50 years ago.

Due to recent medical breakthroughs, burn victims can now recover more fully through advanced laser therapy

07/11/2025

With heavy hearts and fond memories, we remember the life of a member of our surgery family. Our condolences go out to friends and family on his passing.

Dr. Jan Simoni (January 1, 1951 – July 7, 2025) Pioneering Scientist, Innovator, and Visionary in Translational Medicine Dr. Jan Simoni, a...

07/03/2025

Last week on June 20, 2025, we witnessed our residents and fellows graduate in the most well attended commencement exercise of the department in recent memory. Looking back as well brings to mind the numerous awards, accreditations, verifications and recognitions our department and staff have received.

Congratulations to our new Surgeons (L->R in the picture )
1. Dr. Thomas Wyatt - Thoracic Surgery Fellowship at Providence Swedish Hospital in Seattle, WA
2. Dr. Theophilus Pham – Burn And Critical Care Fellowship at UC Davis in California.
3. Dr. Erin Burton - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at University of Alabama in Birmingham
4. Dr. Sean Simpson –Community General Surgery Practice in Fredericksburg, TX
5. Dr. Mistrot – Community General Surgery at Carteret health Care in Morehead City, North Carolina.

We congratulate and wish our newly-minted surgeons the best of luck in the next step of their surgical careers.

06/23/2025

... Tyler Mouw, M.D., received the Ari Halldorsson Professorship for Excellence in Surgery. Dr. Mouw has demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing knowledge through research, scholarship, and education. Set to serve as the first Program Director of the John Wayne Cancer Foundation Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program at , he will continue shaping the future of surgical oncology by training the next generation of specialists. ...

UMC Health System and Texas Tech University HSC will honor several physicians as endowed professors and chairs in a ceremony next week.

06/09/2025

congratulations to Tyler Mouw, MD, on receiving the Ari Halldorsson Professorship for Excellence in Surgery from UMC.

UMC and Texas Tech Physicians proudly congratulate Tyler Mouw, MD, on receiving the Ari Halldorsson Professorship for Excellence in Surgery.

Dr. Mouw has demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing knowledge through research, scholarship, and education. Set to serve as the first Program Director of the John Wayne Foundation Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, he will continue shaping the future of surgical oncology by training the next generation of specialists.

Congratulations, Dr. Mouw!

05/19/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Osaid Alser for matching in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The Ohio State University program. Congratulations and we are so proud of your accomplishment.