Center for Executive Medicine

05/19/2023

Congratulations to the Center for Executive Medicine family for being named one of the 100 fastest-growing Longhorn-run businesses!

The list includes popular Austin-based companies such as Rambler Sparkling Water, Beatbox Beverages, and El Arroyo.

08/17/2021

What does the CDC mean by "immunocompromised?"

06/11/2021

More reassuring news about Covid variants and vaccine protection.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to evolve around the world, generating new variants that are of concern based on their potential for altered transmissibility, pathogenicity, and coverage by vaccines and therapeutics1–5. Here we report that 20 human sera, draw...

04/15/2021

https://texasmed.substack.com/p/covid-infection-after-vaccination

Covid vaccines are not perfect, but they're close.

01/06/2021

Vaccination has begun, progress is slow as vaccine supplies are very limited. We hope to have doses soon.

01/05/2021

FDA says it is "premature" to consider changing COVID vaccination doses or schedules. This answers (at least for now) what has been a hot topic of discussion. Worth a read for physicians.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-statement-following-authorized-dosing-schedules-covid-19-vaccines

FDA Statement on Following the Authorized Dosing Schedules for COVID-19 Vaccines

12/01/2020

TLDR; AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Moderna have released positive vaccine trial results. We've created a timeline; expect widespread availability by late spring 2021.

11/20/2020

Great info from my favorite source.

We are a few (or several) weeks from vaccinating for COVID-19. Vaccination (the cavalry) will save lives and our economy. But we can't yet stop fighting.

11/20/2020

https://texasmed.substack.com/p/thanksgiving-vaccines-masks-and-the

We are a few (or several) weeks from vaccinating for COVID-19. Vaccination (the cavalry) will save lives and our economy. But we can't yet stop fighting.

11/09/2020

We've all seen the headlines, but what's next?

10/05/2020

A COVID-19 update from our physicians.

TLDR: Transmission from adolescents to adults: not the answer we'd hoped for, but there is some good news here too!

09/30/2020

Not really a surprise at this point. Nice to finally have scientifically rigorous data.

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in health care workers with exposure to patients with COVID-19 at 2 hospitals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.