Ttuhsc- Department of Surgery

11/18/2025

Congratulations Dr. Pang for being selected as November Attending of the Month at UMC Health System

10/30/2025

Williams annual Halloween party for faculty and residents was another rousing success. always fun to see the comradery within our department.

10/29/2025

10/29/2025

congratulations to Dr. Santos for being named UMC Attending of the month for October.

10/27/2025

According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), one in eight women overall in the United States will have a diagnosis of breast cancer sometime in her life. Karla Daniele, M.D., breast surgical oncologist at Texas Tech Physicians, urged women to take control of their breast health ... and get screened. “The earlier we find it, the better the treatment options,” she said.

According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women overall in the United States will have a diagnosis of breast cancer sometime in her life. There are currently more than four million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.

10/10/2025

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.