Academic Enterprise Announcements

Please join me in extending appreciation to J. Sean Funston, MD, for his service as Chair ad interim of the Department of Anesthesiology since July 2023.

Marcos Vidal Melo, MD, PhD, will join UTMB as Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, effective Jan. 10, 2025. Dr. Vidal Melo is an accomplished physician-scientist with more than 23 years of cardiothoracic anesthesiology experience at major academic medical centers.

We extend thanks to Sandra “Sunny” Hatch, MD, FAACS, FACCS, FACR, for her distinguished service as Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology.

Upendra Parvathaneni, M.B., B.S., FRANZCR, will join UTMB as Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, effective Nov. 1. He will hold the John Sealy Distinguished Centennial Chair in Radiation Oncology.