History
J. Kent Trinkle, MD (1934-1998), was honored by the Texas Transplantation Society in 1995 by the establishment of the J. Kent Trinkle Award, which is presented annually to a young Texas investigator in the field of transplantation science. It was most fitting to name this award in honor of Dr. Trinkle, past president of the society and an honorary member, considering the dedication of his career to contributing new knowledge about transplantation and in exploring its scientific basis. He was particularly well known for his work in cardiothoracic transplantation, and was head of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UT Health Science Center in San Antonio from 1972 until 1994. His delightfully witty personality and positive perspective contributed in many ways to the warmth and the collegiality of the society during the time he was actively involved.
Dr. Trinkle was professor of surgery at UT Health Science Center in San Antonio when he performed South Texas' first heart transplant in 1986. The next year he performed San Antonio's first heart/double-lung transplant in North America to treat emphysema in 1988. Dr. Trinkle went on to do the first lung transplant in the world to treat pulmonary hypertension in 1989.
Beyond his transplantation efforts, Dr. Trinkle revolutionized medicine with his treatment of flail chest and lung contusions. In 1995, the 29-bed J. Kent Trinkle Center for Transplant Sciences at University Hospital was dedicated in his honor. Dr. Trinkle passed away in 1998, after a lengthy illness. He is sorely missed by the transplant community.
Information about Dr. Trinkle courtesy of the Public Affairs Department at The University of Texas Science Center at San Antonio.
Dr. Lynn Banowsky was the primary driving force behind the founding of the Texas Transplantation Society and served as its first president in 1987. He was firmly committed to the concept that the transplant community throughout the State have a venue to address as a group issues facing the community, be they scientific, financial, legislative, etc. He trained at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, completing a residency at the VA Hospital as well as the Charity Hospital in New Orleans. Dr. Banowsky completed a urology residency at Tulane University and taught there before moving to the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, where he established the renal transplant program, and then the Cleveland Clinic, where he was chief of the section of renal transplantation.
He returned to Texas in 1977, to become the director of the renal transplant program at the UT Health Science Center and was also affiliated with the Santa Rosa Medical Center and the VA Hospital. In 1983, he established the Renal Transplant Program at what is now the Methodist Specialty and Transplant hospital, and was named surgeon emeritus of the Texas Transplant Institute before he retired. Dr. Banowsky participated in many committee and community activities, and is a past recipient of the Kathryn Dial Murray Gift of Life Award from the National Kidne Foundation. It is only fitting that someone who has given so much to the profession be recognized by the society he helped begin.Information about Dr. Banowsky courtesy of Texas Transplant Institute.
Dr. Paul Conrad Peters received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University in 1950 and his MD from Indiana University Medical School in 1953, before completing his Urology training at Indiana University in 1957. Stationed in Fort Worth, Texas at Carswell Airforce Base from 1957 to 1963, he was head of Urology and attained the rank of Major. He joined the Department of Urology staff at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas in 1963. Dr. Peters is considered a Texas transplant pioneer, when in 1964, he performed the first kidney transplant in Texas. He also performed the first kidney transplant in Brazil that same year. Dr. Peters set up the first transplant programs in Dallas, as well as Rio De Janeiro. At each TTS annual meeting, one speaker presents the Paul Peters Lecture.
Following is a list of previous Paul Peters Lecturers:
- Roger Evans, PhD (1996)
- Jeffrey Platt, MD (1997)
- Robert Stratta, MD (1998)
- Stuart Youngner, MD (1999)
- Tom Peters, MD (2000)
- Mohammed Sayegh, MD (2001)
- Douglas Hale, MD (2002)
- E. Steve Woodle, MD (2003)
- James Prochaska, PhD (2004)
- Richard Freeman, MD (2005)
- Connie Davis, MD (2006)
- Lori West, MD (2007)
- Diane McKay, MD (2008)
- David E. R. Sutherland, MD, PhD (2009)
- Goran Klintmalm, MD, PhD, FACS (2010)
- Bruce Kaplan, MD (2011)
In 2004, Texas Transplantation Society and the transplant world lost a dear friend with the death of Dr. Ernie Hodge. In 2004, TTS began a named lecture in his honor. At each TTS annual meeting, one speaker presents the Ernie Hodge Lecture.
Ernie Hodge lecturers:
- Amit Patel, MD (2004)
- Paul Terasaki, PhD (2005)
- David Powner, MD (2006)
- Ron Shapiro, MD (2007)
- Gero Tenderich, MD (2008)
- Scott Lick, MD (2009)
- Matt Everly, PharmD (2010)
- Roger Evans, PhD (2011)