Biographical information, obituaries, and portraits for Texas physicians can be found in many regional scientific or medical journals, in biographical directories, and in archival collections. Historians and genealogists often need help in locating information on individual physicians and in using medical literature and archival documentation. The Gazetteer is an efficient tool for access to this information by providing needed references and a guide to documents and photographs in the archive collections of the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center.

The Gazetteer lists physicians and information such as birth and death dates, date of graduation, specialty and primary location. Information is drawn from the Dallas Medical Journal (1920 - 1990), The Texas State Journal of Medicine (1905 - 1956), and the licensure records in the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners Collection. Obituaries from state, regional and local sources were used as sources from 1990- 2009. This list is as comprehensive as time and resources allowed and does not purport to be complete. The Gazetteer lists physicians and their dates, medical school attended, and other information. It's organized by last name and divided into sections by alphabetical letter.

Further information about the medical history of Texas is available at the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center .

SEARCHING The Gazetteer

At this time, we are not able to offer this resource as a searchable database. It is provided online as downloadable pdfs. It may take several seconds to download the pdf depending on your internet connection.

You can search for a term in all the pdfs at one time. The individual pdfs that contain that term will be shown. You must then download and open the individual pdf and search within that pdf for the term.

The Gazetteer is organized by the physician’s last name and divided into sections by alphabetical letter. Each section is a fairly large pdf and must be downloaded before you can continue your search. Remember depending on your internet connection, it may take several seconds to download the pdf.

You can search all of the sections simultaneously by entering a term in the search box in the blue column that says "Enter search terms ... in this series." A list of the sections that contain your search terms will be returned. Note the terms will be keyword words and will return all words that contain your term. Click on the individual section you want to search.

VIEWING RESULTS

When you open the individual section, click on the "download" button. When it is downloaded you can open the pdf. Then search that individual pdf by entering a single term in the "Find" box. This term can be a word (pediatrician) or date (1907). Press “Enter.” The first result will be highlighted. You can scroll through the list or press “Enter” for the next result.

HINTS

Search terms (keywords) will return first or last name of a physician, a location, school, part of a word, etc.

If you know the last name of the physician, it would be best to open the appropriate pdf from the opening page and continue your search from there. (To Search for Caswell Smith, open the “S” pdf. Then enter “Caswell” in the “Find” box.)

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Masamichi "Mac" Suzuki was born on October 18, 1918 in Acampo, CA. He received his BA degree from the University of California Berkley and studied medicine at the University of California San Francisco. As an American citizen of Japanese descent, Mac was forced to leave his third year of medical school and placed in an internment camp during WWII. During his time there he served as a camp doctor. He completed his medical degree at Wayne State Medical School in Detroit, MI. He served on the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) from around 1948 to 1953, studying the effects of radiation on fertility in Japan.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Below is a list of the available finding aids (guides) to the collections held by the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center, located in Houston, Texas. The main strengths of the McGovern Historical Collections are history of cancer research, Texas Medical Center history, Houston-area hospitals, Texas medical history, the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, mental health, and vintage medical equipment.

Collections are organized by number. Manuscripts are designated by "MS" plus a number followed by the title of the collection. For example, the papers of Ernest Bertner appear as "MS 002 Guide to the Ernst W. Bertner, MD papers".

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Some of the topics include cities such as Austin, Psychiatric Hospitals and Veteran Hospitals. Check back here for more cities featured. Details of the collection is avaialble via its finding aid.

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

In the 1970s, a series of video interviews captured the stories of Texas Medical Center leaders and important visitors. Meanwhile, audio and video had emerged as valuable tools in medical education and community outreach.

Several of these feature national and international figures in cancer research on their visits to Houston. In total the collection features forty-seven unique recordings of interviews with thirty-eight different individuals. All 47 unique recordings have been digitized..

For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

Historically, The Journal was printed under the name of Cardiovascular Diseases from 1974 through 1981 (ISSN 0093-3546). The name was changed to Texas Heart Institute Journal in 1982 and was printed through 2013 (ISSN 0730-2347). In 2014, The Journal moved to online-only publication. The Journal is indexed by Index Medicus/MEDLINE and by other indexing and abstracting services worldwide. Our full archive is available at PubMed Central.

As of July 15, 2023, The Texas Heart Institute Journal is a fully Open Access publication that enables authors to retain copyright under an appropriate Creative Commons license (CC BY or CC BY-NC). This collection showcases a small selection of the journal archive from 2011- current.