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their support out of deep appreciation for Dr. Mohammed Attar’s outstanding care. The Wyatts first met Dr. Attar while he was training under legendary heart surgeon, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey.

The Elkins family has generously supported Houston Methodist throughout the decades. Judge James A. Elkins was an original member of the board of directors appointed in 1919. His grandson, James A. Elkins III, served on

ALLISON

Wyatt and his wife Lynn began

elkins

Wyatt

Longtime Texas oilman Oscar

Carolyn and Robert J. Allison Jr.’s longtime commitment and service to Houston Methodist led to the creation of a new endowed chair in 2014 – the Allison Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Research. The couple’s generous gift provides resources for inau-

Dr. Attar, a renowned cardiologist,

the Houston Methodist and Houston

eventually became Oscar’s physician and

Methodist Hospital Foundation boards

gural chair holder Dr. Michael Reardon

ultimately saved his life. One morning

of directors, and his granddaughter,

to continue pursuing his innovative

in 2008, Lynn noticed Oscar’s health had

Elise Joseph, currently serves on the

research and treatment in cardiothoracic

suddenly deteriorated and immediately

Houston Methodist Neurological

surgery. Dr. Reardon is an internationally

contacted Dr. Attar. “He’s the one

Institute National Council. In 2013, the

acclaimed leader in his field and is the

who recognized that Oscar was having

Elkins Foundation created The Elkins

national surgical principal investigator

a stroke and directed the ambulance

Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiac

for the REPRISE III clinical trial inves-

to Houston Methodist,” recalls Lynn.

Health in honor of Dr. William A. Zoghbi.

tigating high-risk valve replacement.

Dr. Attar met the couple at the emer-

Dr. Zoghbi is a world-renowned cardiol-

The chair is the second established

gency room and oversaw Oscar ’s

ogist, trustee and past president of the

by the Allisons, who gave generously

treatment and recovery. He survived the

American College of Cardiologists, who

to create the Michael E. DeBakey

stroke, and six years later the Wyatts

has revolutionized the field of cardiology

Distinguished Chair in Cardiac Surgery

gave a generous gift to Houston

through his development of advanced

held by Dr. Gerald Lawrie. Besides their

Methodist to establish the Lynn and

imaging techniques. His recent inven-

longtime history of giving to the Houston

Oscar Wyatt Jr. Chair in Cardiology in

tion of the OmniScope , a handheld

Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular

honor of Mohammed Attar, MD. The gift

imaging and patient testing device,

Center and heart programs, Mr. Allison

is dedicated to training the next generation

attracted a major medical technology

serves on the Senior Cabinet of the

of physicians through support of an

company, which has a licensing agree-

new President’s Leadership Council and

annual interventional cardiology fellowship.

ment to develop the tool commercially.

the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart

Dr. Attar is the inaugural chair holder.

Dr. Zoghbi’s work is a prime example

& Vascular Center Council.

®

of Houston Methodist’s emphasis on medical innovation to tackle today’s health care challenges.

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