of the tea memorial hermann hospital and seated them to them is my colleague and good friend, dr. larry kaiser, the president of the university of texas, health science center, at houston, we call ut health. larry is instrument am instrumental in physician care. all the physicians treating the congresswoman are faculty members of the university of texas and under larry s school there. with that, our first speaker, i m sorry, i missed one other not on my list, i in tremendous douse to you t.j., a member of the congresswoman s staff and i believe t.j. i m sorry, c.j., we just met, i apologize, c.j.
congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her husband, captain mark kelly, her family, and her staff, arrived here at memorial herrman and we completed a successful transfer of care. i had the privilege of greeting them and can tell you that they have locked forward to this day as she take the next step on the road to recovery. we are honored at memorial hermann to be asked to play is an important role in this next step. before i introduce the physicians i would like to recognize craig kadullo, the c.e.o. of memorial hermann texas medical center operations. craig? stand and be recognized. thank you. and i would like to introduce to you karl jossaheart the c.e.o.