Covering corporate law departments and in-house attorneys for Texas Lawyer and other ALM publications, reporter Kristen Rasmussen profiles Daniel Reat, vice president and chief legal officer for operations and business affairs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. UTHealth’s legal department is unique in that it is overseen by two chief attorneys—Reat and his colleague, Melissa Pifko, vice president and CLO for health care and clinical affairs, who will be featured in this series in the June edition of Texas Lawyer.
UTHealth is the most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region and includes schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing, public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth also includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, and a growing network of medical clinics throughout Houston and the region. The system also includes a robust research component that attracts physicians and scientists from around the world. UTHealth’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health System’s Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
