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Thanks to a new wave of geek chic, bow ties are mainstays in the modern man\u2019s wardrobe. A bow tie is a statement piece that exudes whimsy while still maintaining professionalism and gravitas. That delicate balance is what compels many Texas Medical Center employees to forgo the traditional tie and join the party of ardent bow tie aficionados. An added benefit: bow ties prevent occupational hazards.<\/em><\/p>\n

WILLIAM A. PHILLIPS, M.D.<\/strong>
\n\"Bowties\" As a surgeon, William Phillips is extremely dexterous with his hands. It\u2019s a skill that comes in handy when he ties knots for sutures and bow ties.<\/p>\n

Long ties posed a problem for Phillips early in his career. During his residency, he was working an emergency room shift when a patient arrived with a broken hip she sustained during a violent fit induced by alcohol withdrawal.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe became mad and combative and grabbed my necktie,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cI began to choke.\u201d<\/p>\n

After that, he wore nothing but bow ties.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife buys shoes,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cI buy bow ties.\u201d<\/p>\n

William A. Phillips, M.D., is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Texas Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/em><\/p>\n

PETER J. HOTEZ, M.D., PH.D.<\/strong>
\n\"Bowtie\"Peter Hotez\u2019s fondness for bow ties has earned him the nickname \u201cBono with a bow tie,\u201d a sobriquet the doctor has done nothing to disavow.<\/p>\n

Hotez made the conversion from neckties to bow ties in the early 1990s, when he became a new faculty member at Yale University.<\/p>\n

Neckties were quite wide then, so he started wearing bow ties to augment his stature.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 5’3″ and when I wore a necktie, all you saw was tie,\u201d Hotez explained.<\/p>\n

He ventured into the Owl Shop, an old tobacco store next to the university, and asked the proprietor to teach him how to tie a bow tie.<\/p>\n

When he ties his bow ties, Hotez aims for imperfection. A rakishly-tied bow tie proves that it\u2019s not a clip-on and that he tied it himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can actually do it without a mirror now,\u201d Hotez said.<\/p>\n

Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., is dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute.<\/em><\/p>\n

STANLEY H. APPEL, M.D.<\/strong>
\n\"re_bowties_dr-stanley-appel\"Decades ago, people used to dress a little more formally than they do now. Early on, Stanley Appel\u2019s uniform consisted of a button-down shirt and a long tie. It was a sharp look, but during a human anatomy course as a first-year medical student, he quickly learned it wasn\u2019t the best choice of neck wear.<\/p>\n

\u201cI leaned over the cadaver and it soaked up all the chemicals and liquids,\u201d Appel said. \u201cI\u2019ve not worn long ties since then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, Appel\u2019s signature look is a colorful bow tie paired with his beloved cowboy boots. When he moved to Houston, he started wearing cowboy boots because they provided his flat feet with support.<\/p>\n

Stanley H. Appel, M.D., is the director of the Houston Methodist Neurological Institute,\u00a0Peggy & Gary Edwards Distinguished Endowed Chair in ALS Research and\u00a0Chair of Houston Methodist Hospital\u2019s Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology.<\/em><\/p>\n

DARYL ISHAQ SHORTER, M.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bowties\"Daryl Shorter made the transition from the traditional long tie to the bow tie seven years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always appreciated bow ties, but never thought I had sartorial license to go there until recently \u2026 when I decided to be more daring from a fashion standpoint,\u201d Shorter said.<\/p>\n

Once bow ties came back into fashion, Shorter took the plunge and never looked back.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started out with just one bow tie\u2014a multi-colored black, silver, pink and gold striped bow tie,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s loud and funky, but I really love that tie. Once I figured out how to tie it, I was hooked.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a researcher, Shorter doesn\u2019t wear a bow tie every day. But when he does, he prefers to complete the look.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re going to bring the bow tie,\u201d he said, \u201cthen accompanying it with the appropriate pocket square is critical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daryl Ishaq Shorter, M.D., is an assistant professor of psychiatry research at Baylor College of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n

HOLLAND MANON KAPLAN<\/strong>
\n\"Bowtie\"For Holland Manon Kaplan, bow ties are \u201ca fun way to look more formal, but whimsical at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

While bow ties are traditionally a menswear accessory, she has the type of personality that can pull one off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think bow tie-wearing people are very much fun-loving people,\u201d Kaplan said. \u201cIf someone\u2019s wearing a bow tie in a not-so-formal setting, you know they\u2019re going to be fun and interesting. You just know.\u201d<\/p>\n

She favors the satin white bow tie her fianc\u00e9e gave her for their one-year anniversary and looks forward to growing her collection with the addition of the one she\u2019ll wear to her wedding in April.<\/p>\n

Holland Manon Kaplan is a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n

ARTHUR \u201cTIM\u201d GARSON, M.D.<\/strong>
\n\"Bowties\"When Tim Garson was a student at Princeton University, he managed the Princeton Triangle Club, a touring musical comedy show. Every night, Garson had to wear a tuxedo to the show and to the after-party. Because he simply couldn\u2019t fathom wearing a clip-on bow tie the whole night, he decided he needed to learn how to properly tie a bow tie.<\/p>\n

As a fellow at Baylor College of Medicine, Garson delivered a presentation to an audience of 200, which included renowned heart surgeon Denton A. Cooley, M.D., Garson\u2019s chief of pediatric cardiology Dan
\nMcNamara, M.D., and all of the surgical staff and fellows. Garson wore an unusual outfit: a shirt with large yellow and blue checks and a bow tie made of blue jeans with the word \u201cYes\u201d emblazoned upon it. The get-up captured the attention of Drs. Cooley and McNamara, serving as a source of amusement during
\nthe presentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a first-year, brand new fellow, I took my tie off, put it in an envelope and wrote Dr. Cooley, whom I had never met: \u2018Dear Dr. Cooley, I understand you like my shirt and tie. I would have given you both, but the sleeves on the shirt would have been too short. Signed, Dr. Garson.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In return, Cooley gave Garson his long tie with a note: \u2018Dear Tim, thanks so much for the tie. I\u2019ve left you mine. It\u2019s one of my favorites. Maybe if you wear it, it\u2019ll make you look older.\u2019<\/p>\n

Years later, Garson had a pair of scrubs made into a bow tie for Cooley\u2019s 60th birthday and attached a note to the gift that read: \u2018Dear Dr. Cooley, maybe if you wear this, it\u2019ll make you look younger.\u2019<\/p>\n

Arthur \u201cTim\u201d Garson, M.D., is director of the Health Policy Institute at the Texas Medical Center.<\/em><\/p>\n

ERIC BERNICKER, M.D.<\/strong>
\n\"Bowties\"A framed, hand-drawn painting of colorful bow ties hangs in Eric Bernicker\u2019s office. A patient gave it to him as a token of her appreciation, as well as for his recognizable look.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure I initially started doing it because I was pseudo-intellectual and eccentric, and I thought it was different. It just became a thing,\u201d said Bernicker, a thoracic oncologist. \u201cNow, if I don\u2019t wear the bow ties, the patients get really pissed.\u201d<\/p>\n

His collection of multicolored, sometimes psychedelic bow ties reflects his personality: friendly and droll, yet intelligent and respectable.<\/p>\n

Bernicker finds that a bow tie can offer levity to a solemn situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spend a lot of my time giving people really bad news,\u201d Bernicker said. \u201cIt\u2019s not so much that the bow tie can take away from the fact that I\u2019ll tell someone they have metastatic cancer, but it cheers a lot of patients up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eric Bernicker, M.D., is a thoracic oncologist at Houston Methodist Cancer Center.<\/em><\/p>\n

GEORGE MALLORY, M.D.<\/strong>
\n\"Bowties\"George Mallory dates his love for bow ties back to the beginning of his pediatric internship in June 1974. He has amassed a trove of approximately 90 bow ties, and is unconcerned about their long association with geeky, bookwormish types.<\/p>\n

\u201cPediatricians are probably not threatened by the possibility that someone might conclude that they\u2019re nerds. There\u2019s a little bit more self-acceptance here,\u201d Mallory said. \u201cWe don\u2019t really have to prove our masculinity, but there\u2019s a very practical reason to wear a bow tie: I\u2019ve never had my tie peed or pooped on in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

He, along with many other physicians, abandoned long ties after a British study reported that long ties carried bacteria capable of causing disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bow tie was the obvious solution to good taste and infection control,\u201d Mallory said.<\/p>\n

Mallory is very particular about a well-tied bow tie. Clip-ons are bush league and lazy and a beautifully imperfect, slightly tousled bow is key to show he\u2019s the real deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI abhor the idea of a pre-tied bow tie,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

George Mallory, M.D., is a pediatric pulmonologist at Texas Children\u2019s Hospital and founder of the TCH Lung Transplant Program.<\/em><\/p>\n

BENJAMIN SMITH, M.D.<\/strong>
\n\"Bowties\"As an officer in the United States Air Force Medical Corps, Benjamin Smith wore the standard camouflage military uniform every day for four years. Except for church and the occasional formal event, he rarely had a chance to accessorize with the one or two bow ties he owned.<\/p>\n

But it was a look he always liked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty nerdy at baseline and I\u2019ve tried to come up with a look that optimizes the professorial
\nquality and minimizes the nerdiness, so the bow tie seems to work reasonably well for me,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n

When he joined MD Anderson in 2010 as a breast radiation oncologist, his bow tie collection quickly expanded\u2014due to function rather than fashion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always lean over patients when examining them, so long ties are a real pain in the rear,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWhen I\u2019m examining somebody, oftentimes they\u2019ve had surgery, so they\u2019re at risk for infection. You don\u2019t want your clothing being bathed in staph aureus or communicating staph aureus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Benjamin Smith, M.D., is an associate professor in the department of radiation oncology and research director of the breast radiation oncology section at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.<\/em><\/p>\n

MATTHEW GREIVES, M.D.<\/strong>
\n\"Bowties\"Matthew Greives\u2019 office is decorated with plastic models of skulls and skull wall art. The interior design isn\u2019t a tribute to the macabre, but rather a reminder of the work Greives does as a plastic surgeon specializing in craniofacial reconstruction.<\/p>\n

Patients and colleagues shower him with skull paraphernalia, including skull bow ties.<\/p>\n

Grieves was inspired to wear bow ties about a decade ago when he was still a medical student and learning from veteran craniofacial surgeons who often wore them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat sold me, particularly, was doing pediatrics,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery time I would go in and see a cute little one-year-old or two-year-old, I\u2019d try to get up close to do an exam in their mouth and they would grab my tie and yank it. You only have to be strangled by a two-year-old once or twice before you\u2019re like, \u2018I can\u2019t
\nwear this!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Because he works with children, Greives also has plenty of stuffed animals in his office. Some of them wear bow ties, too.<\/p>\n

Matthew Greives, M.D., is a pediatric plastic surgeon at Children\u2019s Memorial Hermann Hospital.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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