Benjy F. Brooks, MD Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award: Akemi Kawaguchi, MD
Akemi Kawaguchi, MD, associate professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery, is the 2024 winner of the Benjy F. Brooks, MD, Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award. “I am surprise, elated, and humbled to receive this award,” Kawaguchi said. “I am so…
Medical leadership announced for MH-TMC, Children’s
Seven members of the McGovern Medical School faculty have been named to new medical leadership positions at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. This new structure was developed to serve the growing inpatient services at McGovern’s primary…
Cox appointed director of Center for Translational Injury Research
Charles S. Cox Jr., MD, has been appointed director of the Center for Translational Injury Research at McGovern Medical School. Cox, the George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Neurosciences and the Glassell Family Distinguished Chair, will focus on expanding…
Research sheds light on neonatal brain hemorrhage
Neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage causes inflammation and white matter injury after preterm birth. IVH causes progressive brain injury after time, and faculty in the Department of Pediatric Surgery and the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging conducted a study to determine…
Summer student recognized in science talent search
A high school senior participating in the Department of Pediatric Surgery’s trauma visiting scholar program recently was named a finalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search for her research project, Selective Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Attenuates Traumatic Brain Injury-Mediated Blood-Brain…