Ekaterina Yavarovich, DO
Ekaterina Yavarovich, DO (Dr. Kate), is an interventional pulmonologist at UTHealth Houston who specializes in diagnosing and treating lung and airway conditions using advanced, minimally invasive techniques. She completed her training in internal medicine and pulmonary and critical care medicine,…
Grand Rounds, March 19, 2026
Presentation Title: Sustainability in Healthcare: From the ICU to the Inpatient Ward Speaker: Lilit Sargsyan, MD, FCCP – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: MSB 2.103 Learning Format:…
Grand Rounds, March 12, 2026
Presentation Title: Safe Opioid Use in Cancer Patients Speaker: Soraira Pacheco, DO, MS, and Linh M Nguyen, MD, MEd, EdD – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: MSB…
New assistant deans named for graduate medical education
LaTanya J. Love, MD, dean of McGovern Medical School and H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences, announced the appointments of Emma Ferguson, MD, and Mark T. Warner, MD, as assistant deans for Graduate Medical Education (GME) to further strengthen the school’s…
Tiniakou, Biliciler to lead Myositis Program
To help inaugurate the first comprehensive myositis program in the state of Texas, the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Neurology have named Eleni Tiniakou, MD, and Suur Biliciler, MD, as co-directors for the Myositis Program in the Division of Rheumatology. “This was an…
Xing Yin, MD, PhD
Dr. Yin earned his MD degree in China, where he practiced cardiology for over ten years. He subsequently obtained his PhD in Europe, studying EGFR-independent signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells relevant to hypertensive patients with cancer. Following his doctoral…
Grand Rounds, March 5, 2026
Presentation Title: Era of Low-Specificity Troponins: Injury versus Infarction? Speaker: Nils Johnson, MD, MS – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston Date: Thursday, Marchy 5, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: MSB 2.103 Learning Format: In-Person and Online…
Grand Rounds, February 26, 2026
Presentation Title: Primary Aldosteronism: Recent Updates Speaker: Reem Al-Dallal, MD – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston Date: Thursday, February 26, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Location: MSB 2.103 Learning Format: In-Person and Online Series Objectives: Apply the…
Grand Rounds, February 19, 2026
Presentation Title: A Case of Unexplained Abdominal Pain – Wait, Could This be Acute Hepatic Porphyria (AHP)? Speaker: Akshata Moghe, MD, MBBS, PhD – McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00…
Ask the Expert: Inside the rhythm—A clear guide to AFib
Welcome to “Ask the Expert,” a UTHealth Houston newsroom series where our leading physicians examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address atrial fibrillation, what it means, what to look out for, and how to treat it. Over 10…