2024 Deans Teaching Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the Department of Internal Medicine’s winners of the 2024 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. Rodeo Abrencillo, MD Bindu Akkanti, MD Reem Al-Dallal, MD Nuzha Amjad, MD Ben Barnett, MD Divya Bhamidipati, MD Karthik Bhandari, MD Sujith Cherian, MBBS Elena…
Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award: Dia Waguespack, MD
Dia Waguespack, MD, associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, is the winner of the 2024 Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award. Established in 2001 and made possible by a gift from the DuPonts, the…
Elenita Kanin, MD, PhD
Dr. Kanin received her undergraduate degree from MIT with focus on biology and mathematics. She went on to obtain an MD degree and a PhD degree in Biochemistry as part of the medical scientist training program at the University of…
Critical care physician teaches invaluable skills to students at McGovern Medical School
Academic medicine is in her DNA, says Bindu Akkanti, MD, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Every day she goes to work, she is contributing to the…
Akshar Dash, MD
Dr. Dash completed his medical school training at Texas Tech School of Medicine in 2020 and his Internal Medicine Residency at UTHealth Houston in 2023. He also completed his undergraduate education in biochemistry at UT Austin. As his experience involves…
Diego Reymunde Duran, MD
Ruda Mohaweche, MD
Puja B. Gandhi, MD, MPH
Dr. Puja Gandhi earned her BS in Human Biology and Anthropology from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her MPH from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and her MD from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston in 2018….
In Memoriam: Dr. Barbara Murray
Barbara E. Murray, MD, J. Ralph Meadows Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, died April 11, 2024. She was 76. A member of the Medical School’s ID faculty since 1980, she was a…
UTHealth Houston research: semaglutide reduces severity of fatty liver disease in people with HIV
Semaglutide is a safe, effective therapy for a common fatty liver disease in people with HIV, according to the results of a clinical trial presented by UTHealth Houston. The use of semaglutide 1mg weekly was safe and effective in improving metabolic…