Woman with gastroparesis finds sound care and a new sense of hope
When LaKisha Williams discusses the challenge of managing chronic gastroparesis, she looks at each day as a journey. “It is not easy. While I may be able to eat one minute, the next I may be nauseous or running to…
Emma Napoli, MD
Emma Napoli, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. She completed medical school at Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine in 2018, followed by an Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases…
Paula Debroy, MD
Paula Debroy, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine. She completed medical school at Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala followed by Internal Medicine Residency at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. She completed an Infectious Diseases fellowship followed by…
UTHealth Houston set to enroll patients for long COVID clinical trials
Two clinical trials that will evaluate drugs, biologics, medical devices, and other therapies for long COVID that are sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will launch at UTHealth Houston. The trials are part of the NIH Researching COVID to…
Rios elected to Sigma Xi Honor Society
Adan Rios, MD, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, has been elected as a member of the Sigma Xi Honor Society, and as a board member for the society’s Texas Medical Center Chapter. “I have been arduously working for years on…
Rheumatology recruits co-director for Scleroderma Program
The Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine has recruited a new co-director of the Scleroderma Program, one of the largest scleroderma clinical and research programs in the world. An internationally known researcher and clinician in scleroderma (systemic sclerosis), Zsuzsanna McMahan, MD,…
Genetic mutation can lead to coronary artery disease at young age
A novel molecular pathway to explain how a mutation in the gene ACTA2 can cause individuals in their 30s – with normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors — to develop coronary artery disease has been identified, according to…
Akshata Moghe, MD, PhD
Cardiologist raises concerns over Prime energy drink with children
John Higgins, MD, talked to KPRC-TV Channel 2 and FOX 26 News about the dangers of PRIME energy drinks.
How hot is too hot for the human body? Study offers new insights
John Higgins, MD, was quoted in a Medical News Today article about how much heat our body can handle.