Angel M. Rendon, MD
Dr. Rendón received his medical degree from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine in 2021. After obtaining his medical degree, Dr. Rendón completed his Internal Medicine Residency in 2024 at the UTHealth Houston. He received the…
Samuel P. Mackoff, MD
Anish Patnaik, MD, MPH
Dr. Anish Patnaik completed his master’s in public health and medical degree at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston in 2020, where he won the Walter G. Sterling Award for clinical excellence in a class of 240 students. His…
Ali Khawaja, MD
Dr. Khawaja received his medical degree from the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan and completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. Following residency, he completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Mayo…
Brad Cannell, PhD
Victoria Tang, MD
At the Bedside: Houston attorney shares her story of living with sickle cell anemia
From the outside, there is nothing about successful, busy attorney Brenda Adimora that hints at a disease she has fought all of her life. She maintains an active practice as a labor and employment attorney and was chair of the…
At The Bedside: For Jesus Mata, living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is not the end, but the beginning
Since he could remember, Jesus Mata has always had a cough he could not seem to kick. He had no idea that his simple cough was a sign of a serious and life-altering illness. In 2020, Mata felt pain in…
Research identifies rare genetic variant in bicuspid aortic valve disease
Genetic variants linked to a rare form of bicuspid aortic valve disease that affects young adults and can lead to dangerous and potentially life-threatening aortic complications have been identified by researchers at UTHealth Houston. The study was published in the American…
Taegtmeyer receives IACS-NAS Merit Award
A renown cardiology faculty member is the recipient of the Merit Award from the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences – North American Section. Heinrich Taegtmeyer, MD, DPhil, professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, recently received this highest honor bestowed…