Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award
May 14, 2025

2025 Deans Teaching Excellence Awards

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. Each May, McGovern Medical School celebrates Teaching Excellence Month, recognizing outstanding faculty contributions to medical education. New in 2025, the awards program has introduced a focus on junior faculty….


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July 24, 2023

Lung Disease

As part of a series on lung diseases, HealthCentral interviewed Bindu Akkanti, MD, about corticosteroids for COPD (external link) treatment; Pushan Jani, MD, about how allergies (external link) can worsen COPD; and Guatam Sikka, MD, about the differences in lungs…


Gautam Sikka, MD
May 3, 2023

Walk to fight, spread awareness of Sarcoidosis in Bellaire this weekend

Gautam Sikka, MD, appeared on FOX 26 News (external link) to talk about sarcoidosis and how his clinic and a multidisciplinary group of doctors are treating it. The segment also ran online (external link). Read the full story… (external link)