Bailey Honored as 2026 Memorial Hermann System Physician of the Year
The Department of Internal Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston is proud to congratulate Marshall Bailey, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, on being named the 2026 recipient of the Dr….
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…
Akkanti named assistant dean, Clinical Education
LaTanya Love, MD, dean of Education, has named Bindu Akkanti, MD, as assistant dean for Clinical Education, effective September 1, 2025. Akkanti, the Graham Endowed Professor in Pulmonary Medicine and professor in the Department of Internal Medicine is a nationally recognized leader in…
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….
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…
Women in Medicine & Sciences Feature: Bindu Akkanti, MD
Each month, the Women Faculty Forum presents its Women in Medicine and Sciences Feature, highlighting the women faculty at McGovern Medical School who are leaders in medicine, research, and education. This month’s feature is Bindu Akkanti, MD, associate professor and…
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…
More than one-third of Americans live in places with unhealthy levels of air pollution: Report
More than one-third of Americans live in places with unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to an annual report published by the American Lung Association. The 24th iteration of the State of the Air report determined 19 million fewer Americans…