ICYMI: February 2025 Events

This has been an action-packed season for the Department of Pediatrics. In no particular order, here is a visual reflection of some key events:

Thank-a-Resident Day (Week)

Thanks to the generosity of donors from across the Department, pediatric residents were able to enjoy breakfast, lunch and treats all week, February 24 to 28, with a big finish on Friday! Read a special thank-you from the chief residents on SharePoint.

Fifth Floor Gallery Reveal

Several Department of Pediatrics team members toured the newly renovated Fifth Floor Gallery space during the open house last month.

Texas Pediatric Society Trainee Advocacy Day

The Texas Pediatric Society hosts this opportunity for residents and medical students to visit the Capitol in Austin to receive training and education on advocacy and the legislative process. Participants then have a chance to meet with state senators and representatives to advocate for funding to help food-insecure children in Texas. Melissa Kwan, MD, and Sandy McKay, MD, accompanied the group of residents.

TexasMedRun

Assistant DMO Melinna Lara and Assistant Project Manager Clarissa Webb were excited to represent Team Pedi Fit at the TexasMedRun, especially since boudin balls and king cake were part of the post-race party. We highly recommend this fun race that benefitted Harris Health!

GI Symposium

Several members of the Pediatric Gastroenterology Team attended the 16th Annual Frontiers in Digestive Diseases Symposium co-directed by Division Director J. Marc Rhoads, MD.

Ride-out Teams for Winter Storm Enzo

The Department of Pediatrics applauds these clinicians who rode our Winter Storm Enzo at various patient-care locations:

CMHH TMC	LBJ	PICU	HH NICU	MHH Katy
Ann Marshburn, MD Konstantinos Boukas, MD Krystel Newton, MD Susie Lopez, MD Nathan Valenti, MD Haitham Al-Wahab, MD Chiamaka Aneji, MD Brandi Patterson, MD Reubyn Chong, MD Hunter Hamilton, MD Melissa Adeyemo, MD Anjali Clauda, MD Allison Davidson, MD Maria Suarez, MD Natalie Cade, MD Katelin Byrd, MD Angela Pham, MD Hailey Gage, MD Zaira Villa, MD Schieler Collins, MD Bobby Garcia, MD Abby Tramel, MD Sung Hoon Park, MD Joseph Park, MD Kenya Gray, MD Carley Allen, MD	Nicola Harris, DO Jaclyn Ruggiero, MD Lakshmi Panjini, MD Sid Pang, MD Ada Ogadi, MD Joud Ayoud, MD Savannah Jenkins, MD Allison Garza, MD Emily Mansour, MD	Melissa Babu, MD Jibran Muhammad, MD Destiny Bailey, MD Andrew Franks, MD	Lily Zhang, MD Saloni Sharma, MD Brittany Bunag, MD	Ryan Nguyen, DO Soumya Pathuri, MD Rebecca Rawalt, MD
MHH Sugar Land	TIRR TMC	Cypress	MHH Greater Heights	MHH Memorial City
Tara Jaison, MD Hunaid Gurji, MD	Whitney Rome, MD, MPH, FAAP	Taiwo Ojewole, MD	Chisom Egwuatu, MD	Tara Ramirez, MD Julie Hisey, MD Amy Tsai, MD
MHH Southeast	Special Care	HH WBN
Thuy-Van Stafford, MD	Srinidhi Marka, MD	Tim Mok, MD

 

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