Conference Season, Spring 2025
First and second quarters 2025 have seen a multitude of conferences in a variety of locations. Everyone’s presentations and posters are noteworthy, so this post represents a small glimpse into the great work the Department is carrying across the country and around the world.
If you’d like to submit a photo and brief description of your most recent poster or presentation, please send it to Department of Pediatrics Communications.
Poster Presentations
Medical Genetics
American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) Conference (external link)
March 17 to 22, 2015
Los Angeles, CA
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- David Rodriguez-Buritica, MD, associate professor
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- Rida Haider, MS, CGC, instructor
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- Rodriguez-Buritica and Jessica Bolen, MD, medical genetics resident
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- Suad Siuffi-Campo, MD,
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- Megan Wassef, DO, MPH, medical genetics resident
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- Katherine Bender, medical student
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- Caroline Crain, medical student
Endocrinology
Pediatric Endocrine Society of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas (PESTOLA) Annual Meeting (external link)
April 4 to 6, 2025
Las Colinas, TX
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- L-R: Avni Shah, MD, associate professor; Sara Mahmoud, MD, endocrinology fellow; Sadaf Faiz, MD, endocrinology fellow
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- L-R: Alberto Monroig-Rivera, MD, pediatric resident and recipient of the Pediatric Resident and Fellow Research Education Fund; Shah
Developmental Pediatrics/Children’s Learning Institute
International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Conference (external link)
May 2, 2025
Seattle, WA
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- L-R: Katherine Pope, APRN, FNP, and Ashley Dauenhauer, APRN, CPNP
Population Health Symposium
April 10, 2025
UTHealth Houston Sarofim Research Center
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- L-R: CLI CARE Team researchers Santiago Ospina Duran, Connie Martinez, Emily Ferrari, and Amber Malhi
Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
PAS (external link)
April 24 to 28, 2025
Honolulu, HI
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
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- Chiamaka Aneji, MD, MPH, FAAP, associate professor; Eric Reynolds, MD, MPH, associate professor
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- Tina Findley, MD, associate professor; Mary Aitken, MD, professor and chair
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- Poster by Lydia Youmans, MD, assistant professor
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- Aman Jain, MD, fellow ’25
Various Divisions and Programs
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- Sandy McKay, MD, FAAP, associate professor and director, Community & General Pediatrics; Aitken
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- Sheela Gavvala, DO, FAAP, associate professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
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- L-R: Wan-Hsuan “Sherly” Chen, MD, assistant professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine; Gavvala
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- L-R: Gavvala; Zoabe Hafeez, MD, associate professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
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- L-R: Maisie Nievara, medical student; Hafeez
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- L-R: Hafeez; Dominique “Nikki” Dagdag, MD, PGY-2 pediatric resident; Kristi Tebo, MD, assistant professor
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- Shreeya Patel, MD, chief resident
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- Ashley Gibson, MD, assistant professor, Child Safety & Integrated Care
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- L-R: Alexandria Laws, MD, and Andrea Pinto, MD, PGY-2 pediatric residents
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- Sebastian Shrager, MD, MPH, pediatric infectious diseases fellow
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- Kevin Rix, PhD, MPH, assistant professor
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- Laws, Pinto and Rix
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- L-R: Briona Thompson, MD, PGY-3 pediatric resident; Gavvala