Three pediatric faculty named 2025 Memorial Hermann Distinguished Physicians


February 2, 2026

Deborah Brown, MD; Gloria Heresi, MD; and Rita Swinford, MD, have been named Memorial Hermann Hospital Distinguished Physicians for 2025.

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Distinguished Physicians are physicians who have spent the majority of their professional careers at Memorial Hermann-TMC/Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and made significant contributions to the Hospitals during that time. These faculty received the award at a Memorial Hermann staff meeting in January.