Pediatrics honors, November 2026
Faculty
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- Terri Major-Kincade, MD, MPH
Terri Major-Kincade, MD, MPH, selected as inaugural honoree of the Distinguished Public Service and Civic Leadership Award (external link) from Prairie View A&M University, given during the university’s sesquicentennial celebration.
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- Gnana “Dheepa” Ardhanari, MD
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- Leslie Dunnington, MS, CGC
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- Sheela Gavvala, DO, FAAP
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- Veronica Gonzalez, MD, FAAP
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- Ann Marshburn, MD
The Center for Interprofessional Collaboration at UTHealth Houston recognizes these faculty as Distinguished Faculty in Interprofessional Education for the 2025-2026 academic year.
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- Karen Posey, PhD
A medical food (external link) based on a patent by Karen Posey, PhD, was recently released.
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- Ansam Hasan, MD
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- Rachel K. Miller, PhD
View all the honorees of the Department of Pediatrics 2026 Educator Awards.
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- Kevin Lally, MD, MS
Kevin Lally, MD, MS, professor and chair of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, officially received the William E. Ladd Medal, the highest honor presented by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery.
Students, trainees, and staff
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- Lorena Maili, PhD
Trainer Lab Postdoctoral Researcher Lori Maili, Phd, received the notice of award for her K99 pathway to independence fellowship.
Education Coordinators Melodie Allison and Judith Cerino were featured in the Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME (external link)) newsletter discussing their award-winning poster “Everyone Needs CANDY: A Peer-Led Support Model for GME Program Coordinators.”
MS4 Madison Black was awarded first place in the Medical Education Initiative category at the Texas Pediatric Society (TPS) Annual Meeting for her poster “Improving Physician Preparedness in Pediatric Human Trafficking.” The poster, co-authored by Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellow Chandler Sullivan, MD, and Child Safety and Integrated Care Assistant Professor Arezo Nasrazadani, MD, and Vice Dean, Admissions and Student Affairs Sheela Lahoti, MD, was also selected as a finalist for the Houston Medical Forum Centennial Community Research Symposium Poster Presentation Competition.