Three pediatric faculty named 2025 Memorial Hermann Distinguished Physicians
Deborah Brown, MD; Gloria Heresi, MD; and Rita Swinford, MD, have been named Memorial Hermann Hospital Distinguished Physicians for 2025. 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…
In the media, February 2026
Mary Aitken, MD, was featured on UTHealth Houston social media in honor of National Pediatrics Day. Autumn Atkinson, MD, co-led a conversation for HCPLive entitled “Differentiating Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis, Psoriasis, and Seborrheic Dermatitis.” Michael Chang, MD, appeared on the Houston Public Radio…
Team updates, February 2026
Welcome Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division Community and General Pediatrics Congratulations Amanda McCarthy, MD, achieved board certification for Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Publications and presentations, February 2026
Presentations Michael Yafi, MD, and Khubaib Ahmed, MD, (PGY-4) have each had an abstract accepted for presentation at the 19th International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD). Tricia Zucker, PhD, will be the keynote speaker at the Aldine ISD Literacy Matters virtual…
Annual Pediatric Meet and Greet a success
The annual Pediatric Meet and Greet was held January 14 in the Fifth Floor Gallery. This event is hosted by medical student and residency program leaders to give rising fourth-year medical students an opportunity to interact with current fourth-year medical…
Pediatrics Honors, February 2026
LBJ Hospital NICU Earns Gold Beacon Award for Excellence Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and High-Risk Nursery, led by Medical Director Sophia Tsakiri, MD, CMQ, earned the Gold Beacon Award for Excellence, a national…
Upcoming events, February 2026
For happenings beyond this month, visit the Events page in SharePoint and extend the “To” date. Bone Disease Program Seminar Series Under Pressure: How Cells Sense and Respond to Mechanical Load During Regeneration Friday, February 6 1:30 to 2:30 p.m….
A lifesaving story and new clinical research unit at CTPND
How collaborative care has allowed this 7-year-old to contribute to finding a cure for rare genetic condition Asher Times was not expected to make it through the night when he was born in The Woodlands, Texas, seven years ago. His…
UTHealth Houston earns national recognition for rare NBIA disorders care
For families of children with a rare genetic condition, receiving a diagnosis and compassionate care feels like a life jacket after drowning in uncertainty. Providers in a specialized UTHealth Houston pediatric program deliver this comprehensive, research-backed approach, which has recently…
Vahid Serpooshan, PhD
Vahid Serpooshan, PhD, is an associate professor of pediatrics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and serves as scientific director at the Children’s Heart Institute (CHI). He is a biomedical engineer and translational scientist whose work integrates pediatric cardiology,…