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[Adapted from “Two UTHealth Houston physicians named Memorial Hermann top doctors” by Roman Petrowski, April 15, 2026] As Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center marked 100 years of advancing medicine, two McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston physicians took top honors as…

Thomas Spentzas, MD, MS, FAAP, is a professor of pediatric critical care medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. His journey in medicine began at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he graduated with honors in 1983….

Nurse Practitioners Natalie Montanez, FNP-C, CACP, and Joanna Larson, FNP-C, along with Genetic Counselor Rida Haider, MS, CGC, recently presented at the Thrombosis and Hemostasis Summit of North America (THSNA) national meeting in Portland, Oregon. The team presented two posters,…

Terri Major-Kincade, MD, MPH, gave Grand Rounds for the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) addressing HB 37 Everly’s Law. Hope Northrup, MD, was interviewed by WebMD about new treatment options for patients with phenylketonuria, or PKU. Mahboobeh Mahdavinia,…

Faculty and trainees from the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston had a strong national presence at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR), held in New Orleans, LA, earning…

The annual meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) was held March 10-14 in Baltimore, MD. The McGovern Medical School Division of Medical Genetics had six attendees: two Combined Pediatrics/Medical Genetics Residents — Roshni Chugh, MD, and Suad…

Presentations Presenting at PAS? Make sure you’re on our list! McGovern Medical School will have excellent representation from the Department of Pediatrics at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting this year. View our list of PAS Meeting posters and presenters…

Welcome Guliz Erdem, MD Professor and Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases View Dr. Erdem’s faculty profile Elva M. Almazan, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, FNP-C Nurse Practitioner, General Academic Pediatrics Congratulations, STAR Awardees! 30 Years Marisela Trujillo, MSW Director of Management Operations,…

For happenings beyond this month, visit the Events page in SharePoint and extend the “To” date. April is about awareness! Child Abuse Prevention and Autism Awareness Month: April 1-30 To commemorate Child Abuse Prevention, the Child Safety and Integrated Care…

[As featured by UTHealth Houston Public Affairs, March 04, 2026] While the UTHealth Houston Fetal Center is the main focus of this article, groundbreaking interventions like these are successful because of collaborative efforts from our neonatologists who are directly involved…