Team Updates, July 2025
Welcome! Ava J. Henson, MS Instructor, Medical Genetics Chief Residents aka the BFFs Postgraduate Year 1 Residents See the interns individually.
DoP Honors, July 2025
Pediatrics postdocs win top awards at 2025 Postdoctoral Symposium The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs presented the UTHealth Houston Postdoctoral Research Symposium on June 6 in the MSB Fifth Floor Gallery. More than 120 attendees heard from keynote speaker Carmen W….
Maria C. Caldas-Vasquez, MD
Ava J. Henson, MS
Ava Henson, MS, earned her Master of Science in Genetic Counseling from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. She also holds a Master of Science in Multidisciplinary Biomedical Sciences and a…
Sushma Raman Hebbar, MD, CAQSM
Sushma Raman Hebbar, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, with a clinical focus in outpatient pediatric care and sports medicine. She earned her medical degree from St. George’s University and completed her…
Family with rare form of Huntington’s finds care at UTHealth Houston
In 2020, when she was 4 years old, Khloe Gloria stopped walking. At the suggestion of their local San Angelo physician, her concerned parents took her to see neurologists in Dallas. Khloe’s mom, Natalie Salazar, already had a sinking…
2025 UTHealth Houston Half Marathon to support children’s literacy
For the third year in a row, participants in the 2025 UTHealth Houston Half Marathon and 10K have the opportunity to donate to Reach Out and Read Texas. “This is a wonderful opportunity for runners to support children’s literacy,” said Jocelyn McConnell, MEd, director…
Pediatrics leaders help celebrate President’s Scholar Award recipients
Four members of the UTHealth Houston community received the university’s most distinguished awards for their exceptional work, history of long-standing excellence, and dedication during the 2025 President’s Scholar Awards and Recognition of Excellence Award ceremony on May 22, and members…
McGovern shines at Health Science Education Conference
McGovern Medical School was well-represented at the 2025 Innovations in Health Science Education 21st Annual Conference for The University of Texas System Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education, with 40 attendees and a multitude of grant and award…
DoP honors, June 2025
Salute to nurses Seven UT Physicians nurses were honored in the Houston Chronicle’s 2025 Salute to Nurses, including Jessica Melendez, MSN, RN, nurse manager at UT Physicians Pediatric Center — Bay Area. All featured nurses were also celebrated at a…