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Moments from community events made possible by the Pediatrics team Big Splashy Day On May 2, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital, Director of Community Pediatric Hospital Medicine Melissa Kwan, MD, and her team of…

The 2026 Scientific Retreat—a collaborative retreat between McGovern Medical School Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Research Center and UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry Center for Craniofacial Research—brought together more than 100 attendees for an engaging and inspiring program. We were…

On May 9, 2026, the LoneStar LEND Program hosted the first Disaster Readiness EXPO of its kind focused specifically on individuals and families with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual and developmental disabilities (ASD/IDD). The event was held at the Jim…

Ken Brady, MD, is a professor in the Children’s Heart Institute, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Brady cares for children with critical heart disease in the operating room and the ICU as a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist and…

Sonia Labarinas, MD, is an associate professor in the Children’s Heart Institute, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She completed pediatric residency as well as pediatric critical care fellowship at Geneva Children’s Hospital in Switzerland, then pursued another critical care…

Jon Meliones, MD, MS, FCCM, is a professor in the Children’s Heart Institute, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine. He is a pediatric cardiac intensivist and serves as the executive co-director for the Children’s Heart Institute, section chief of…

David McMann, MD, MEd, is an associate professor in the Children’s Heart Institute, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine. He completed his medical training here at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and earned his Master’s in Education at…

Peymaun “Jarod” Vakhshoorzadeh, MD, is an assistant professor in the Children’s Heart Institute, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine. He completed his medical school training at The Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, and…

Shivani Tripathi, MD, is an associate professor in the Children’s Heart Institute, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine. She is the director of the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program and enjoys participating in the training and development…

Gun violence remains a leading cause of death in the U.S., even among children. On Friday, June 5, the Department of Pediatrics hosted an important day of discussion and education focused on firearm injury prevention to change this statistic. The…