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The Department of Pediatrics was thrilled to welcome our new class of pediatric residents during the Match Day festivities on Friday, March 20. Pediatric Residency Program Director Emma Omoruyi, MD, MPH, and Program Coordinators Kimberly Cooper, C-TAGME, and Gabriella Nicholson,…

Guliz Erdem, MD, is professor and division chief of pediatric infectious diseases at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. A nationally recognized leader in pediatric infectious diseases with extensive experience in clinical care, research, education, and quality improvement, Dr. Erdem’s…

Sanober Sadiq, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatrics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, specializing in pediatric nephrology. She provides both inpatient and outpatient care. Her clinical expertise includes hypertension, glomerular disease, nephrotic syndrome, acute kidney injury, electrolyte…

Welcome JoAnn Nguyen, Administrative Coordinator, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Congratulations Amalia Guardiola, MD, named Director of Undergraduate Medical Education Tina O. Findley, MD, named Assistant Division Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Marvin Thomas, Jr., MBA, MHA, promoted to Senior Administrative Manager of the…

Though not offered by the Department of Pediatrics, these funding opportunities may be applicable and appealing to advance the work in our Department. If you are aware of additional opportunities we should share, please send to Department of Pediatrics Communications….

In February 2026, the division known as Community and General Pediatrics officially became General Academic Pediatrics. This change reflects the division’s strategic evolution and better aligns their identity with their core mission in education, scholarly productivity, and academic leadership. Historically,…

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…

Wang Lab graduate research students Shannon Erhardt and Julianna Quinn were featured with medical students Paris Nix and Morgan Marsh in a video illustrating how research supports clinical care, posted on UTHealth Houston social media. Mary Aitken, MD, MPH, FAAP; Gabriel…

Faculty Achievements Congratulations to these five outstanding clinicians honored as part of the Grateful Patient Program. Ebony Beaudoin, MD, and Stephanie Tower, LCSW, have been selected to serve on the Texas Health and Human Services Policy Council for Children and…

The Department of Pediatrics celebrates these clinicians who were recently honored by patients as part of the Grateful Patient Program through the UTHealth Houston Development Office.   As part of this program, recurring patients were contacted and offered an opportunity…