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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…

[As featured by UTHealth Houston Public Affairs, February 23, 2026] Kelly Jensen went in for her 20-week ultrasound, nervous but excited to see her baby boy’s progress. When the ultrasound tech suddenly left to get the doctor, Kelly knew something…

[As featured by UTHealth Houston Public Affairs, March 09, 2026] Andrea Ramirez Varela, MD, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. (Photo by UTHealth Houston) The prevalence of physical activity among…

[As featured by UTHealth Houston Public Affairs, February 27, 2026] Brandon Morris’ family always centered around food. The Houston native and his relatives would often gather around the table for crawfish boils and fried fish. As he reached adulthood, Brandon,…

[As featured in The Insider, written by the Office of Development, February 25, 2026] When Pediatric Gastroenterolgy, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division Founder and Professor Emeritus Wallace Gleason, MD, enrolled in college, he was not sure medicine would be his life’s calling….