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This has been an action-packed season for the Department of Pediatrics. In no particular order, here is a visual reflection of some key events: Thank-a-Resident Day (Week) Thanks to the generosity of donors from across the Department, pediatric residents were…

[as featured in the February issue of Inside University News] As a fourth grader, Michelle Barratt, MD, MPH, dreamt of becoming a teacher, but those dreams were nearly dashed when her best friend’s mom told her she was not patient…

Astronauts Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis (Photo courtesy of SpaceX) The McGovern Medical School Women Faculty Forum will host the seventh annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science Symposium from 3:30-6:30 p.m., February 11, in the Memorial Hermann Conference…

Pediatric Grand Rounds are a series of lectures that present the symptoms, diagnosis, and management of a particular disease in the pediatric population. A different Division leads each month to expose attendees to a wide range of topics and expertise….

Mary Aitken, MD, MPH, FAAP, Professor and Chair, was quoted in a Forbes article about how to select the best pillow for a toddler. Maria Caldas-Vasquez, MD, Staff Physician, Pulmonary Medicine, was featured in a Univision documentary on the shortage…

Matthew T. Harting, MD, MS; Claudia Pedroza, PhD; and Jose-Miguel Yamal, PhD. UTHealth Houston researchers will serve as the principal investigators of the data coordinating center on an $11.4 million, groundbreaking clinical trial studying the efficacy of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) in…

Best Wishes, Dr. Al-Akash The Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension Team bid farewell to Division Director Samhar Al-Akash, MD, at a lunch on Monday, January 20. Dr. Al-Akash has accepted a position as a pediatric nephrologist in Dubai where he will…