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Sandy McKay, MD, FAAP, (above, 5th from right) was selected as the Outstanding Child Advocate for Houston, Gulf Coast, and East Texas at the Children at Risk Accolades luncheon. Sarah Abercrombie, MHA/MBA, LSSBB, senior practice manager at UT Physicians, (pictured…

Houston Mayor John Whitmire issued a proclamation on Nov. 18, 2025, in recognition of National Injury Prevention Day and applauded the dedication of injury prevention specialists to reducing preventable injuries. The Injury Prevention Team from Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital was…

This UT Physicians article features Pediatric Infectious Diseases Associate Professor Michael L. Chang, MD, and is an inspiring example of collaboration across disciplines. If you have a patient-care story you’d like to share, please email Department of Pediatrics Communications.  …

From Kristina Tebo, MD Assistant Vice President, Office of Global Health Initiatives Assistant Dean of Global Health, McGovern Medical School Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division   The Pediatric Global Health Program recently completed a month-long global health trip to…

NIH funds new program to advance kidney, urologic, and blood research Researchers at UTHealth Houston, in collaboration with scientists across the Texas Medical Center, are leading a collaborative effort to strengthen the pipeline of future researchers in kidney, urologic, and…

UT Physicians creates useful content that helps patients and their families understand their health care, like the article below featuring Professor of Community and General Pediatrics Amalia Guardiola, MD. If there is a topic about which you would like to…

For happenings beyond this month, visit the Events page in SharePoint and extend the “To” date. Bone Disease Program Seminar Series Friday, Nov. 7 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. MSB 2.103 Speaker: Jesús Delgado-Calle, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell…

Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, in partnership with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, is among the top five Best Children’s Hospitals in Texas, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. The primary teaching hospital for…

J. Marc Rhoads, MD, and Yuying Liu, PhD, (pictured above with award) received an award from BioGaia in recognition of rigorous science and outstanding results. Maria del Mar Romero López, MD, MS, PhD, has been elected to membership in the Society…

Amalia Guardiola, MD, talked to Univision Houston Channel 45 about fall allergies. Mary Kay Koenig, MD, was quoted in a Science article about the first approved drug for mitochondrial diseases. Dr. Koenig was also a featured guest on the Raise…