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(external link) Mary Aitken, MD, was featured on UTHealth Houston social media (external link) in honor of National Pediatrics Day. Autumn Atkinson, MD, co-led a conversation for HCPLive (external link) entitled “Differentiating Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis, Psoriasis, and Seborrheic Dermatitis.” Michael Chang, MD,…

Welcome Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division Community and General Pediatrics Congratulations Amanda McCarthy, MD, achieved board certification for Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Presentations Michael Yafi, MD, and Khubaib Ahmed, MD, (PGY-4) have each had an abstract accepted for presentation at the 19th International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes (external link) (ATTD). Tricia Zucker, PhD, will be the keynote speaker at the Aldine ISD Literacy…

The annual Pediatric Meet and Greet was held January 14 in the Fifth Floor Gallery. This event is hosted by medical student and residency program leaders to give rising fourth-year medical students an opportunity to interact with current fourth-year medical…

LBJ Hospital NICU Earns Gold Beacon Award for Excellence Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and High-Risk Nursery, led by Medical Director Sophia Tsakiri, MD, CMQ, earned the Gold Beacon Award for Excellence, a national…

For happenings beyond this month, visit the Events page in SharePoint (external link) and extend the “To” date. Bone Disease Program Seminar Series Under Pressure: How Cells Sense and Respond to Mechanical Load During Regeneration Friday, February 6 1:30 to…

How collaborative care has allowed this 7-year-old to contribute to finding a cure for rare genetic condition Asher Times was not expected to make it through the night when he was born in The Woodlands, Texas, seven years ago. His…

For families of children with a rare genetic condition, receiving a diagnosis and compassionate care feels like a life jacket after drowning in uncertainty. Providers in a specialized UTHealth Houston pediatric program deliver this comprehensive, research-backed approach, which has recently…

Vahid Serpooshan, PhD, is an associate professor of pediatrics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and serves as scientific director at the Children’s Heart Institute (CHI). He is a biomedical engineer and translational scientist whose work integrates pediatric cardiology,…

(Graphic by UTHealth Houston)   Seven UTHealth Houston researchers received awards totaling nearly $10 million in funding from The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), a state legislative initiative designed to advance cancer research and prevention in Texas….