Gloria P. Heresi, MD, MS
Gloria Heresi, MD, MS, is a pediatric infectious diseases physician-scientist. She was the director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division from 2007 to 2021 and director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program from 2007 to 2019. She currently serves…
Yoshihiro Komatsu, PhD
Yoshihiro Komatsu, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. He earned his BS in Immunology from Kagoshima University, followed by an MS in Developmental Biology from Kurume University and a…
Mary Kay Koenig, MD
Kim K. Cheung, MD, PhD
Kim K. Cheung, MD, PhD, is a distinguished pediatrician, educator, and child health advocate with more than three decades of experience in academic medicine, clinical care, and public health. She currently serves as an associate professor in the Division of…
Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD
Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD, served as president of UTHealth Houston and the Alkek-Williams Distinguished Chair from Oct. 22, 2012, to March 1, 2025. He became dean and H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences of the John P….
Allison J. Davidson, DO
Lisa de Ybarrondo, MD, FAAP
Lisa Edmiston de Ybarrondo, MD, FAAP, is an esteemed associate professor of pediatrics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, where she has dedicated more than three decades to advancing pediatric care, education, and community health. A board-certified pediatrician since…
Dana M. DeMaster, PhD
Leslie Dunnington, MS, CGC
Leslie Ann Dunnington, MS, CGC, is a board-certified genetic counselor with clinical and academic expertise in cancer genetics and neurogenetic disorders, including Huntington’s disease, dementia, and other neurodegenerative conditions. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Texas A&M…
