CARE Chronicles Newsletter

Residents and leaders represent excellence at 2026 APPD Conference The Department of Pediatrics was well represented at the Association of Pediatric Program Directors Conference (external link) this spring under the leadership of Residency Program Director Emma Omoruyi, MD, MPH, the…

[Adapted from “Two UTHealth Houston physicians named Memorial Hermann top doctors” by Roman Petrowski, April 15, 2026] As Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center marked 100 years of advancing medicine, two McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston physicians took top honors as…

Nurse Practitioners Natalie Montanez, FNP-C, CACP, and Joanna Larson, FNP-C, along with Genetic Counselor Rida Haider, MS, CGC, recently presented at the Thrombosis and Hemostasis Summit of North America (THSNA) (external link) national meeting in Portland, Oregon. The team presented…

Terri Major-Kincade, MD, MPH, gave Grand Rounds (external link) for the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) addressing HB 37 Everly’s Law. Hope Northrup, MD, was interviewed by WebMD (external link) about new treatment options for patients with phenylketonuria,…

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 (external link) (SSPR), held in New Orleans,…

The annual meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics (external link) (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,…

Presentations Presenting at PAS? Make sure you’re on our list (external link)! 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…

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 (external link) 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…

[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…