Above and Beyond
Outstanding Example Community and General Pediatrics Nurse Practitioner Cilymol Abraham, APRN, DNP, CPNP, recently served as preceptor for Benjamin Flint, a family nurse practitioner student who completed a 90-hour clinical rotation at UT Physicians Multispecialty – Greens. This student shared…
2025 Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment
Vineeth John, MD, director of the Learning Environment, and Abbey Bachmann, MEd, PhD, assistant professor in the Office of Professionalism, announced 27 faculty members recognized as the 2025 Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment at McGovern Medical School. The Office of Professionalism honors the…
DoP Honors, Sept 2025
Thu Tran, DO, was highlighted by the American Thoracic Society as a respiratory structure and function early-career professional. Lakshmi Srivaths, MD, received the John P. McGovern “Champion in Women’s Health & Wellness Award” at the Women’s Fund for Health Education and Resiliency spring…
2025 Summer Recap
Department of Pediatrics team members were involved in some outstanding activities this summer. Here’s a brief recap in pictures: Camps throughout the Department Each summer, divisions from across the Department of Pediatrics play a key role in organizing and executing…
Presentations & Publications as of Sept 2025
Presentations Bibek Raj Bista, MBBS, MPH, (pictured above) presented at the World Sanskrit Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal: Palliative and End-of-Life Care Differences between Current Clinical Practices and Sanātana dharmālambī society of Nepal and India.” While there, Dr. Bista also gave…
Pediatrics’ Division of Cardiology Leader Named
Welcome, Dr. Bauser-Heaton! The Children’s Heart Institute at Children’s Memorial Hermann and McGovern Medical School Department of Pediatrics have named Holly Bauser-Heaton, MD, PhD, the new chief, Pediatric Cardiology and executive co-director of CHI. “Dr. Bauser-Heaton is a remarkably gifted physician and…
Research Pilot Grant Awards
Congratulations to these junior faculty and research professionals who have received pilot grants to initiate projects.
Presentations & Publications as of August 2025
Presentations PGY-3 pediatric residents Alexandria Laws, MD, and Andrea Pinto, MD, (pictured) presented their research at the 2025 National Medical Association Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly held in Chicago, IL, July 19 to 23. The Hematology Division had several…
United for TSC
2025 International TSC Research Meeting: The picture of collaboration The 2025 International TSC (Tuberous Sclerosis Complex) Research Conference, held June 26-28 in Bethesda, MD, was well attended by the UTHealth Houston TSC Center of Excellence (TSC CoE) care team. “We…
Hematology Division leads at 2025 ISTH Congress
The International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) held their 2025 congress in Washington, D.C., June 20 to 24, 2025, and the Division of Hematology had many opportunities to lead. Professor Lakshmi Srivaths, MD, (pictured above at left) gave a…