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Children’s Memorial Hermann sponsors open house for new Katy medical office building On April 9, Children’s Memorial Hermann hosted a community-wide open house to officially mark the opening of the new Children’s and Women’s Medical Plaza at Memorial Hermann Katy…

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This year, the Department of Pediatrics took 49 attendees to the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting held in Boston, MA. UTHealth Houston faculty and trainees gave 11 platform presentations and either authored or co-authored more than 40 posters displayed during…

The Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center (GSHTC) has successfully administered Hemgenix, the first FDA-approved gene therapy for Hemophilia B, to its first patients outside of a clinical trial setting — marking the first known commercial infusions of the therapy…

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,…

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…

[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…