DoP Honors, Dec 2025
Sandy McKay, MD, FAAP, (above, 5th from right) was selected as the Outstanding Child Advocate for Houston, Gulf Coast, and East Texas at the Children at Risk Accolades luncheon (external link). Sarah Abercrombie, MHA/MBA, LSSBB, senior practice manager at UT…
City of Houston Recognizes National Injury Prevention Day with Proclamation
Houston Mayor John Whitmire issued a proclamation on Nov. 18, 2025, in recognition of National Injury Prevention Day and applauded the dedication of injury prevention specialists to reducing preventable injuries. The Injury Prevention Team from Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital was…
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Collaboration Delivers Life-Saving Expertise
This UT Physicians article features Pediatric Infectious Diseases Associate Professor Michael L. Chang, MD, and is an inspiring example of collaboration across disciplines. If you have a patient-care story you’d like to share, please email Department of Pediatrics Communications. …
Global Health Update
From Kristina Tebo, MD Assistant Vice President, Office of Global Health InitiativesAssistant Dean of Global Health, McGovern Medical SchoolAssistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division The Pediatric Global Health Program recently completed a month-long global health trip to rural Kenya…
PRC Involved in TMC Research Collaborations
NIH funds new program to advance kidney, urologic, and blood research Researchers at UTHealth Houston, in collaboration with scientists across the Texas Medical Center, are leading a collaborative effort to strengthen the pipeline of future researchers in kidney, urologic, and…
UTHealth Houston Teaching Hospital Ranks Fifth in Texas
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, in partnership with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, is among the top five Best Children’s Hospitals in Texas (external link), according to the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. The primary teaching…
DoP Honors, Nov 2025
J. Marc Rhoads, MD, and Yuying Liu, PhD, (pictured above with award) received an award from BioGaia (external link) in recognition of rigorous science and outstanding results. Maria del Mar Romero López, MD, MS, PhD, has been elected to membership in…
In the Media, Nov 2025
(external link) Amalia Guardiola, MD, talked to Univision Houston Channel 45 (external link) about fall allergies. Mary Kay Koenig, MD, was quoted in a Science (external link) article about the first approved drug for mitochondrial diseases. Dr. Koenig was also…
Presentations & Publications as of Nov 2025
Presentations Upcoming American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) (external link) at ASN, Nov. 5-9: Joshua Samuels, MD, will moderate a session and speak at a slideless symposium. Rita Swinford, MD, and Joyce Samuel, MD, will give platform presentations. UTHealth Houston…
2025 Texas Pediatric Society Annual Meeting Recap
The 2025 Texas Pediatric Society (TPS) (external link) Annual Meeting was held Oct. 16 to 19 at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in Round Rock, TX. The largest gathering of pediatricians in Texas, the event was an opportunity to…