Pediatrics honors, August 2026
Announcing this year’s top SIMPL evaluators A heartfelt thank you to all of our faculty for your dedication and involvement in providing resident feedback. Your thoughtful observations, guidance, and encouragement play a vital role in helping our residents grow into…
Best wishes to Lisa de Ybarrondo, MD, FAAP
Celebrating 35 years of service to UTHealth Houston The General Academic Pediatrics Division hosted a come-and-go reception for Dr. De Ybarrondo on July 29, 2026. Dr. De Ybarrondo reconnected with colleagues and trainees from throughout her significant time as a…
Congratulations, 2026 graduates!
The Department of Pediatrics is so very proud of the accomplishments of these dedicated physicians and grateful to the faculty teachers and mentors. Best wishes to all of you as you enter the next chapter! Child Neurology Residency Graduation Friday,…
Champions of Clinical Learning Environment: Ansam Hasan, MD
The Office of Professionalism at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston congratulates Ansam Hasan, MD, on being honored as a Champion of the Clinical Learning Environment. Champions are identified through the Learning Environment Surveys, which are sent to students and…
Resident life highlights, July 2026
2026 graduating pediatric residents honor outstanding service On Saturday, June 14, the Pediatric Residency Program had the honor of celebrating the graduation of our senior residents from the Categorical Pediatrics, Pediatric Genetics, Pediatric Neurology, and Internal Medicine-Pediatrics programs. During the…
Love honored with Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumni Award
[Adapted from UTHealth Houston (external link), June 04, 2026] Few honors carry greater significance for a medical school graduate than recognition from their alma mater. For LaTanya J. Love, MD, professor of General Academic Pediatrics and dean of McGovern Medical…
Pediatrics honors, June 2026
Faculty and staff Don’t miss the 2026 Department of Pediatrics recipients of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinators Melodie Allison and Judith Cerino (pictured above) won the First Place Viewer’s Choice award for their poster “Everyone…
McGovern Medical School honors 2026 teaching excellence awardees
[As seen in The Scoop, May 6, 2026] Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. May is Teaching Excellence Month at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Since 2025, the awards have shifted focus toward junior…
Konstantinos Boukas, MD, named Children’s Memorial Hermann Physician of the Year
[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…
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine shines at SSPR 2026
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,…