Tag: Medical Genetics

Publications Presentations Lakshmi Srivaths, MD, will be giving a Doc Talk at the Houston Health Museum on August 28: “Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Facts & Fallacies.” The event is free but registration is required (external link). Heather Saavedra, MS, RD, LD,…

[Adapted from The Insider (external link), June 04, 2026] Music and medicine came together May 30 as physician-musicians performed at Doctors in Recital, a benefit concert at The River Oaks Theatre supporting Camp PHEver, a program from the Division of…

Medical Genetics Associate Professor and Residency Program Director Paul Hillman, MD, PhD; Associate Professor Myla Ashfaq, MS, CGC; and Professor and Division Chief Hope Northrup, MD;  represented McGovern Medical School at this year’s Association of Professors in Human and Medical…

Presentations Don’t miss the 2026 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting posters! Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD, and Terri Major-Kincade, MD, MPH, presented at the AAP Headquarters for the Joint Workshop on Terminology Meeting in Chicago (pictured above). Dr. Rysavy also hosted…

At the organization’s request, Kanekal S. Gautham, MD, will serve a second term on the AAP PediaLink (external link) editorial board. Dr. Gautham will continue to provide educational leadership in this capacity following his 13-year service as the chair of…

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…

[As featured by UTHealth Houston Public Affairs, February 27, 2026] Brandon Morris’ family always centered around food. The Houston native and his relatives would often gather around the table for crawfish boils and fried fish. As he reached adulthood, Brandon,…

[As featured by the McGovern Medical School Office of Communications, March 9, 2026] The McGovern Medical School Alumni Association and the Office of Alumni Engagement have named Paul Hillman, MD, PhD, Residency ’19, as the recipient of the 2025 Early Career…

Presentations Michael Yafi, MD, and Khubaib Ahmed, MD, (PGY-4) have each had an abstract accepted for presentation at the 19th International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes (external link) (ATTD). Tricia Zucker, PhD, will be the keynote speaker at the Aldine ISD Literacy…