Annual Doctors in Recital concert benefits Camp PHEver
[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…
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…
Medical Genetics leaders excel at APHMG
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…
In the media, April 2026
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,…
Medical Genetics team helps Houston man achieve bucket list dream after game-changing rare disease
[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,…
DoP Honors, May 2025
Hope Northrup, MD, and Amir Khan, MD, were 2 of 6 faculty inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society at a ceremony on March 17. Thao L. Nguyen, DO, FAAP, and Haitham Al-Wahab, MD, FAAP, were both nominated…
A Noble Journey: Grateful Patient Gives Back to Help Others with Rare Diseases
Rylee Noble often watched other kids do cartwheels on the playground, wondering why she couldn’t do the same. She didn’t know that the joint stiffness and muscle aches she felt weren’t normal. “When you don’t know anything else, you don’t…