Tag: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

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…

Moments from community events made possible by the Pediatrics team Big Splashy Day On May 2, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital, Director of Community Pediatric Hospital Medicine Melissa Kwan, MD, and her team of…

Publications Presentations Heather Saavedra, MS, RD, LD, (pictured above) presented a workshop and plenary session at the Genetics Metabolic Dietitians International (GMDI) Conference (external link). Leslie Dunnington, MS, CGC; Sarah McMahan, PT, PCS; and Neurology Fellow Ardeene Francisco, MD; presented…

[Adapted from Houston Chronicle’s Salute to Nurses honors six from UTHealth Houston (external link)] Compassion, expertise, and an unwavering commitment to patient care took center stage April 29 as the Houston Chronicle awarded six nurses from UTHealth Houston for going…

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…

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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,…

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…