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Residents and leaders represent excellence at 2026 APPD Conference The Department of Pediatrics was well represented at the Association of Pediatric Program Directors Conference this spring under the leadership of Residency Program Director Emma Omoruyi, MD, MPH, the incoming chief…

Thank-A-Resident Week 2026 February 23-27 “Happy Thank a Resident Day! Today gives us a chance to loudly celebrate all the quiet, steady ways you show up every single day for your patients, peers and yourself. I am so proud to…

The Department of Pediatrics was thrilled to welcome our new class of pediatric residents during the Match Day festivities on Friday, March 20. Pediatric Residency Program Director Emma Omoruyi, MD, MPH, and Program Coordinators Kimberly Cooper, C-TAGME, and Gabriella Nicholson,…

CATCH Grant Community Event On Sunday, February 8, a group of pediatric and med/peds residents and faculty hosted a Valentine-themed event for Project Delivery of Chronic Care (DOCC) families at the West Gray Recreation Center. This fun-for-all-ages gathering is one…

The annual Pediatric Meet and Greet was held January 14 in the Fifth Floor Gallery. This event is hosted by medical student and residency program leaders to give rising fourth-year medical students an opportunity to interact with current fourth-year medical…

LBJ Hospital NICU Earns Gold Beacon Award for Excellence Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and High-Risk Nursery, led by Medical Director Sophia Tsakiri, MD, CMQ, earned the Gold Beacon Award for Excellence, a national…

Many thanks to these Department of Pediatrics members for sharing their insight with the public through media interaction. If you are willing to be contacted with media requests pertaining to your area of expertise, please let communications know. Mahboobeh Mahdavinia,…

From Kristina Tebo, MD Assistant Vice President, Office of Global Health Initiatives Assistant Dean of Global Health, McGovern Medical School Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division   The Pediatric Global Health Program recently completed a month-long global health trip to…

Presentations PGY-3 pediatric residents Alexandria Laws, MD, and Andrea Pinto, MD, (pictured) presented their research at the 2025 National Medical Association Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly held in Chicago, IL, July 19 to 23.   The Hematology Division had several…