Resident life highlights – Feb. 8
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) (external link) families at the West Gray Recreation Center. This fun-for-all-ages gathering…
Annual Pediatric Meet and Greet a success
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…
Pediatrics Honors, February 2026
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…
In the Media, Dec 2025
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,…
Global Health Update
From Kristina Tebo, MD Assistant Vice President, Office of Global Health InitiativesAssistant Dean of Global Health, McGovern Medical SchoolAssistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division The Pediatric Global Health Program recently completed a month-long global health trip to rural Kenya…
Presentations & Publications as of August 2025
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 (external link) held in Chicago, IL, July 19 to 23. The Hematology Division…