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Spotlight on Scottie Wahlstrom!

When did you join UTHealth? What brought you here? I began working at UTHealth in April 2003.   I worked in...

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The first patient has enrolled in a Phase II clinical trial evaluating a stem cell therapy for the potential early...

Read More First patient enrolled in stem cell therapy trial for traumatic injury

Written by: Kim Kham, UT Physicians Lisa Laurenzo’s first trimester started off normal, just like any other pregnancy. However in 2010,...

Read More Daughter’s diagnosis leads mom to become a spina bifida champion

Preserving Brain Tissue with Stem Cells

UT Health physicians use supercomputers to interpret results of traumatic brain injury clinical trial Published on September 3, 2020 by...

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The American Journal of Physiology recently published an abstract by Dr. Harting, Dr. Lingappan, Dr. Karmouty-Quintana, Dr. Davies and Dr....

Read More Understanding the age divide in COVID-19: why are children overwhelmingly spared?

Manish N. Shah, MD, FAANS, assistant professor of pediatric neurosurgery, is the 2020 recipient of the Benjy F. Brooks, MD, Outstanding...

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May 11: Pediatric Surgery Newsletter

We hope you enjoy our Newsletter this week! To view the full PDF, click here. If you have a high...

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Dr. Manish Shah in the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery worked with Dr. Eva Sevick and Dr.Banghe Zhu at the UT Center for Molecular Imaging to develop a novel imaging device for babies with brain disorders

Using night-vision goggle technology, near-infrared light, and high-resolution detectors, a wearable imaging device for awake infants with brain disorders was...

Read More Dr. Manish Shah in the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery worked with Dr. Eva Sevick and Dr.Banghe Zhu at the UT Center for Molecular Imaging to develop a novel imaging device for babies with brain disorders

Blue Angels Flyover Houston!

The Blue Angels flew over Houston to salute our frontline COVID-19 healthcare providers. The flyover started in the Woodlands at...

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May 4: Pediatric Surgery Newsletter

We hope you enjoy this week’s newsletter! To view the full PDF, click here. May is the month for high...

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UT Physicians has announced that all clinics are open with expanded safety measures!  Click here to watch the video shared...

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April 27: Pediatric Surgery Newsletter

We hope you enjoy this week’s newsletter! To view the full PDF, click here. This newsletter includes our very first...

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April 20: Pediatric Surgery Newsletter

We hope you enjoy this week’s newsletter! To view the full PDF, click here. Let’s play a game!  Send Scottie a...

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Introducing the Pediatric Surgery Newsletter!

We hope you enjoy our first ever newsletter! Please send Scottie a picture, a meme or something to celebrate for...

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Did you know our doctors are not only skilled clinicians and compassionate people but also very talented and creative? Our...

Read More “Stay at Home, Help the Doctor”

After in vitro fertilization treatments to have their second child, Erin and Kyle Tweed learned they were pregnant with their...

Read More Open to being different: Family shares their journey during National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month

By Jade Waddy Fanny Mendez’s excitement about becoming a first-time mother quickly turned to anxiety when her 21-week ultrasound revealed...

Read More “Brave and Determined”: Child Overcomes Spina Bifida to Take Her First Steps

A miraculous heart procedure opens a new world for a teenager and her family Written by: John Kriescher Eve and...

Read More Perfectly imperfect

Dr. Teichgraeber will be retiring later this summer. Check out this video for Dr. T from his patients.  

Read More Thank you, Dr. T!

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons Executive Committee has selected David I. Sandberg, MD, FAANS, FACS, FAAP, as the 2019 recipient...

Read More Sandberg wins AANS Humanitarian Award

  Drs. Amit K. Srivastava and Charles S. Cox, Jr. are the editors of the book Pre-Clinical and Clinical Methods...

Read More Pre-Clinical and Clinical Methods in Brain Trauma Research has been published!

  An accomplished investigator involved in numerous clinical trials evaluating novel therapies to treat the most complex congenital heart defects...

Read More Salazar named McGovern Distinguished Chair

UT Physicians nurse honored by Houston Chronicle

Irene “Leanne” Doringo, M.S.N., R.N., clinical nurse coordinator for the Texas Cleft-Craniofacial Team at UT Physicians, has been selected as...

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Houston Business Journal named the 2018 Health Care Heros today.  Dr. David Sandberg was named Outstanding Health Care Practitioner and...

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The American Pediatric Surgical Association’s Trauma Committee has published a great abstract on Access Prevention Laws and Firearm Injuries. The...

Read More Variability of child access prevention laws and pediatric firearm injuries.

  A great story from the Intestinal Malrotation Foundation featuring Dr. Myron Allukian, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery.   Our...

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Tiger of the Week: Surgeon Manish Shah ’02 Serves Children in Need on Trips to Haiti

Manish Shah ’02 likes to go where few pediatric neurosurgeons have gone before. After completing his residency at Washington University,...

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For being an active seven year old boy, Camden would struggle when he suddenly had trouble breathing while participating in...

Read More Camden’s Story: Surgical Correction for Pectus

HOUSTON – Each year in the U.S., about 4,000 children are diagnosed with brain tumors. Most are treated with surgery, radiation...

Read More New cancer treatment involves chemo shot to the brain

Alumni Profile: Mary Austin, MD – Surgeon’s career shaped by childhood diagnosis

As a pediatric surgeon, Mary Austin, MD’00, MPH’05, performs 300-500 wide-ranging cases per year. She is also part of a...

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Dartmouth Alumni Magazine: Lifesaver

HEATHER SALERNO | MAR – APR 2018 America’s first black female pediatric surgeon, Andrea Hayes-Jordan ’87, DMS’91, delivers a therapy...

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Dr. Allison Speer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery.  Her area of research is Intestinal Failure...

Read More Dr. Allison Speer – Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation

Today,  the beat of Hayes Yepes’s tiny heart sounds like music to his parents’ ears.  But that was not always...

Read More Born with a Broken Heart

Texas mom drives into Hurricane Harvey to get son to hospital for brain surgery

While Houstonians were evacuating before the arrival of Hurricane Harvey, San Antonio mom Lilliana Castro was doing quite the opposite....

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Kevin P. Lally, M.D., M.S., chair of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, is the recipient of the 2017 Coe Medal...

Read More Lally receives Pacific Association award

HOUSTON — For many years, Dr. Mary Austin could count on one hand the people who knew. There was her...

Read More A surgeon’s secret: As she operated on babies’ birth defects, a doctor hid her own diagnosis

The first-ever center in the United States dedicated exclusively to improving safety for pregnant women and babies has been established...

Read More March of Dimes, UTHealth, Children’s Memorial Hermann team up for new mother-baby safety center

Dr. Amit K. Srivastava is the editor of the book Stem Cell Technologies in Neuroscience. This book provides comprehensive knowledge...

Read More Stem Cell Technologies in Neuroscience has been published!

Watch Dr. Manish Shah explains a newer treatment option for children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. For more information on Children’s...

Read More New Treatment Option for Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy

When Christa and Rob Ellis welcomed their fourth child into the world, they were astounded to see a small ridge...

Read More Siblings with same rare birth defect like being ‘struck twice by lightning’

Two new clinical trials for pediatric brain cancer have begun at UTHealth and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. The pilot trials,...

Read More New pediatric brain cancer trials open at UTHealth/Children’s Memorial Hermann

For their first project of the 2016 school year, the first graders at Harvard Elementary School in the Houston Heights...

Read More Thea’s Story: Hemangioma, an Angel’s Kiss

Study Break: Spotlight on Pediatric Surgery

December 08, 2016 Hello, Today’s focus is on the Department of Pediatric Surgery.  Below is a summary of a conversation...

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The Children’s Neuroscience Center has a new brain tumor trial that is open to qualified participants. The research study is...

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Results of a cellular therapy clinical trial for traumatic brain injury (TBI) using a patient’s own stem cells showed that...

Read More Cox, research team: Stem cell therapy appears to have TBI treatment effect

Dr. Charles Cox is a pediatric neurosurgeon at the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston...

Read More The Q&A Charles Cox

HOUSTON – (2016) – A research team led by Charles S. Cox, Jr., M.D., at The University of Texas Health...

Read More UTHealth receives $6.8 million from DOD to study stem cell therapy for TBI

Dr. Charles Cox is the editor of Cellular Therapy for Neurological Injury which discusses the current status of cellular therapy for...

Read More Cellular Therapies for Neurological Injury has been published!

Once again, it is time for the March of Dimes Walk for Babies.  The Department of Pediatric Surgery is organizing...

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Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (TMC) and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital are proud to announce the two individuals selected as their 2015 Physicians...

Read More Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital Announce 2015 Physicians of the Year

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (TMC) honored three McGovern Medical School faculty members with the Distinguished Physician Award at the Annual...

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For Charles S. Cox, Jr., M.D., the initial appeal of spending his career at UTHealth was the location – Houston...

Read More Many Faces of UTHealth: Cox discusses growth in pediatrics

Review of “Propranolol and Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Combine to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury” from Stem Cells Translational Medicine by Stuart...

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Newswise — HOUSTON – (Oct. 16, 2015) – Immatics US, Inc., a subsidiary of Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH, and The University...

Read More Immatics and UTHealth to collaborate on cellular manufacturing for Phase 1 clinical trials

The Inside Scoop: A medical mission hits close to home

This past December, I had the opportunity to accompany a pediatric neurosurgery team from Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Mischer...

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When you love someone so much, giving up is not an option. Ed and Maurie Drambel didn’t set out to...

Read More John’s Story: Parents stop at nothing to find cure for son

Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital has been officially designated a Baby-Friendly Hospital! It’s official!  Based on the results of data collected...

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March of Dimes Walk

The Department of Pediatric Surgery has formed a team for the March of Dimes walk and we need DONATIONS AND...

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CLEFT SMILES 5k Family Fun Run/Walk

Presented by Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital Join us this spring to support a great cause! The Cleft Smiles 5k Family...

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Children’s Regenerative Medicine Program at UTHealth Medical School It was a typical Friday night in Houston for Mallory Mayeux on...

Read More Mallory’s Story: Stem Cell Research from Bench to Bedside

Three Kids Inspire a City – The Berry Family Story

In July 2011, three young siblings lost their parents in a tragic car accident on the way home from summer...

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Italian Cultural Association Honors Faculty

Recognized for their contributions to medicine from the left are Peter T. Triolo, Jr., D.D.S., Fabio Triolo, D.d.R., M. Phil.,...

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Finding a Better Way to Target Children’s Cancer

Image: Justin Calhoun Dr. Amy Schefler and Dr. David Sandberg of Children’s Memorial Hermann In a world where the cure can...

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Houstonia magazine recognizes Pediatric Surgery faculty members in exclusive guide of top doctors

Nine of our faculty in the Department of Pediatric Surgery are recognized in Houstonia magazine’s exclusive guide of the city’s best doctors....

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Spina Bifida Patient Celebrates 3rd Birthday

Picture the bounciest, bubbliest 3-year-old you can imagine. Her songs and dance moves come straight from Beyoncé. She loves bright...

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Dr. Charles Cox Receives $30,000 Gift from Men of Distinction

Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital was presented a $30,000 gift from Men of Distinction toward Dr. Charles S. Cox, Jr.’s pediatric research...

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Dr. Lally Interviewed for People Magazine on Once-Conjoined Copeland Twins

The first time twins Emily and Caitlin Copeland were separated, they were just 10 months old. This fall, they face...

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Dr. Fabio Triolo was recently featured in an Italian Documentary, “Texan Italian Innovation”

In December 2013, while presenting research on the ITAL project at the IX Conference of Italian Researchers in the World...

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What do Pediatric Surgeons do in their spare time? They bake!!

The Department of Pediatric Surgery hosted  a Surgeon’s Bake Sale in the Leather Lounge with all the proceeds going to...

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Saving the Best…For Later: For health, full-term pregnancies, 39 weeks is the magic number

Outcomes have improved for premature babies over the past few decades, thanks to advances in neonatal care and surgical techniques...

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Join Team Pediatric Surgery in the March for Babies Walk

Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick. We are walking in March...

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Hope for Faith

A delicate fetal surgery gives babies a chance to improve outcomes. Read the story in Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Patient Stories.

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Pediatric Brain Tumor webinar

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Hydrocephalus Q&A

An interview with Dr. David I. Sandberg, Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Houston’s Children’s Memorial Hospital, about the symptoms, causes, outcomes, and treatments for kids with hydrocephalus, commonly known as “water on the brain.”



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Ryan Burke was born with a misshapen head – a common consequence of natural birth. But when the lopsidedness lingered for three months, his parents got worried.

Read More Baby’s Skull Rebuilt ‘Like a Jigsaw Puzzle’ to Fix Fused Bones

Neurosurgeons at the University of Texas-Houston and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital (Houston, Texas) report on the success they achieved when they removed a hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) from a 10-year-old girl to combat hyperphagia (excessive appetite and compulsive overeating) and consequent unhealthy weight gain.

Read More Neurosurgeons remove hypothalamic hamartoma to combat hyperphagia, unhealthy weight gain

In conjunction with Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, the Medical School has begun enrollment for the first Phase I safety study...

Read More Stem cell trial a first for pediatric traumatic brain injury