March 20, 2018

Camden’s Story: Surgical Correction for Pectus

For being an active seven year old boy, Camden would struggle when he suddenly had trouble breathing while participating in sports and other physical activities. Concerned, Lacy, Camden’s mom, scheduled an appointment with his pediatrician, who diagnosed him with asthma….


March 15, 2018

New cancer treatment involves chemo shot to the brain

HOUSTON – Each year in the U.S., about 4,000 children are diagnosed with brain tumors. Most are treated with surgery, radiation and high doses of chemotherapy, which can have debilitating side effects. A new way of thinking targets the tumor and…


March 14, 2018

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 large team that does about 10-15 in utero repairs of myelomeningocele, the most common form of spina bifida, which…


March 3, 2018

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 to treat a rare cancer. As long as she can remember, Hayes-Jordan knew she wanted to be a doctor. She…


February 12, 2018

Dr. Allison Speer – Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation

Dr. Allison Speer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery.  Her area of research is Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation. To learn how you can make a difference, please call 713-500-3200 or visit https://www.uth.edu/giving.


February 6, 2018

Born with a Broken Heart

Today,  the beat of Hayes Yepes’s tiny heart sounds like music to his parents’ ears.  But that was not always the case. Parents Jeremy Yepes and Kortney Gant admittedly have experienced many anxiety-filled days since their son Hayes was born…


September 8, 2017

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. She hopped in the car with her four children and headed straight into the storm’s path. She wouldn’t have faced…


July 6, 2017

Lally receives Pacific Association award

  Kevin P. Lally, M.D., M.S., chair of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, is the recipient of the 2017 Coe Medal from the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons (PAPS). The highest honor granted annually by PAPS to a surgeon who…


June 19, 2017

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

HOUSTON — For many years, Dr. Mary Austin could count on one hand the people who knew. There was her close friend through middle school, who helped her pee by pushing on her lower abdomen. Years later, during her surgical…


June 13, 2017

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

The first-ever center in the United States dedicated exclusively to improving safety for pregnant women and babies has been established through grants from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Joe Kiani/Masimo Corporation to the March of Dimes in collaboration…


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