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…
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…
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…
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 //www.tjghsg.com/giving.
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…
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…
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 has…
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…
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…
Stem Cell Technologies in Neuroscience has been published!
Dr. Amit K. Srivastava is the editor of the book Stem Cell Technologies in Neuroscience. This book provides comprehensive knowledge on the fundamental techniques and detailed laboratory protocols used in stem cell research and their potential application in the…