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Our 500+ full-time physicians and APPs comprise the largest pediatric team in TX.

02/09/2026

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has awarded Pediatrics residents Maurine Sam, M.D. and Isha Darbari, M.D., a Community Pediatrics Training Initiative Advocacy Training Grant. The competitive award supports a faculty-resident team to develop an educational activity for trainees on child advocacy, in conjunction with Texas Pediatric Society, our state AAP chapter.

With the grant, they will work to enhance our Community Organization Resident Practicum elective with new interactive workshops.

02/07/2026

Pediatrics residents Stephen Hemmerly, M.D., Renae White, M.D., and Abel De Castro, M.D., have been elected to the UT Southwestern Gamma Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society as resident member nominees.

Residents can be nominated by students, and inductees are selected from those who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, professionalism, leadership, and teaching.

02/05/2026

Bethsabee Stone, M.D., contributed to a multicenter study with the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network that seeks to determine whether the use of the Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) exam, a noninvasive method widely used to detect internal bleeding in adult patients suffering abdominal and chest injuries, impacts care in children who are hemodynamically stable after blunt torso trauma.

Learn more about the FAST study: https://bit.ly/4qI5FKH

01/30/2026

Pediatric hospitalists Stephanie Arar, M.D., Andrew Yu, M.D., and Grace Slater, M.D., authored chapters in the newly published textbook, Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 3rd edition. Division Chief Vineeta Mittal, M.D., served as the editor of the book’s cardiology section.

This text is the gold standard in pediatric hospital medicine and provides the most up-to-date evidence-based approaches to inpatient pediatric care available – all from top experts in their fields.

01/29/2026

Bhaskar Gurram, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, has been named 2025 Physician of the Year by the North & Central Texas/Oklahoma Chapter of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation.

01/28/2026

Congratulations to the Division of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine on having all of the abstracts they submitted to the Newborn Brain Society’s 17th International Newborn Brain Conference (INBBC) be accepted. They will be sharing their transformative work among global leaders in newborn brain health in Naples, Italy, in February.

Pediatric resident Lynn Bitar, M.D., was selected to give an oral presentation about the Chalak lab’s work on fetal inflammation. Only 1% of abstracts accepted to INBBC are chosen. The study has also been accepted to be published in Pediatric Research.

We’re proud to see their expertise and dedication recognized internationally.

01/22/2026

Pediatric hematologist Ayesha Zia, M.D., M.S.C.S., recently led two major publications that advance the management of pediatric pulmonary embolism (PE).

Published in the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) journal JTH, Dr. Zia led an international team of experts that defined evidence-informed outcomes that will enable the next generation of randomized clinical trials and observational studies, filling a critical gap in pediatric PE research. Pediatric cardiologist Megan Griffiths, M.D., served as a co-author.

Her latest publication, "How I Treat Pediatric Pulmonary Embolism," in the American Society of Hematology’s journal Blood, gives clinicians practical, case-based frameworks that guide practice in advance of formal guidelines. The work reflects the peer recognition of Dr. Zia’s clinical leadership, scholarship, and international standing in pediatric thrombosis.

01/20/2026

We're proud to share that Jaclyn Albin, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine and Director of the UT Southwestern Culinary Medicine program, has been appointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to a four-year term on the newly formed Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee as the pediatrician representative. The committee is established to develop nutritional guidelines for residents of Texas. Congratulations, Dr. Albin.

01/15/2026

We’re delighted to welcome Lael Yonker, M.D., to the Department as our new Chief of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine. A nationally recognized physician-scientist in pediatric pulmonology, Dr. Yonker has led research on cystic fibrosis, airway inflammation, and pediatric respiratory infections, including COVID-19.

Her work has been recognized with prestigious honors, including the Robert B. Mellins Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society and designation as an Emerging Leader by the National Academy of Medicine.

Please join us in welcoming her to UT Southwestern and Children’s Health.

01/08/2026

Published in the journal Pediatrics, a study led by Sarah Messiah, Ph.D., M.P.H., with senior author Sarah Barlow, M.D., and Bethany Cartwright, M.D., revealed the COVID-19 pandemic increased childhood obesity in the U.S. by roughly 1 million people, particularly among disadvantaged and minority youths.

Learn about the proactive steps families can take to help prevent obesity and related health risks early: https://bit.ly/4iSnKDv

01/06/2026

A UTSW-led study published in Pediatric Research reveals that a first-of-its-kind cognitive behavioral therapy program could help lower parental perceptions of child vulnerability among NICU families.

Margaret Hoge, M.D., served as lead author of the study. Lina Chalak, M.D., M.S.C.S., Elizabeth Heyne, PA-C, and Roy Heyne, M.D., also contributed. Learn more about the study: https://bit.ly/46MxNW1

12/31/2025

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