Opportunities
The Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all children, adolescents and adults.
Research Projects, Publications, and other Opportunities:
International Opportunities:
Around the nation the scope of medicine-pediatrics physicians is quickly spreading past our borders. A large number of our patients were born or reside outside of the United States. Residents are allowed and encouraged to participate in global initiatives both locally and abroad. UT Houston has no set partnership or electives with specific overseas sites however several of our residents have customized rotations in places such as Africa, India, and Central America. In addition, several of our residents have participated in short term trips to Central America with UT Faculty. Residents often partner with Memorial Hermann’s Medical Missions foundation who offers assistance with travel expenses and provide needed supplies, equipment and drugs. The University of Texas at Houston is currently collaborating with the University of Texas Galveston to develop a global health tract open to all residents and medical students.
Other Opportunities:
National Med-Peds Organization
Jackie Meeks
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Education Councils
One resident from each med-peds PGY level is chosen to participate on the individual curriculum committees for pediatrics and internal medicine; they work with other categorical residents, faculty, and program directors to assure quality education both on the wards and in didactic sessions.
House Staff Association
Med-Peds residents historically have strong participation in the University of Texas House Staff Association including several elected positions on the Executive Council. These residents work closely with hospital administrators, the GME office, and the UT Foundation to assure that resident training remains the forefront of priorities in our complex and expanding medical community.
Combined Fellowships:
Endocrinology
Nephrology
Several residents have created combined fellowship experiences in Infectious Diseases, Cardiology, Intensive Care.
Publications:
Ananaba, Ijeoma
Ijeoma E. Ananaba, Beatrice Gee, Pediatric Blood and Cancer, Functional Outcomes After Stroke in Children with Sickle Cell Disease, May 2004, Volume:42, 6 (Suppl), Pages:514
Williams, Janelle
Williams, Janelle, Abstract and Poster Session, Survival of End-Stage Heart Failure Patients on Short and Long-Term Use of Left Ventricular Assist Systems, October 2002, Volume: , Pages:
Razeghi P., Rukhopadhyay MJ., Myers TJ, Williams JN, Morcaec CS, Frazier OH, Taegtmeyer H., Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Myocardial tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression does not correlate with clinical indices of heart failure in patients on left ventricular assist device support., December 2001, Volume:72, Pages: 2044-50.
Shah, Sweta
Sweta Shah, Dr Suresh Sikka, Alina Baratta, Dr Wayne Hellstrom, Poster Session 5/6-025, VIIth International Congress of Andrology, Montreal, Canada, June 15-19, 2001; Journal of Andrology, Role of pyruvate in oxidative stress-induced effects on human sperm energy metabolism, May 2001, Pages:160.
Sanchez, Carmen (Carin)
Pariante CM, Pearce BD, Pisell TL, Sanchez CI, Po C, Su C, Miller AH., Endocrinology, The proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1 alpha, reduces glucocoricoid receptor translocation and function, 09/1999, Volume:140, Pages 4359-4366
Kagan, David
Clinical Cancer Research Association of Epigenetic Inactivation of RASSF1A with Poor Outcome in Human Neuroblastoma Qiwei Yang, Peter Zage, David Kagan, Yufeng Tian, Roopa Seshadri, Helen Salwen, Shuqing Liu, Alexandre Chlenski and Susan L Cohn, December 2004, Pages 8493-8500
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Judaic Studies End-of-Life Decision-making for the Terminally Ill: A Comparison of the Comparison and Reform Movements, David Kagan, May 2002.
Hill, Jason
Journal of Biomedical materials research, part A Influence of channel width on alignment of smooth muscle cells by high-aspect-ratio microfabricated elastomeric cell culture scaffolds John D. Glawe, Jason B. Hill, David K. Mills, Michael J. McShane, October 2005, Volume:75, Pages:106-114
National Medical Student Research Forum Construction of cardiac tissue engineered construct for use with murine embryonic stem cells Jason Hill, April 2004
Graduate research fair; Louisiana Tech University Molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease Jason Hill, March 2002.
WEPSCoR State conference Cytoskeletal arrangement and expression of rat aortic smooth muscle cells cultured on a microfabricated PDMS substrate Jason Hill, February 2002.
