Since our inception, the criteria for Men of Distinction funding to all beneficiaries remains simple. The organization provides unrestricted funds to projects that are focused on research, treatment, education and patient care for children in the Texas Medical Center and directly benefiting the Houston community.
Ramesha Papanna, MD, MPH
Children’s Memorial Hermann and McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Jamie Anastas, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Shaine A. Morris, MD, MPH
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Tam T. Doan, MD, M.S., R.D.C.S
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Pamela Deaver Ketwaroo, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Gerard Francisco, MD
Children’s Memorial Hermann, TIRR Memorial Hermann and McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Joan Nichols, Ph.D
Houston Methodist
A. Osama Gaber, MD, FACS, FAST
Houston Methodist’s Department of Surgery
Omaima Sabek, Ph.D
Houston Methodist and Weill Cornell Medical College
Shaine A. Morris, MD, MPH
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Tam T. Doan, MD, M.S., R.D.C.S
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Pamela Deaver Ketwaroo, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Allison Speer, MD, FACS
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Children’s Memorial Hospital
Sundeep Keswani, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Michael A. Belfort, MD, Ph.D.
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Alessandro Grattoni, Ph.D.
Houston Methodist
Osama Gaber, MD, FACS, FAST
Houston Methodist and Weill Cornell Medical College
David I Sandberg, MD
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Children’sChildren’s Memorial Hermann
Amy Hair, MD
Texas Children’sChildren’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Geoffrey A. Preidis, MD, Ph.D.
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Branko Cuglievan Gulman, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Matthew T. Harting, MD
McGovern Medical School and Children’s Memorial Hermann
Ava Brozovich, MD, Ph.D.
Houston Methodist and Texas A&M College of Medicine
Ennio Tascioti, Ph.D.
Houston Methodist
Alessandro Grattoni, Ph.D.
Houston Methodist
Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, Ph.D. and Mary Elizabeth Tessier, MD
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital
Manish N. Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Director of Pediatric Spasticity and Epilepsy Surgery at McGovern Medical School and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Ennio Tasciotti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Nanomedicine at Houston Methodist Research Institute, Director for Biomimetic Medicine and Director of the Center of Musculoskeletal Regeneration in the Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.
Michael A. Belfort, MD
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital
Penelope E. Bonnen, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Matthew R. Greives, MD
Children’s Memorial Hermann and Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston (UT Health)
Dr. Carolyn L. Cannon, MD, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University and Texas Children’s Hospital
Joseph L. Alcorn, Ph.D.
University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Pediatric Research Center and Texas Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Jared Howell
Baylor College of Medicine
David I. Sandberg MD, FAANS, FACS, FAAP
Children’s Memorial Hermann, UT Health and MD Anderson
John Tyson MD
UT Health
Jared Howell
Baylor College of Medicine
Sundararajah Thevananther, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Liver Center
Dr. Richard Kellermayer, MD, Ph.D.
Texas Children’s Hospital
Charles S. Cox, Jr., MD
Director of the Pediatric Surgical Translational Laboratories and Pediatric Program in Regenerative Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Director of the Pediatric Trauma Program at the University of Texas-Houston/Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center
Joseph F. Petrosino, Ph.D.
Director, Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research at Baylor College of Medicine
Brendan Lee, MD, Ph.D.
Director, Bone Disease Program of Texas at Baylor College of Medicine
Laurence J.N. Cooper, MD, Ph.D.
Head of the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation at The University of Texas MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital
Brendan Lee, MD, Ph.D
Director, Bone Disease Program of Texas at Baylor College of Medicine
Donald L. Yee, MD
Director, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program at Texas Children’s Hospital
ZoAnn E. Dreyer, MD
Medical Director, Long-Term Survivors Program at Texas Children’s Cancer Center
Cynthia E. Herzog, MD
Director of Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, at The University, of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Huda Y. Zoghbi, MD
Director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital
Judith Z. Feigin, Ed. D.
Executive Director, Bridges Program, and Chief at the Clinic for Attention Problems, Diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorders, and the Learning Support Center for Child Psychology at Texas Children’s Hospital.
C. Kent Osborne, MD
Director of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center and the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine
David G. Poplack, MD
Director of the Texas Children’s Cancer Center and Deputy Director of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine
George D. Ferry, MD
Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Texas Children’s Hospital
James Versalovic, MD, Ph.D.
Director of the Microbiology Laboratories at Texas Children’s Hospital
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