Distinctive Beneficiaries

Men of Distinction Beneficiaries

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.

The projects funded by Men of Distinction are as follows:

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