The criteria for Men of Distinction funding is 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 since its inception are:

2022

Allison Speer, M.D., FACS
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Children’s Memorial Hospital
Sundeep Keswani, M.D.,
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Michael A. Belfort, M.D., Ph.D., 
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Alessandro Grattoni, Ph.D.,
Houston Methodist
Osama Gaber, M.D., FACS, FAST
Houston Methodist and Weill Cornell Medical College

2020

Branko Cuglievan, M.D.,
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Amy B. Hair, M.D.,
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Geoffrey A. Preidis, M.D., Ph.D., 
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
David Sandberg, M.D.,
McGovern Medical School at UT Health, The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Hermann.

2019

Matthew T. Harting, M.D.
McGovern Medical School and Children’s Memorial Hermann
Ava Brozovich, M.D., Ph. D.
Houston Methodist and Texas A&M College of Medicine
Ennio Tascioti, Ph, D.
Houston Methodist
Alessandro Grattoni, Ph. D.
Houston Methodist

2018

Sanjiv Harpavat, M.D., Ph.D. and Mary Elizabeth Tessier, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital

Manish N. Shah, M.D.
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.

2017

Michael A. Belfort, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital
Penelope E. Bonnen, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Matthew R. Greives, M.D.
Children’s Memorial Hermann and Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston (UT Health)

2016

Dr. Carolyn L. Cannon, M.D., 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

2015

David I. Sandberg M.D., FAANS, FACS, FAAP
Children’s Memorial Hermann, UT Health and M.D. Anderson
John Tyson M.D.
UT Health
Jared Howell
Baylor College of Medicine

2014

Sundararajah Thevananther, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Liver Center
Dr. Richard Kellermayer, M.D., Ph.D.
Texas Children’s Hospital

2013

Charles S. Cox, Jr., M.D.
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

2012

Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Bone Disease Program of Texas at Baylor College of Medicine
Laurence J.N. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.
Head of the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation at The University of Texas MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital

2011

Brendan Lee, M.D., PH.D.
Director, Bone Disease Program of Texas at Baylor College of Medicine
Donald L. Yee, M.D.
Director, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program at Texas Children’s Hospital

2010

ZoAnn E. Dreyer, M.D.
Medical Director, Long-Term Survivors Program at Texas Children’s Cancer Center
Cynthia E. Herzog, M.D.
Director of Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, at The University, of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

2009

Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.
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.

2008

C. Kent Osborne, M.D.
Director of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center and the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine
David G. Poplack, M.D.
Director of the Texas Children’s Cancer Center and Deputy Director of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine

2007

George D. Ferry, M.D.
Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Texas Children’s Hospital
James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of the Microbiology Laboratories at Texas Children’s Hospital