DENNIS PATRICK MEEHAN HUGHES, a former pediatric oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center, pleaded guilty in federal court to collecting child pornography. Sentencing is set for June 1.
Hughes, 49, resigned from MD Anderson after being arrested in June 2015, and later turned in his license to the Texas Medical Board, according to the Houston Chronicle. He faces up to 40 years in prison.
MD Anderson has contacted the families of approximately 300 young cancer patients, the Chronicle reported.
