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Department of Pediatrics
Faculty in the Department of Pediatrics emphasize teaching designed to maximize the health of each pediatric patient, with special focus on optimization of growth and development. Students are expected to develop their own approach to assist patients in achieving these goals. Children, from premature infants through adolescents, are followed in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Each patient encounter is viewed as an opportunity for the student to improve his or her abilities to work with pediatric patients and their families.
The department is responsible for a formal course in human genetics. In addition, the faculty includes subspecialists in adolescent medicine, cardiology, critical care medicine, developmental pediatrics, neonatal-perinatal medicine, genetics and metabolism, endocrinology, infectious diseases, hematology and oncology, nephrology, immunology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, and sports medicine. While there are numerous elective opportunities available in two- or four-week units in the various subspecialty clinical and laboratory aspects of pediatrics and its subspecialties, the importance of primary care is not lost. A major focus of the department is exposure to primary care in every student experience, whether it be in a general pediatric setting or in one of the specialty clinics.
The pediatric residency program is integrated into a curriculum involving Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Lyndon B. Johnson General (LBJ) Hospital. These residency programs, too, have a special emphasis on primary care and are designed to train general pediatricians.
Accredited post-residency subspecialty fellowships training programs are available in the Department of Pediatrics and include child neurology, endocrinology, genetics/dysmorphology, hematology/oncology, neonatology, and nephrology, infectious diseases, ambulatory pediatrics, pulmonology, adolescent medicine, and critical care medicine.
Dean, H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences,
Chair, and Critical Care and Pulmonology Division Director
Colasurdo, Guiseppe, M.D.
Michelle Bain Distinguished
Professor in Medicine and Public Health and Professor
Tyson, Jon E., M.D., MPH.
Interim Director, Neonatal-Perinatal
Medicine and Associate Professor and LBJ Chief of Pediatrics and Director of Newborn Services, Vice Chair
Garcia, Jose, M.D.
David R. Park
Professorship in Pediatric Medicine
Sparks, John W. M.D.
Pediatric Hematology Professor and Division Director
Hoots, William Keith, M.D.
Michael Mathew Knight Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Children’s Learning Institute
Landry, Susan, Ph.D.
Professor and Infectious Diseases Division Director
Cleary, Thomas G., M.D.
Professor and Gastroenterology-
Division Director
Rhoads, Marc J., M.D.
Professor and Nephrology Division Director
Portman, Ronald J., M.D.
Professor and Cardiology Division Director
Rao, Syamasundar, M.D.
Professor and Adolescent Medicine
Division Director
Risser, William L., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Interim Endocrinology
Division Director
Yafi, Michael, M.D.
Associate Professor and Housestaff Director, Vice Chair for Education and Training
Crandell, Sharon S., M.D.
Professor and Medical Genetics
Division Director
Northrup, Hope, M.D.
Professor and Community and
General Pediatrics Division Director
Yetman, Robert J., M.D.
Professor and A. Blood Chair, Division Director of Neurology
Butler, Ian J., M.D.
Professors
Barratt, Michelle S., M.D.
Colasurdo, Giuseppe N., M.D.
Denson, Susan E., M.D.
Ewing-Cobbs, Linda, Ph.D.
Gleason, Jr. Wallace, M.D.
Hecht, Jacqueline T., Ph.D.
Kennedy, Kathleen, M.D.
Lasky, Robert, Ph.D.
Mazur, Lynnette J., M.D.
McNeese, Margaret C., M.D.
Papanicolaou, Andrew C., M.D.
Smith, Kimberly C., M.D.
Swank, Paul, Ph.D.
Associate Professors
Alcorn, Joseph L., Ph.D.
Eissa, Mona, M.D.
Fant, Michael, M.D., Ph.D.
Ferguson, Laura, M.D.
Frazier, Johnnie P., M.D.
Girardet, Rebecca, M.D.
Heresi, Gloria, M.D.
Khan, Amir, M.D.
Mancias, Pedro, M.D.
Morris, Brenda, M.D.
Quiros, Ruben, M.D.
Swinford, Rita, M.D.
Thapar, Mohinder, M.D.
Assistant Professors
Anthony, Jason L., Ph.D.
Armentrout, Debra, N.N.P.
Assel, Michael, Ph.D.
Au, Kit-Sing, Ph.D.
Biliciler-Denktas, Gurur, M.D
Braun, Michael, M.D.
Breier, Joshua I., Ph.D.
Brown, Deborah, M.D.
Brunelli, Luca, M.D.
Castillo, Eduardo, Ph.D.
Cheung, Kim K., M.D.
Ciancio, Dennis, Ph.D.
Conlon, Rosemary, M.D.
King, Susan C., Ph.D., P.N.P.
Cua, Beatriz, M.D.
De Ybarrondo, Lisa, M.D
Escobar, Miguel, M.D.
Evans, Patricia W., M.D.
Feldmann, Jennifer, M.D.
Frye, Richard E., M.D.
Gambello, Michael, M.D.
Geltmeyer, Abby M., M.D.
Green, Charles, Ph.D.
Gunnewig, Susan, Ph.D.
Gupta, Monesha, M.D.
Guttentag, Cathy, Ph.D.
Halbardier, Brenda, N.N.P.
Hormann, Mark, M.D.
Huseby, Valerie, N.N.P.
King, Terri M., Ph.D.
Lahoti, Sheela, M.D.
Liaw, Shih-Ning, M.D.
Love, Latanya J., M.D.
Moore, Heather, M.D.
Navarro, Fernando, M.D.
Ocampo, Elena, M.D.
Parikh, Nehal, M.D.
Prasad, Mary R., Ph.D.
Record, Sharon, P.N.P.
Rodriguez, Nidra I., M.D.
Rubio, Jr. Nunilo, M.D.
Sarkari, Shirin, Ph.D.
Samuels, Joshua, M.D.
Sanders, Jason, M.D.
Sexton, Crystal, W., Ph.D.
Singletary, Claire N., M.S., CGC
Strobel, Nathaniel H.P., M.D.
Taylor, Heather, Ph.D.
Tsakiri, Sophia, M.D.
Volek Smith, Holly D., M.D.
Woldesenbet, Mesfin, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professors
Greene, Anshula, M.D.
Gunner, Kathy B. PNP
Noblin, Sarah J., M.A.
Shelburne, Julia T., M.D.
Smith, Janice L., Ph.D.
Clinical Professor
Brosnan, Patrick, G., M.D
Instructors
Cieslik, Katarzyna, Ph.D.
Harbison, Andrea, M.S.
Horz, Marianna, M. S.
Posey, Karen, Ph.D.
Wenderfer, Scott E., M.D.
Visiting Adjunct Professor
Murphy, James R., Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professors
Dreyer, Charles F., M.D.
Lopez, Suzanne M., M.D.
Lucke, Joseph F., Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor
Bass, Pam,
Staff Physicians
Cohan, Stuart, M.D.
Hakemack, Brenda S., M.D.
Jon, Cindy, M.D.
Wong, Christina, M.D.
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