Ariana Klein, MD

Biography

Dr. Ariana Klein is what we fondly refer to here as a “UTHealth Houston Lifer” after having completed all of her medical training at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. She started her academic career as a med-peds Chief Resident during her 4th year of residency and joined the faculty in 2020, where she proudly served as APD for several years before recently becoming Program Director.

She is a native Houstonian and grew up in Sugar Land, TX. She went on to attend college at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, where she majored in Biology and minored in Psychology, and graduated Cum Laude in 2012. She was a founding member of the first all-female A Capella group at A&M, The Femmatas, which is still thriving at the university today. She is half Costa Rican and bilingual in Spanish, with a special interest in healthcare for the underserved and undocumented population of Houston. She proudly touts that she landed her “dream job” here at UTHealth Houston where she is using her Med-Peds training to its fullest potential across all age groups and clinical settings.

Dr. Klein is passionate about medical education and has championed efforts in the med-peds residency surrounding the expansion of QI, ambulatory, and board review curricula. As a former resident herself, she has made it her mission to constantly improve scheduling, and since joining as faculty, we are now fortunate to have block schedules across both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. She has expanded the Med-Peds continuity clinic experience and continues to work tirelessly to bring new ideas and initiatives to the program.

In her spare time, Dr. Klein enjoys spending time at home with her 2 sons, husband, and dogs. She loves entertaining friends with her latest cooking endeavors, reading a good book on her patio, and traveling (favorite recurring spots-anywhere in Colorado and the California wine country).