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Amalia Guardiola, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
McGovern Medical School
UTHealth Houston

Email: Amalia.Guardiola@uth.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-500-5813

In my role in the Department of Pediatrics, I help educate medical students and pediatric residents during their newborn rotation as well as during their time in our outpatient clinical sites. My educational efforts have been focused on improving the experience of our medical students rotating through Pediatrics. I have had the opportunity to work with the medical school in developing new curricula, such as the Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum, as well as been able to participate in multiple educational activities to help improve the undergraduate medical education. My passion is medical education and this has given me the opportunity to mentor different levels of learners and share my knowledge in this topic with other faculty members.

Education

  • Graduate School
    University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Puerto Rico
  • Residency
    University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
  • Fellowship
    University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

  • Childhood Obesity
  • Resident and Medical Student Education
  • General Pediatrics Topics

Past and Current Educational Activities

  • Director, Pediatric Medical Student Education
  • Director, Student Elective Program MSIV Students, Department of Pediatrics
  • Course Director, Family Medicine Outpatient Pediatric Rotation 2
  • Member, UT-Houston Medical School Curriculum Committee
  • Content Director – Craniofacial Growth and Development. Pediatric Dental and Orthodontic students
  • Faculty Preceptor – 1rst and 2nd year medical students Doctoring Course

Honors /Awards/Appointments

  • McGovern Medical School Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award – multiple times
  • Top Doctors in Pediatrics, Houstonia Magazine – multiple times
  • Nominated and Selected for Membership to McGovern Medical School Academy of Master Educators
  • Member, Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) – Member of the faculty development task force

Publications

Journals

  • “Does Motivational Interviewing Decrease BMI in Obese Adolescents?” Journal of Investigative Medicine 2007;55(1):S247-S316