Biography

Abby M. Geltemeyer, MD, is a board-certified physician in both pediatrics and internal medicine, currently serving as an assistant professor of pediatrics at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. With a strong foundation in biology from Baylor University and a medical degree from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Dr. Geltemeyer has dedicated her career to advancing pediatric care and medical education. She completed her residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at UTHealth Houston (then known as The University of Houston Health Science Center), where she was recognized with multiple awards for her excellence in teaching and compassionate patient care. Since 2006, she has held academic and hospital appointments at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital.

Dr. Geltemeyer is deeply involved in clinical teaching, mentoring junior medical students and residents in ambulatory pediatrics, newborn care, and high-risk nurseries. Her scholarly contributions include peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and co-authorship of several editions of the widely used Case Files Pediatrics series and other medical education texts. Her research interests focus on pediatric tuberculosis and public health, and she has presented extensively on these topics. She is also active in community outreach, having served as an invited speaker for Telemundo and as an interviewer for residency applicants.

Dr. Geltemeyer’s dedication to education, clinical excellence, and community service underscores her commitment to improving pediatric health care and training the next generation of physicians.

Education

Doctor of Medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 2001
Pediatric Residency
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 2001-2005

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

Medical student and resident education

Research Interests

Pediatric tuberculosis and public health

Publications

Dr. Geltemeyer’s Google Scholar profile has a list of publications.

 

Geltemeyer, A. “Immunization Update,” Grand Rounds presentation to Family Practice program, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, November 2006.

Salas Nilson A; Sosa, Javier E; Salas, Ismael; Geltemeyer, Abby M; Boon, John R; Avila, Desiderio. Taking digital microphotography and videos through a microscope without any special lens.  Advances in Teaching and Learning Day, April 2007.

Geltemeyer, A, and Smith, K. C.:  An algorithm for the use of interferon-gamma release assays in screening for tuberculosis in children. 16th Annual Conference of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease-North American Region, February 2012.

Evangelista, Monaliza; Patel, Jenil Patel; Patel, Riddhi; Smith, Holly; Love, Latanya; Sanders, Mark; Geltemeyer, Abby.  Attitudes, Barriers and Knowledge of HPV vaccination in Health Profession Students. 2018

Cruz, A.T., Geltemeyer, A.G., Starke, J.T., Flores, J.A., Graviss, E.A., and Smith, K.C.: Comparing the Tuberculin Skin Test and T-SPOT.TB Blood Test in Children. Pediatrics. 2011 Jan 1; 127 (1): e31-8.

Kelley,  A.T., Geltemeyer, AM.:  Lower  Quadrant  Pain  and  Emesis  in  a  Young   Boy.  Consultantlive .com. 2014 Mar 14.

Nicholson, E.G.; Geltemeyer, A.M.;  Smith, K.C.: Practice Guideline for Treatment of Latent  Tuberculosis Infection in Children Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 2015 Mar 17; 29(3): 302-307.

Gourishankar, A, Geltemeyer A.M., Katua, S: Tuberculosis- is the landscape changing?. Pediatric Research. 2016 Oct 10; 81: 265.  https//doi.org/10/1038/pr.2016.205

Bhush, Vikas, Vishal Pall, Tao Le, Hoang Nguyen, Abby Geltemeyer, Jose Fierro, Mae Sheikh-Ali, Kris Alden, and Vipal Soni.  Blackwell’s Underground Clinical Vignettes-Pharmacology. 3rd ed.  Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2002. Print.

Toy, Eugene. Robert Yetman, Mark Hormann, Sheela Lahoti, Margaret McNeese. Mark Jason Sanders and Abby M Geltemeyer. Case Files Pediatrics. 4th ed. New York:  McGraw-Hill, 2013 Print.

Toy, Eugene. Robert Yetman, Mark Hormann, Sheela Lahoti, Margarete McNeese, Mark Jason Sanders, and Abby M Geltemeyer. Case Files Pediatrics. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2015. Print

Geltemeyer, Abby. Approach to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.  In:  Toy EC, Toy AL, eds.  Case Files Teaching Cases.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 2019.

“Vision, Hearing and TB screening”,  Department of Pediatrics Outpatient Curriculum for Residents, Th University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2014 – 2017.

“Pediatric TB”, Department of Emergency Medicine – Pediatric Fellowship Curriculum, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, October 2016.

“Concussion and Migraines in Pediatrics:, Department of Pediatrics Academic Half-day for Residents,  The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, August 2018.

Pediatric Tuberculosis’,  Department of Pediatric Academic Half-day for Residents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, September 2019.