Biography

Dr. Fatima Boricha is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School. She currently works at the UT Neonatal High-Risk Clinic as a high-risk pediatrician with a particular focus on caring for medically complex children.

Dr. Boricha earned her medical degree from The Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi, Pakistan. She then completed her residency at The University of Texas Medical School in Houston, TX. Dr. Boricha is Board certified by The American Board of Pediatrics.

Dr. Boricha is deeply interested in caring for underserved communities and seeks to optimize healthcare provision for high-risk children in variably resourced regions. As a global health advocate, she wishes to bring best practices into medical education, especially in low-resource settings, and optimize collaborations between clinical and academic institutions in diverse settings.

Education

Graduate School
Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Pediatric Residency
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

  • Care and discharge of Level 2 NICU patients
  • Follow-up of high-risk infants
  • Nutrition and growth of preterm infants
  • Supporting families in transitioning from NICU to home

Publications

  1. Bell EF, Hintz SR, Hansen NI, et al. Mortality, In-Hospital Morbidity, Care Practices, and 2-Year Outcomes for Extremely Preterm Infants in the US, 2013-2018. JAMA. 2022;327(3):248–263. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.23580  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2788142
  2. Lalani SR, Shaw C, Wang X, Patel A, Boricha FM, et al. Rare DNA Copy Number Variants in Cardiovascular Malformations with Extracardiac Abnormalities. Eur J Hum Genet. 2013;21(2):173-81.

DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.155
PMID: 22929023