Mary Aitken, MD, MPH

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Mary E. Aitken, MD, MPH, FAAP

  • Professor and Chair
  • Dan L Duncan Distinguished University Chair in Pediatrics
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Simi Abraham, MD

Simi Abraham, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Child Safety and Integrated Care

Alyssa Adams, MD

Alyssa Adams, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Dilachew A. Adebo, MD, FAAP, FACC, FSCMR, FSCCT

Dilachew A. Adebo, MD, FAAP, FACC, FSCMR, FSCCT

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology and Radiology
  • Program Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
  • Director, Pediatric Cardiac MRI and Pediatric Cardiac CT
  • Co-Chief, CHI Pediatric Cardiology Division

Melissa Adeyemo, M.D.

Melissa Adeyemo, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Avichal Aggarwal, MD

Avichal Aggarwal, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

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Ladan Agharokh, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Elizabeth A. Aguilera, MD

  • Instructor, Clinical Research

Yusra Ahmed, PhD

Yusra Ahmed, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Mary Aitken, MD, MPH

Mary E. Aitken, MD, MPH, FAAP

  • Professor and Chair
  • Dan L Duncan Distinguished University Chair in Pediatrics

Roukaya Al Hammoud, MD

Roukaya Al Hammoud, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases

Haitham Al-Wahab, MD, FAAP

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Samhar I. Al-Akash, MD

  • Professor
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Renal Transplant
  • Division Director, Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension

Joseph L. Alcorn, Jr., PhD

Joseph L. Alcorn, Jr., PhD

  • Associate Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Morouge Alramadhan, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Chiamaka Aneji, MD, MPH

Chiamaka U. Aneji, MD, MPH, FAAP

  • Associate Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Member, McGovern Medical School "Academy of Master Educators"

Vidhya Annavajjhala, MD

Vidhya Annavajjhala, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
  • Director, Echocardiography Laboratory Quality Improvement
  • Co-Director, Single Ventricle/High Risk Home Monitoring Program
  • Interim Director, Fetal Center Heart

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Gabriel Anzueto, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Children’s Learning Institute
  • Medical Director, Dan L Duncan Children’s Neurodevelopmental Clinic

Gnana Dheepa Ardhanari, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Myla Ashfaq, MS

Myla Ashfaq, MS, CGC

  • Associate Professor

Michael A. Assel, Ph.D.

Michael A. Assel, PhD

  • Professor, Children's Learning Institute
  • Neuropsychologist, Dan L Duncan Children's Neurodevelopmental Clinic

Autumn Atkinson

Autumn Atkinson, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Kit Sing Au, Ph.D.

Kit Sing Au, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Elenir Avritscher, MD, PhD, MBA, MHA

Elenir Avritscher, MD, PhD, MBA/MHA

  • Associate Professor

Michelle S. Barratt, M.D., M.P.H.

Michelle S. Barratt, MD, MPH

  • Professor

Ebony Beaudoin, M.D.

Ebony Beaudoin, MD

  • Associate Professor

Catherine Beaullieu, MD

Catherine C. Beaullieu, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Rebecca M. Beyda, MD

Rebecca M. Beyda, MD, MS

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Adolescent Medicine
  • Director, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program, Division of Adolescent Medicine
  • Director, MD/MPH Dual Degree Program, Division of Adolescent Medicine

Gurur Biliciler-Denktas, MD, FACC, FASE

Gurur Biliciler-Denktas, MD, FACC, FASE

  • Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
  • Director, Pediatric Advanced Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging / Echocardiography Laboratory
  • Program Director, Pediatric Advanced Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging
  • Co-Chief, CHI Pediatric Cardiology Division
  • Past Chair, UT System Faculty Advisory Council

Bibek Bista, MD

Bibek Raj Bista, MBBS, MPH

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Fatima Boricha, MD

Fatima Boricha, MD, FAAP

  • Assistant Professor

Konstantinos Boukas, MD

Konstantinos Boukas, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Fellowship Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Ken Brady, MD

  • Director for Post-Operative Services , Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
  • Executive Director for Translational Research, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
  • Professor, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Monica A. Bray, MD, FAAP, FACR, RhMSUS

  • Assistant Professor
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Clinic

Dr. Shivani Briggs

Shivani Briggs, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Deborah L. Brown, M.D.

Deborah L. Brown, MD

  • Director, Division of Hematology

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Matthew D. Brown, MD, MS, FSCAI

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Ian J. Butler, M.D.

Ian J. Butler, MD

  • Professor
  • Distinguished Chair in West Syndrome Research

Maria C. Caldas-Vasquez, MD

Maria C. Caldas-Vasquez, MD

  • Assistant Professor

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Viola Caretti, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric - Neurology

Sarah J. Cavenaugh, MD

Sarah J. Cavenaugh, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Community and General

Michael Chang, MD

Michael L. Chang, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship for McGovern Medical School and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

John C. Chapman, MD

John C. Chapman, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program

Wan-Hsuan Chen

Wan-Hsuan Chen, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Kim K. Cheung, MD, PhD

Kim K. Cheung, MD, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Amanda Child, PhD

Amanda Child, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Child Neurology

Dr. Reubyn William Chong

Reubyn Chong, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, M.D.

Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD

  • President, UTHealth Houston
  • Alkek-Williams Distinguished Chair
  • Professor

April Crawford, PhD

April Crawford, PhD

  • Associate Professor
  • Meg and Dick Weekley Distinguished Chair in Childhood Reading and Learning
  • Michael Matthew Knight Memorial Professor in Pediatrics
  • Co-Director, Children's Learning Institute
  • Director, State Initiatives

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Rima N Dababneh, MD, FAAP

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Paul H. Dahm, M.D.

Paul H. Dahm, MD, MS, FAAP

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team

Allison Davidson, DO

Allison J. Davidson, DO

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Assistant Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program

Dr. Asha Davidson

Asha Davidson, MD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Adolescent Medicine

Lisa de Ybarrondo, MD

Lisa de Ybarrondo, MD

  • Associate Professor

Guenet H. Degaffe, MD

Guenet H. Degaffe, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Gabriela P. Del Bianco, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Clinical Research

Dana M. DeMaster, Ph.D.

Dana M. DeMaster, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

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Unnati H. Doshi, MD, MPH

  • Staff Physician, Pediatric Cardiology

Leslie Dunnington, M.S., C.G.C.

Leslie Dunnington, MS, CGC

  • Assistant Professor

Julie Eapen, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, High Risk Comprehensive Care Clinic

Asha Davidson, MD, MPH

Mona A. Eissa, MD, MPH, PhD

  • Professor
  • Division Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine
  • Assistant Director, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program

Xiangli Yang, PhD

Xiangli Yang Elefteriou, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Misti G. Ellsworth, DO

Misti G. Ellsworth, DO

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, Pediatric Infection Prevention for Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

Miguel A. Escobar, M.D.

Miguel A. Escobar, MD

  • Professor
  • Professor, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • Medical Director, Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia

Monaliza S. Evangelista, M.D.

Monaliza S. Evangelista, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD

Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD

  • Professor
  • Harriet and Joe Foster Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuropsychologist, Dan L Duncan Children's Neurodevelopmental Clinic

Walid D. Fakhouri, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Walid D. Fakhouri, MSc, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Laura S. Farach, M.D.

Laura S. Farach, MD

  • Associate Professor

Mark Farnie, M.D.

Mark Farnie, MD

  • Associate Professor

Pauline A. Filipek, MD

  • Professor
  • Director, Developmental Neurology Clinic,

Tina Findley, MD

Tina O. Findley, MD

  • Associate Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Anthony R. Flores, MD, MPH, PhD

  • Professor
  • Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

Christina W. Fok, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Community and General

Matthew E. Foster, Ph.D.

Matthew E. Foster, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Stuart M. Fraser, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Michael Funke, MD, PhD

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, MEG (Magnetoencephalography) Center

Jose Garcia, MD

José Garcia, MD, SM

  • Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Chelsea A. Gatcliffe, MD

Chelsea A. Gatcliffe, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Medical Director, Aerodigestive Clinic

Dr. Sheela Gavvala

Sheela Gavvala, DO, FAAP

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Abby Geltemeyer, MD

Abby Geltemeyer, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Ashley Gibson, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Child Safety and Integrated Care

Rebecca G. Girardet, M.D.

Rebecca G. Girardet, MD

  • Adjunct Professor, Division of Child Safety and Integrated Care

Wallace A. Gleason, MD

Wallace A. Gleason, MD

  • Professor

Veronica M. Gonzalez, MD, FAAP

Veronica M. Gonzalez, MD, FAAP

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Charles Green, Ph.D.

Charles Green, PhD

  • Professor

Amalia Guardiola, MD

Amalia Guardiola, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Cathy L. Guttentag, Ph.D.

Cathy L. Guttentag, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Children's Learning Institute
  • Psychologist, Dan L Duncan Children’s Neurodevelopmental Clinic

Zoabe Hafeez, MD

Zoabe Hafeez, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Hunter Hamilton, MD

Hunter Hamilton, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

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John M. Hancock, MD

  • Assistant Professor, UTHealth

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Ansam Hasan, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Syed S. Hashmi, MD, MPH, PhD

Syed S. Hashmi, MD, MPH, PhD

  • Professor
  • Director, Bioinformatics Core, Pediatrics Research Center

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Fatemat A. Hassan, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

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Andrea D. Harris, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Jacqueline T. Hecht, Ph.D.

Jacqueline T. Hecht, PhD

  • Professor
  • Division Head, Pediatric Research Center
  • Vice Chair, Research
  • Distinguished Chair Leah L. Lewis
  • Associate Dean, Research

Gloria Heresi, MD

Gloria P. Heresi, MD

  • Professor
  • Co-Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
  • Head, Donald M Gross Pediatric Research Group

Elizabeth Hillman, MD

Elizabeth Hillman, MD, MEd

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Associate Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program

Paul Hillman, MD

Paul R. Hillman, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Lindsay Holzapfel, MD, MS

Lindsay N. Holzapfel, MD, MS

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Mark D. Hormann, MD

Mark D. Hormann, MD

  • Professor

Jean Hsu, DO

Jean H. Hsu, DO, MS, RD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Essam Imseis, M.D.

Essam Imseis, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Gitanjali Indramohan, MD

Gitanjali Indramohan, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Heart Center ICU

Junichi Iwata, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Junichi Iwata, DDS, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Cindy K. Jon, MD, MPH

Cindy K. Jon, MD, MPH

  • Professor
  • Director, Pulmonary Fellowship Program
  • Co-Director, Pediatric Sleep Clinic

Dr. Maha Kaissi

Maha Kaissi, MD, MHPE, FAAP

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Kokila Kakarala, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Ankur Kamdar, MD

Ankur A. Kamdar, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Division Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology
  • Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program

Amir M. Khan, MD

Amir M. Khan, MD

  • Donald R. Park Professor in Pediatric Medicine
  • Richard Warren Mithoff Professor in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • AVP, Community Programs, Neonatology, UT Physicians
  • Chief, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

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Muhammad S. Khan, MD, FAAP, FACC, FSCAI

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
  • Director, Clinical Development and Outreach

Rami Kharouf, MD

Rami Kharouf, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Dr. Nikita Khetan

Nikita Khetan, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Jennifer Kinney, MD

Jennifer Kinney, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program

Monica Kodakandla,MD

Monica Kodakandla, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Mary Kay Koenig, MD

  • Professor
  • Director, Center for the Treatment of Pediatric Neurodegenerative Disease
  • Endowed Chair of Mitochondrial Medicine
  • Associate Vice-Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics

Yoshihiro Komatsu, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Indira Kommuru, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Director, Community Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Sonia Labarinas, MD

Sonia Labarinas, MD

  • Associate Director of Extracorporeal Services, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
  • Assistant Professor, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Dr. Sheela Lahoti

Sheela L. Lahoti, MD

  • Professor, Child Safety and Integrated Care
  • Assistant Dean, Admissions and Student Affairs

Jeremy Lankford, MD

Jeremy Lankford, MD

  • Associate Professor

Kathryn A. Leal, MS, CGC

  • Assistant Professor

Kyun H. Lee, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine

Ariadne M. Letra, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Ariadne M. Letra, DDS, MS, PhD

  • Associate Professor

LaTasha Lewis, MD

  • Associate Medical Director, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
  • Associate Professor, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Yuying Liu, M.Ed., Ph.D.

Yuying Liu, MEd, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Suzanne Lopez, MD, FAAP

Suzanne Lopez, MD, FAAP

  • Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program
  • Medical Director, Neonatology Services at UT Fetal Center

LaTanya J. Love, M.D.

LaTanya J. Love, MD

  • Professor

Sarah Lund Wilson, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Assistant Director, Child Neurology Residency Program

Tu T. Mai, MD

Tu T. Mai, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Terri Major-Kincade, MD, MPH

Terri Major-Kincade, MD, MPH

  • Associate Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Director, Pediatric Palliative Medicine

Kiran K. Mallula, MD, MS

Kiran K. Mallula, MD, MS

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
  • Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories

Pedro Mancias, MD

Pedro Mancias, MD

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Former Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Former Assistant Dean, Student Affairs and Admissions
  • Distinguished Teaching Professor

Ann Marshburn

Ann M. Marshburn, MD, FAAP

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Katrina E. McBeth, MD

Katrina E. McBeth, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Pulmonary clinic at Pedi & Adol Health Ctr-CE Odom

Michael D. McDowell, Jr., MD

  • Assistant Professor

Sandra L. McKay, MD

Sandra L. McKay, MD

  • Associate Professor

David McMann, MD, MEd

David McMann, MD, MEd

  • Director of Physician Quality & Performance Improvement, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
  • Assistant Professor, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Margaret C. McNeese, M.D.

Margaret C. McNeese, MD

  • Professor

Jon Meliones, MD, MS, FCCM

Jon Meliones, MD, MS, FCCM

  • Executive Co-Director, Children’s Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
  • Section Chief, Children’s Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
  • Professor, Children’s Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Neethu M. Menon, MD

Neethu M. Menon, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology, Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia

Michael Mesa, PhD

Michael P. Mesa, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Cydney Meyer, MD

Cydney M. Meyer, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Rachel Miller, PhD

Rachel K. Miller, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Research Center
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Co-Director, Program in Genetics and Epigenetics, MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Co-Chair, Women Faculty Forum, McGovern Medical School, UT Health Houston

Shadé Moody, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, Child Neurology Residency Program

Vershanna Morris, MD

Vershanna E. Morris, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Ricardo Mosquera, MD

Ricardo A. Mosquera, MD, MPH

  • Professor
  • Division Director, Pediatric Pulmonary I Allergy / Immunology I Sleep

Kate Mowrey, MS, CGC

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Genetics

James Murphy, M.D.

James R. Murphy, PhD

  • Professor
  • Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research

Supriya Nair, MD

Supriya Nair, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Fernando Navarro, MD

Fernando Navarro, MD

  • Associate Professor

Upulie Nawaratne, MD

Upulie Nawaratne, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Thao L. Nguyen, DO, FAAP

Thao L. Nguyen, DO, FAAP

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Kalpana Norbisrath, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Hope Northrup, MD

Hope Northrup, MD

  • Professor
  • Director, Division of Medical Genetics

Mohammed T. Numan, MD

Mohammed T. Numan, MD

  • Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
  • Director, Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology

Kristine A. O Connor, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Community and General

Chinyere O’connor, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

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Luis A Ochoa, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

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Yoonkyung Oh, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Emma A. Omoruyi, MD

Emma A. Omoruyi, MD, MPH

  • Professor

Susan E. Pacheco, MD

Susan E. Pacheco, MD

  • Professor

Mehul D. Patel, MD, FAAP

Mehul D. Patel, MD, FAAP

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Syamasundar Rao Patnana, M.D.,DAH, FAAP, FACC, FSCAI

Syamasundar Rao Patnana, MD,DAH, FAAP, FACC, FSCAI

  • Professor
  • Emeritus Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
  • Staff Physician

Claudia Pedroza, Ph.D.

Claudia Pedroza, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Norma Perez, DO

Norma Perez, DO

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
  • Clinical Director, Pediatric HIV

Janie Pierce, DO

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Karen Posey, Ph.D.

Karen Posey, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Vinay N. Prabhu, MD

Vinay N. Prabhu, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Community and General

A. Carolina Prada-Ruiz, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
  • Medical Co-Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant and Heart Failure Program
  • Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Program

Mary R. Prasad, PhD

Mary R. Prasad, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Children's Learning Institute
  • Neuropsychologist, Dan L Duncan Children's Neurodevelopmental Clinic

Andrea Ramirez Varela, MD, MPH, PhD

Andrea Ramirez Varela, MD, PhD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

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Faustino G. Ramos, MD

  • Staff Physician, Pediatric Cardiology

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Sangeetha B. Rao, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

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Sharon Record, RN, MSN, CPNP

  • Assistant Professor

Eric W. Reynolds, MD, MPH

Eric W. Reynolds, MD, MPH

  • Associate Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Dr. Rhoads

J. M. Rhoads, MD

  • Director, Gastroenterology Division
  • Professor

Michelle Rivera-Davila, MD

Michelle Rivera, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Kevin Rix, PhD, MPH

Kevin Rix, PhD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Paige Roberts, RD/LD

Paige Roberts, RD/LD

  • Instructor, Division of Medical Genetics

Nidra Rodriguez, MD

Nidra I. Rodriguez, MD

  • Professor

Gilhen Rodriguez, MD

  • Instructor

David F. Rodriguez-Buritica, MD

David F. Rodriguez-Buritica, MD

  • Associate Professor

Maria del Mar Romero López, MD

Maria del Mar Romero López, MD, MS, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Nunilo I. Rubio, M.D.

Nunilo I. Rubio, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Michelle T. Ruda, MD

Michelle T. Ruda, MD

  • Associate Professor, Division of Child Safety and Integrated Care
  • Division Director, Division of Child Safety and Integrated Care
  • Fellowship Director, Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship

Jaclyn Ruggiero, MD

Jaclyn E. Ruggiero, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Sam N. Russo, MD

Sam Nicholas Russo, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology

Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD

Matthew A. Rysavy, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, and Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Director, Neonatal Research
  • Director, Learning Healthcare

Heather Saavedra, RD/LD

Heather Saavedra, RD/LD

  • Associate Professor

Elizabeth Sabroske, DO

Elizabeth Sabroske, DO

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Joyce Samuel, MD

Joyce P. Samuel, MD, MS

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, M.S. Program in Clinical Research

Joshua Samuels, MD

Joshua Samuels, MD, MPH

  • Professor
  • Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program
  • Director, Hypertension Program

Misu Sanson Iglesias, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor. Clinical Research

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Alexia B. Santos, MD, MPH, FACC, FASE

  • Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Peter Scully, MD

Peter Scully, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Avni N. Shah, M.D.

Avni N. Shah, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Monisha H. Shah, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Alison Shellman, PhD

Alison Shellman, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Child Safety and Integrated Care

Kathleen Shields, MS

Kathleen Shields, MS

  • Instructor, Division of Medical Genetics

Renato M. Silva, DDS, MS, PhD

Renato M. Silva, DDS, MS, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Claire Singletary, MS,CGC

Claire Singletary, MS, CGC

  • Professor

Kim Smith, MD, MPH

Kimberly C. Smith, MD, MPH

  • Professor

Keely Smith, MD

Keely G. Smith, MD, FAAP

  • Professor
  • Division Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

James M. Stark, M.D., Ph.D.

James M. Stark, MD, PhD

  • Professor
  • Associate Director, Pulmonary Fellowship Program

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Erik R. Su, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Rita D. Swinford, MD

  • Professor
  • Director, Children's Dialysis Unit, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

Kristina Tebo, MD

Kristina K. Tebo, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Assistant Vice President, Global Health Initiatives

Katie Tran, MD

Katie K. Tran, MD, MPH, FAAP

  • Assistant Professor, Community and General

Thu Tran, DO

Thu Tran, DO

  • Assistant Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Shivani Tripathi, MD

Shivani Tripathi, MD

  • Director of HCICU Palliative Care & Quality of Life, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
  • Assistant Professor, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Sophia P. Tsakiri, MD

Sophia P. Tsakiri, MD, CMQ

  • Associate Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical Director, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, NICU

Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH

Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH

  • Professor
  • Professor, Obstetrics
  • Professor, Internal Medicine
  • Professor, Management, Policy and Community Health
  • Michelle Bain Distinguished Professor, Medicine and Public Health
  • Vice Dean, Clinical Research and Healthcare Quality
  • Co-Director, Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine

Santosh C. Uppu, MD

Santosh C. Uppu, MD

  • Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
  • Co-Director, UTHealth Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
  • Director, Complex Congenital Cardiac Care Center (C4), Houston Congenital Heart Institute

Peymaun Vakhshoorzadeh, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Children's Heart Institute/Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Dr. Nathan Valenti

Nathan Valenti, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

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Tom Valikodath, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Melissa Van Arsdall, MD

Melissa R. Van Arsdall, MD

  • Associate Professor

Cheryl Varghese, PhD

Cheryl Varghese, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Shelley Varnado, MD

  • Assistant Professor

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Kelly A. Vaughn, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Luis Vega, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Clinical Research

Holly D. Volek Smith, M.D.

Holly D. Volek Smith, MD

  • Associate Professor

Gretchen Von Allmen, MD

  • Professor
  • Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology
  • Chief, Pediatric Epilepsy
  • Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program
  • Co-Director, West Syndrome Center of Excellence

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Adrienne Kilgore Walton, MD, MS

  • Staff Physician, Pediatric Cardiology

Jun Wang, PhD

  • Associate Professor

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Elizabeth W. Wang-Giuffre, DO

  • Director, CHI Exercise Laboratory
  • Staff Physician, Pediatric Cardiology

Michael W. Watkins, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Susan H. Wootton, MD

Susan H. Wootton, MD

  • Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases

Li Xiong, MD

Li Xiong, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Aravind Yadav, MBBS

Aravind Yadav, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Sickle Cell Clinic

Michael Yafi, MD

Michael Yafi, MD

  • Division Director, Pediatric Endocrinology

Prajakta Yeragi, MD

Prajakta Yeragi, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Robert J. Yetman, MD

Robert J. Yetman, MD

  • Professor

Lydia Youmans, MD

Lydia S. Youmans, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Ramia G. Zakhour, MD

Ramia G. Zakhour, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Jordan Zeiger

  • Instructor

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Tricia A. Zucker, PhD

  • Professor
  • Albert and Margaret Alkek Distinguished Chair in Early Childhood Development
  • Harriet and Joe Foster Distinguished Professor
  • Co-Director, Children's Learning Institute