Faculty Profiles | McGovern Medical School

Simi Abraham

Assistant Professor, Division of Child Safety and Integrated Care

Dilachew A. Adebo

Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology , Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Cardiology , Director Pediatric Cardiac MRI and Pediatric Cardiac CT

Melissa Adeyemo

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Avichal Aggarwal

Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology Heart Failure

Sheikh S. Ahmed

Medical Director, Heart Center ICU, Associate Professor, Heart Center ICU

Mary E. Aitken

Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Dan L Duncan Distinguished University Chair in Pediatrics

Roukaya Al Hammoud

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases

Morouge Al Ramadhan

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Haitham Al-Wahab

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Jeanan Alameddine

Advanced Practice Provider, Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Cardiology

Joseph L. Alcorn, Jr.

Associate Professor

Kendall Aldridge

Advanced Practice Provider, Physician Assistant, Pediatric Cardiology

Jane Alookaran

Staff Physician

Chiamaka U. Aneji

Associate Professor, Pediatrics, MMS-AME Member, McGovern Medical School "Academy of Master Educators"

Vidhya Annavajjhala

Assistant Professor , Pediatric Cardiology

Allison C. Arbilo

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Chaim Z. Aron

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Myla Ashfaq

Assistant Professor

Michael A. Assel

Clinical Professor, Psychologist, Dan L. Duncan Children's Neurodevelopmental Clinic

Autumn Atkinson

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Kit Sing Au

Associate Professor

Elenir Avritscher

Associate Professor

Tonya Barnett

Nurse Practitioner , Pediatrics, Community and General Specialties: Anne

Michelle S. Barratt

Professor

Ebony Beaudoin

Associate Professor

Catherine C. Beaullieu

Assistant Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Rebecca M. Beyda

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

Gurur Biliciler-Denktas

Professor, Pediatric Cardiology , Program Director, Pediatric Advanced Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging,

Bibek Bista

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Fatima Boricha

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Konstantinos Boukas

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

Kalonda Bradshaw

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Medical Director, PATH Program

Monica A. Bray

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Rheumatology

Stephanie L. Broussard

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Deborah L. Brown

Division Director, Hematology

Matthew D. Brown

Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Ian J. Butler

Professor, Distinguished Chair in West Syndrome Research

Maria C. Caldas-Vasquez

Staff Physician, Pulmonary Medicine, High Risk Comprehensive Care Clinic

Veronica M. Camarillo

Senior Administrative Coordinator, Pediatric Cardiology

Sarah J. Cavenaugh

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Community and General Specialties: Sarah Jean Cavenaugh

Michael L. Chang

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship for McGovern Medical School and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

John C. Chapman

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Medical Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program

Wan-Hsuan Chen

Staff Physician, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Kim K. Cheung

Associate Professor

Amanda Child

Assistant Professor Non Tenure Clinical, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology

Giuseppe N. Colasurdo

President , UTHealth, Professor

Alvaro Coronado Munoz

Assistant Professor, Associate Fellowship Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

April Crawford

Associate Professor, Co-Director, Children's Learning Institute, Director, State Initiatives

Jessica Crespo

Advanced Practice Provider, Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Cardiology

Paul H. Dahm

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team

Allison J. Davidson

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Assistant Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program

Lisa de Ybarrondo

Associate Professor

Dagmar Monique DeClet

Advanced Practice Provider, Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Cardiology

Guenet H. Degaffe

Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Deborah DeGuzman

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Deborah J. del Junco

Dana M. DeMaster

Assistant Professor

Unnati H. Doshi

Community Cardiologist , Pediatric Cardiology

Kensey K. Duncan

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Leslie Dunnington

Assistant Professor

Julie Eapen

Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, High Risk Comprehensive Care Clinic

Mona A. Eissa

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

Misti G. Ellsworth

Assistant Professor, Director of Pediatric Infection Prevention for Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

Miguel A. Escobar

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

Monaliza S. Evangelista

Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Linda Ewing-Cobbs

Professor, Director , Clinical Program, Psychologist, Dan L. Duncan Children's Neurodevelopmental Clinic

Walid D. Fakhouri

Assistant Professor

Sherrie L. Fancher

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Laura S. Farach

Associate Professor

Mark Farnie

Associate Professor

Pauline A. Filipek

Professor, Developmental Neurology Clinic, Director

Tina O. Findley

Assistant Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Anthony R. Flores

Associate Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genomics

Christina W. Fok

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Community and General

Matthew E. Foster

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Aja J. Fowler

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Michael Funke

Associate Professor, MEG (Magnetoencephalography) Center, Director

José Garcia

Professor, Pediatrics

Chelsea A. Gatcliffe

Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Medicine

Sheela Gavvala

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Jerry B. Gee II

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Polina Gelfer

Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Abby Geltemeyer

Assistant Professor,

Danny Gil

Rebecca G. Girardet

Professor, Division of Child Safety and Integrated Care

Wallace A. Gleason

Professor

Jessica A. Gomez

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Education Coordinator

Traci R. Gonzales

Nurse Practitioner

Veronica M. Gonzalez

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Charles Green

Professor

Amalia Guardiola

Assistant Professor

Kathryn A. Gunther

Instructor

Hunaid Gurji

Staff Physician, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Cathy L. Guttentag

Associate Professor, Psychologist, The Center for Autism and Related Conditions

Zoabe Hafeez

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Brenda Hakemack

Staff Physician,

Hunter Hamilton

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

John M. Hancock

Assistant Professor, UTHealth

Syed S. Hashmi

Associate Professor, Director, Bioinformatics Core, Pediatrics Research Center, Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Pediatrics

Fatemat A. Hassan

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Nida Hassan

Staff Physician, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Bettina L. Hebert

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Jacqueline T. Hecht

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

Gloria P. Heresi

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

Elizabeth Hillman

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Associate Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program

Paul R. Hillman

Assistant Professor

Julie Hisey

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Lindsay N. Holzapfel

Assistant Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Mark D. Hormann

Professor

Raven Houston

Advanced Practice Provider, Physician Assistant, Pediatric Cardiology , Heart Transplant and Heart Failure , Pulmonary Hypertension , Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Jean H. Hsu

Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Kevreonna Hypolite

Advanced Practice Provider, Physician Assistant

Essam Imseis

Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Gitanjali Indramohan

Assistant Professor, Heart Center ICU

Junichi Iwata

Assistant Professor

Cindy K. Jon

Associate Professor, Pulmonary Medicine

Kokila Kakarala

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Ankur A. Kamdar

Associate Professor, Division Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology

Amir M. Khan

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

Muhammad S. Khan

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

Rami Kharouf

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Nikita Khetan

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

David S. Kim

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Community and General

Jennifer Kinney

Assistant Professor

Paula Knudson

Consultant for the Protection of Human Subjects, CCREBM

Monica Kodakandla

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Mary Kay Koenig

Professor, Director, Center for the Treatment of Pediatric Neurodegenerative Disease, Endowed Chair of Mitochondrial Medicine, Research Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology

Yoshihiro Komatsu

Associate Professor

Indira Kommuru

Assistant Professor

Sashi K. Kona

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Melissa Kwan

Staff Physician, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Sonia Labarinas

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Sheela L. Lahoti

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

Susan H. Landry

Professor, Albert and Margaret Alkek Endowed Chair in Early Childhood, Michael Matthew Knight Memorial Professor, Founding Director, Children’s Learning Institute

Jeremy Lankford

Associate Professor

Kyun H. Lee

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

Ariadne M. Letra

Associate Professor

Emma X. Li

Instructor, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics

Yuying Liu

Associate Professor

Lingying Liu

Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics

Suzanne Lopez

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

Jessica Lord

Advanced Practice Provider, Physician Assistant, Pediatric Cardiology

LaTanya J. Love

Associate Professor

Pamela Lupo

Associate Professor Non Tenure Clinical, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology

Tu T. Mai

Assistant Professor

Kiran K. Mallula

Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Director, Cardiac Cath Labs , Interventional & Adult Congenital Cardiology, Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, Telugu, Sanskrit

Pedro Mancias

Professor, Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion, Assistant Dean, Student Affairs and Admissions, Adriana Blood Professor of Pediatrics

Stephen Manning

Staff Physician, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Ann M. Marshburn

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Katrina E. McBeth

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine

Brenda H. McIntyre

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Sandra L. McKay

Associate Professor

David McMann

Assistant Professor, Heart Center ICU

Margaret C. McNeese

Professor

Jon Meliones

Professor, Pediatrics, Executive Co-Director, Children’s Heart Institute, Division Chief, Cardiac Critical Care and Cardiology

Christine Meliones

Coordinator, Advanced Practice Providers, Pediatric Cardiology & Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Nurse Practitioner

Neethu M. Menon

Pediatric Hematology, Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia

Cydney M. Meyer

Assistant Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Priscilla Meyers

Director, Advanced Care Providers, Department of Pediatrics

Rachel K. Miller

Associate Professor

Shadé Moody

Assistant Professor, Director, Child Neurology Residency Program

Vershanna E. Morris

Assistant Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Ricardo A. Mosquera

Associate Professor, Division Chief, Pulmonary Medicine, Clinic Director, High Risk Comprehensive Care Clinic

Kate Mowrey

Instructor, Department of Pediatrics; Division of Medical Genetics Specialties: Kate Mowrey

James R. Murphy

Professor, Pediatrics , Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research

Poovamma Muthappa

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Supriya Nair

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Nirmala P. Narla

Staff Physician, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Fernando Navarro

Associate Professor

Upulie Nawaratne

Assistant Professor, Heart Center ICU

Kathryn Neubauer

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Palliative Medicine

Thao L. Nguyen

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Olivia Nguyen

Advanced Practice Provider, Physician Assistant, Pediatric Cardiology

Candice M. Nolan

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Hope Northrup

Professor, Director, Division of Medical Genetics

Mohammed T. Numan

Professor, Pediatric Cardiology , Director, Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology

Kristine A. O'Connor

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Community and General

Chinyere O'connor

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Yoonkyung Oh

Assistant Professor

Emma A. Omoruyi

Associate Professor

Susan E. Pacheco

Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy & Immunology

Rajesh Pandey

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Kenya M. Parks

Associate Professor

Raymond L. Parlar-Chun

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Mehul D. Patel

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology Specialties: Pediatric Cardiology

Syamasundar Rao Patnana

Professor, Emeritus Chief, Staff Physician, Pediatric Cardiology

Brandice M. Patterson

Claudia Pedroza

Associate Professor

Norma Perez

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

Carlos A. Pérez

Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Fellow

Oanh Pham

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Karen Posey

Associate Professor

Vinay N. Prabhu

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Community and General

A. Carolina Prada-Ruiz

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

Mary R. Prasad

Associate Professor, Psychologist , Dan L. Duncan Children's Neurodevelopmental Clinic

Joan S. Purcell

Staff Physician , Department of Pediatrics/Division of Adolescent Medicine ,

Supriya Ramanathan

Staff Physician, Pulmonary Medicine, High Risk Comprehensive Care Clinic

Tara Ramirez

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Faustino G. Ramos

Community Cardiologist , Pediatric Cardiology

Sangeetha B. Rao

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Rebecca E. Rawalt

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Sharon Record

Assistant Professor

Tina Reddy

Staff Physician

Eric W. Reynolds

Associate Professor, Pediatrics

J. M. Rhoads

Director, Gastroenterology Division , Professor

Michelle Rivera

Assistant Professor

Paige Roberts

Instructor, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics

Nidra I. Rodriguez

Associate Professor

David F. Rodriguez-Buritica

Associate Professor

Whitney Rome

Staff Physician, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Maria del Mar Romero López

Assistant Professor, Center For Clinical Research And Evidence-Based Medicine, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Nunilo I. Rubio

Assistant Professor

Michelle T. Ruda

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

Jaclyn E. Ruggiero

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Sam N. Russo

Clinical Instructor, Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Neurology Division, Fellow, Neurometabolic and Neurogenetic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Neurology Division

Matthew A. Rysavy

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

Heather Saavedra

Assistant Professor

Joyce P. Samuel

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

Joshua Samuels

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

Amanda T. Schuck-Phan

Staff Physician Specialties: Susan Ramos

Peter Scully

Assistant Professor, Associate Fellowship Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Avni N. Shah

Assistant Professor

Monisha H. Shah

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Alison Shellman

Assistant Professor, PATH Program, Division of Child Safety and Integrated Care

Kathleen Shields

Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics

Renato M. Silva

Associate Professor

Claire Singletary

Professor

Kimberly C. Smith

Professor

Keely G. Smith

Division Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Sandy L. Southern

Senior Compliance Coding Analyst, Pediatric Cardiology

James M. Stark

Professor, Pulmonary Medicine

Erik R. Su

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Rita D. Swinford

Professor, Division Director, Nephrology , Director, End Stage and Transplantation

Ashley Teasdale

Assistant Professor, PATH Program, Division of Child Safety and Integrated Care

Kristina K. Tebo

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

Katie K. Tran

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Community and General Specialties: Katie K. Tran

Katie K. Tran

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Community and General Specialties: Katie K Tran

Shivani Tripathi

Assistant Professor, Heart Center ICU

Amy J. Tsai

Staff Physician, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Sophia P. Tsakiri

Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Medical Director, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, NICU

Heather Tubbs

Coordinator, Fetal Heart Program, Pediatric Cardiology

Jon E. Tyson

Professor, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and 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

Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Congenital Cardiology, Co-Director , UT Health Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, Director, Complex Congenital Cardiac Care Center (C4), Houston Congenital Heart Institute, Houston, Texas

Peymaun Vakhshoorzadeh

Nathan Valenti

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Melissa R. Van Arsdall

Assistant Professor

Cheryl Varghese

Assistant Professor

Kelly A. Vaughn

Assistant Professor

Katherine N. Velez

Staff Physician

Holly D. Volek Smith

Associate Professor

Gretchen Von Allmen

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