Katrina E. McBeth, MD

Biography

Dr. Katrina McBeth is a native Houstonian, who graduated from Langham Creek High School in 2002.  She went on to major in Plan II from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006 Magna Cum Laude, followed by medical school at University of Virginia School of Medicine, graduating in 2010.  She quickly returned to her Houston roots in the University of Texas School of Medicine at Houston Pediatric Residency program, finishing residency in 2013 and serving as Chief Resident until 2014.  She went on to complete Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship at UT-Houston in 2017.  Since completing her fellowship, she has served as faculty in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary Medicine.  She is double board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine.

Her primary interests include education, asthma/reactive airway disease, paradoxical vocal fold movement disorder (vocal cord dysfunction), pulmonary complications of childhood cancer and related treatment, airway clearance, and community pulmonology.

She met her husband, Sean, in college, and they have been married since 2007.  The McBeth’s have 4 children–Lizzie, born in 2011; Travis, born in 2013; Poppie, born in 2016; and Crockett, born in 2018.

Dr. McBeth’s hobbies include crafting and science experiments with her children, running (she has completed 5 full marathons, many half marathons, and dozens of shorter races), volunteering with the PTA, and serving as a Girl Scout Troop leader.