Susan H. Wootton, MD
- Professor, Infectious Diseases Division
Biography
Susan H. Wootton, MD, is a Professor in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, faculty member of the Institute for Clinical Research and Learning Health Care at McGovern Medical School, and Vice President of the Human Research Protections Program at UTHealth Houston. Her current research focuses on improving vaccination delivery among high-risk patients, advancing learning health care systems through innovative trial designs, and reducing the regulatory burden of clinical research. In addition, she is a member of the scientific advisory committee of The Immunization Partnership, a nonprofit dedicated to eradicating vaccine-preventable diseases through community education, advocacy, and support of immunization best practices.
Education
- Graduate School
- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, 1997
- Residency
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1997-2000
- Fellowship
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2002-2005
Areas of Interest
Clinical Interests
Vaccine-preventable infections
Publications
Alamarat Z, Pérez N, Wootton S, Kamdar A, Smith K, Heresi GP, Chang M. Murine Typhus Outbreak Presenting as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. (external link)Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Dec;39(12):e447-e449. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002947. PubMed PMID: 33060516.
Alramadhan MM, Kamdar AA, Lafferty-Prather M, Aguilera EA, Wootton SH. Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Associated With Human Herpes Virus-6 Variant B Infection and Aseptic Meningitis. (external link)Glob Pediatr Health. 2020;7:2333794X20939759. doi: 10.1177/2333794X20939759. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32782920; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7383600.
Downey R, McElvain D, Murphey DK, Bailey A, Patel B, Fernandez M, Loftis L, Carreno CG, Eger L, Aguilera EA, Wootton S, Castagnini LA, Hauger SB. Acute Flaccid Myelitis Among Hospitalized Children in Texas, 2016. (external link)Pediatr Neurol. 2020 May;106:50-55. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.01.007. Epub 2020 Feb 7. PubMed PMID: 32192819.
Alamarat ZI, Babic J, Tran TT, Wootton SH, Dinh AQ, Miller WR, Hanson B, Wanger A, Gary JL, Arias CA, Pérez N. Long-Term Compassionate Use of Cefiderocol To Treat Chronic Osteomyelitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Pediatric Patient. (external link)Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Mar 24;64(4). doi: 10.1128/AAC.01872-19. Print 2020 Mar 24. PubMed PMID: 31871075; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7179260.
Rogers T, Sok K, Erickson T, Aguilera E, Wootton SH, Murray KO, Hasbun R. The comparison of Gram-positive and Gram-negative healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis in adults and children. (external link)Intensive Care Med. 2020 Jan;46(1):128-131. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05815-7. Epub 2019 Oct 30. PubMed PMID: 31667528.
Rogers T, Sok K, Erickson T, Aguilera E, Wootton SH, Murray KO, Hasbun R. Impact of Antibiotic Therapy in the Microbiological Yield of Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis. (external link)Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Mar;6(3):ofz050. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz050. eCollection 2019 Mar. PubMed PMID: 30899767; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6422431.
Hasbun R, Wootton SH, Rosenthal N, Balada-Llasat JM, Chung J, Duff S, Bozzette S, Zimmer L, Ginocchio CC. Epidemiology of Meningitis and Encephalitis in Infants and Children in the United States, 2011-2014. (external link)Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Jan;38(1):37-41. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002081. PubMed PMID: 30531527.
Harvin JA, Wootton SH, Miller CC. Using Quality Improvement to Promote Clinical Trials of Emergency Trauma Therapies. (external link)JAMA. 2018 Nov 13;320(18):1855-1856. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.13607. PubMed PMID: 30304358.
Zakhour R, Aguilera E, Hasbun R, Wootton SH. Risk Classification for Enteroviral Infection in Children With Meningitis and Negative Gram Stain. (external link)Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Nov;34(11):791-796. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000912. PubMed PMID: 27898578.
Tsakiri S, Aneji C, Domonoske C, Mazur L, Benjamin DK Jr, Wootton SH. Voriconazole Treatment for an Infant With Intractable Candida glabrata Meningitis. (external link)Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Oct;37(10):999-1001. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002073. PubMed PMID: 29677084.
Wootton SH, Blackwell SC, Saade G, Berens PD, Hutchinson M, Green CE, Sridhar S, Elam KM, Tyson JE. Randomized Quality Improvement Trial of Opting-In Versus Opting-Out to Increase Influenza Vaccination Rates during Pregnancy. (external link)AJP Rep. 2018 Jul;8(3):e161-e167. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1668566. Epub 2018 Aug 28. PubMed PMID: 30167346; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6113052.
Morain SR, Wootton SH, Eppes C. A Devastating Delay – Zika and the Implementation Gap. (external link)N Engl J Med. 2017 Oct 19;377(16):1505-1507. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1707273. PubMed PMID: 29045206.
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, 2003
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2005
Pediatric Advanced Life Support Program