Faculty Biography
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all infants, children, and adolescents.
Dr. Cody Arnold, MD, MSc, MPH
Education:
MD: University of Oklahoma
Residency (Pediatrics): Oklahoma Children's Memorial Hospital
Fellowship (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine): McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
MSc (Epidemiology and Biostatistics): McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
MPH: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Clinical and Research Interests:
- Quality improvement research in infection control and antibiotic use, nutrition and growth, and retinopathy of prematurity
- Developing and evaluating information systems to improve organizational performance in intensive care units
Publications (selected):
- C Arnold, F. McLean, M. Kramer, R. Usher. Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Second-born versus First-born Twins. New England Journal of Medicine 1987. 317: 1121-1125
- C Arnold, M. Kramer, C. Hobbs, F. McLean, R.Usher. Very Low Birth Weight: A Problematic Cohort for Epidemiologic Studies of Very Small or Immature Neonates. American Journal of Epidemiology 1991. 134: 604-613.
- C Arnold, E. Adams, E. Torres, R. Sidebottom. Exosurf vs. Survanta: Proportional Hazards Regression Analysis of Time to Successful Extubation and Discontinuation of Oxygenation Therapy. Journal of Perinatology 1996. 1: 9-14.
- Bloom, J Mulligan, C Arnold, et al. Improving Growth of Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the First 28 Days. Pediatrics 2003. 112: 8–14.
- C Arnold, R Clark, J. Fong, C. Shoemaker, A. Spitzer. Variability in Vancomycin Use in the NICU based on Data from an Electronic Medical Record. Accepted for publication Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2008.
Location & Contact
6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)
Other Locations
Other locations of the Department of Pediatrics include the following:
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Faculty Biography
- Cody Arnold, MD, MSc, MPH
Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - University of Texas-Houston Medical School
6431 Fannin Street,
Houston, Texas 77030 - phone: 713 500-5733
fax: 713 500-5794
e-mail: Cody.C.Arnold@uth.tmc.edu - Staff Assistant:
- Roxanne Lopez (713) 500-5733
