Faculty Biography

José Garcia, MD, SM

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Education:

M.D., 1978: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

S.M., Health Care Management, 2002: Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts

Residency, 1978-1981: Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Tacoma, Washington

Fellowship, 1981-1983: Tripler Army Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Honolulu, Hawaii

Clinical and Research Interests:

1. Sensitivity of Positive Blood Cultures in the Newborn Population
2. Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Publications (selected):

• McKenney, R.R., Elder, F.F.B., Garcia, J. and Northrop, H.: Brachmann-de Lange Syndrome: Autosomal dominant inheritance and Male-to-male transmission. Amer. J. of Med. Genetics 65:001-008, 1996.
• Dubinsky, T., Manhut, L., Powell, F., Garcia, J., Mastobattista, J., Parvey, H.R., Sickler, K., Maklad, N.: Predicting poor neonatal outcome: A comparative study of noninvasive antenatal testing methods. Amer. J. of Radiology 168:827-831, 1997.
• Drinkwater, B.M., Crino, J.P., Garcia, J., Ogburn, J., Hecht, J.T.: Recurrent severe infantile cortical hyperostosis (Caffey Disease) in siblings. Prenatal Diagnosis 17:773-776, 1997.
• Yetman, R.M., Parks, D.K., Huseby, V., Mistry, K., Garcia, J.: Rebound bilirubin levels in infants receiving phototherapy. J. of Pediat. 133:705-707, 1998.
• Parks, D., Garcia, J., Moyer, V., Yetman, R.: Management of asymptomatic term neonates born to mothers with group B streptococcus. J. of Pediatric Health Care 13:37-39, 1999.
• Hill, A.S., Garcia, J., & Kurkowski, T.: (Editorial Review) Oral support measures used in feeding preterm infants. Nursing Research 49:2-10, 2000.
• Moussa, F., Alaswad, B., & Garcia, J.: Erythromycin eye ointment: Effect on gastrointestinal motility. American Journal of Gastroenterology 95:826, 2000.
• Caple J., Armentrout D., Huseby V., Halbardier B., Moya F., Garcia J., Sparks J.: Randomized trial of slow versus rapid feeding volume advancement in preterm infants. Pediatrics 114, no. 6, 2004.

 

Location & Contact

6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)

Faculty Biography

• José Garcia, MD, SM
  Professor of Pediatrics
• Department of Pediatrics
  Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Vice-Chairman, Pediatric Department and Chief of Pediatrics
• Assistant Professor The University of Texas-Houston School of Nursing
• University of Texas-Houston Medical School
  6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.256
  Houston, Texas 77030
• phone: (713) 566-5849
  fax: (713) 566-5844
  e-mail: Jose.Garcia@ uth.tmc.edu
• Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital
  5656 Kelley Street LBJ-NT91002 Houston, Texas 77026-1967
• Executive assistant:
  Jean Ford
  phone: (713) 566-5845