Faculty Biography

Rebecca Girardet, MD

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Education:

BA: Human Biology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

MD: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona

Residency: Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Clinical and Research Interests:

1. Pediatric Sexual Abuse
2. Resident and Student Education
3. Child Advocacy

Certifications

• Board certified in Pediatrics
• Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners

Publications and Presentations:

• Book:

• Toy EC, Girardet RG, Hormann MD, Lahoti SL, McNeese MC, Parks DK, Yetman RJ. Case Files: Pediatrics. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2004.

• Refereed Original Articles in Journals:

• Lahoti S, Greeley C, Girardet R, McNeese M. Sexual abuse of children. BMJ Publishing Group point-of-care Web site, accepted for publication 2008.
• Lahoti S, Girardet R. Vaginal Complaints in the Prepubertal Girl. Contemporary Pediatrics, accepted for publication 2007.
• Girardet R, Giacobbe L, Bolton K, Lahoti S, McNeese M. Unmet health care needs among children presenting for sexual assault evaluation. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 160:70-73, 2006.
• Girardet R, Lahoti S, Parks D, McNeese M. Issues in pediatric sexual abuse – What we think we know and where we need to go. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care, 2002;32(7):211-246.
• Lahoti S, McClain N, Girardet R, & McNeese M. Two cases of anal fistulae in young females evaluated for sexual abuse. J Pediatr Surgery, 2002, 37(1):132-3.
• Girardet R, McClain N, Lahoti S, Cheung K, Hartwell B, Berger, K, McNeese M. Comparison of the urine-based ligase chain reaction test to culture for detection of Chlamdia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in pediatric sexual abuse victims. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 2001;20:144-7.
• Lahoti S, McClain N, Girardet R, McNeese M, & Cheung K. Evaluating the child for sexual abuse. American Family Physician, 2001, 63:883-892.
• McClain N, Cheung K, Girardet R, Lahoti S, McNeese M. Screening and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases Part 2: Trichomonas, Human Papillomavirus infection, and genital herpes simplex virus. J Pediatr Health Care 2000, 14: 130-132.
• Lahoti S, McClain N, Girardet R, McNeese M, Cheung K. Screening and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases part 1: chlamydia, gonorrhea, and bacterial vaginosis. J Pediatr Health Care 2000, 12: 34-36.
• McClain N, Girardet R, Lahoti S, Cheung K, Berger K, McNeese M. Evaluation of sexual abuse in the pediatric patient. J Pediatr Health Care 2000, 14: 93-102.
• Rebecca Greenlee, H. Hoyme, M. Witte, P. Crowe, C. Witte. Developmental disorders of the lymphatic system. Lymphology 1993, 26:156-168.
• Maurice Belo, Micael Yagello, Marc Girard, Rebecca Greenlee, Agnes Deslandres, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Gluckman. Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity against HIV-1 in sera of immunized chimpanzees. AIDS 1991, 5:169-176.
• Acknowledgement for efficient technical help: Marc Girard, Patricia Fultz, Marie-Paule Kieny, Peter Nara, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, Agnes Chaput, Hanno Kolbe, Micael Yagello, Elisabeth Gomard, Jorge Ronco, James Mullins, K. Elizabeth Muchmore, Michel Kaczorek, Jean-Claude Gluckman, Abraham Pinter. Immunization against HIV confers protection in chimpanzees. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1991, 88:542-546.

• Other Professional Communications:

• Nancy D. Kellogg, Rebecca Girardet, William J. Reed, “Acute and Nonacute Anogenital Findings Associated with Sexual Abuse/Assault” in The Medical Evaluation of Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse, Texas Pediatric Society Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2001.

• PRESENTATIONS:

• "Common Pediatric Conditions", Hinds Symposium, Houston, Texas, 2007.
• "The Texas Forensic Assessment Center Network", Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas Medical Forum, Houston, TX, and Child Protective Services Directors Meeting, Austin, TX 2007.
• "Medical Issues of Drug-Endangered Children", Texas Drug Endangered Children training, Midland, Texas, 2007.
• "The Medical Aspects of Child Abuse", Shaken Baby Alliance trainings in Houston and Lubbock, TX, 2006-2007.
• "CPS NurseTraining", a day-long series of teaching sessions concerning a variety of child maltreatment topics, Austin, TX, 2007.
• "STI Diagnosis in Suspected Child Victims of Sexual Assault", Helfer Society annual meeting, Asheville, NC, 2006.
• "Physician Court Testimony Relating to Child Abuse Cases: A Mock Trial" roundtable presentation by Girardet R, Cheunk K, Lahoti S, Westfall G, Oncken D at the annual meeting of the Texas Pediatric Society, Dallas, TX, 2006.
• "Myths in Child Sexual Abuse (and How to Debunk Them)", annual conference of the Texas District and County Attorneys Association, Dallas, TX, 2006.
• "Child Physical Abuse", Child Advocates of Houston city-wide training, 2005.
• "Growth parameters and failure to thrive", Family Practice Grand Rounds, UT-Houston Medical School, 2005.
• “Pediatric sexual assault and date-rape drugs” – joint grand rounds with Adolescent Medicine division, 2003.
• “The child sexual assault evaluation”, Houston NAP-NAP conference, 2001
• “Forensic Evidence – Sexual Assault”, 2nd Annual Advanced Child Abuse Investigation Seminar for The Texas District and County Attorney Association, San Antonio, June 7, 2000
• “The Pediatric Sexual Abuse Examination”, Grand Rounds (jointly with N McClain, S Lahoti and A Crawford), UT-Houston Medical School, 2000
• “Teaching the Pediatric Sexual Abuse Examination”, workshop (jointly with N McClain and S Lahoti) for The Joint Pediatric Societies (AAP-PAS) meeting in Boston, MA, 2000
• “The Child Sexual Assault Evaluation.”, 2nd and 3rd Annual Advanced Child Abuse Investigation for Law Enforcement Officers training seminars, Houston, 2000 and 2001; 4th Annual Conference for the Children's Advocacy Center of Laredo, Laredo TX, 2001; Multi-County Interagency Coalition Against Sexual Assault Conference, Houston, 2000; and workshops at The Children’ Assessment Center, Houston, 1999 – 2003
• “Pediatric Sexual Abuse”, National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Houston, 1999
• “Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions in Humans: An Investigation of Diurnal Variation”, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Human Biology Honors Program, Stanford University, 1987.

 

Location & Contact

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

Faculty Biography

• Rebecca Girardet, MD
  Associate Professor
• Department of Pediatrics
  Division of Community and General Medicine
• University of Texas-Houston Medical School
  6431 Fannin Street
  Houston, Texas 77030
• phone: (713) 500-5771
  e-mail: Rebecca.G.Girardet@ uth.tmc.edu