Faculty Biography

Dr. Galit Holzmann-Pazgal, M.D.

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Education:

M.D.: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 1990-1994

Pediatric Residency: Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 1994-1997

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship: Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 1999-2002

Clinical and Research Interests:

1. Prevention of Nosocomial Infections
2. Infection Control

Publications (selected):

• Apisarnthanarak A, Holzmann-Pazgal G, Hamvas A, Olsen M, Fraser V. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Extremely Preterm Neonates in A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Characteristics, Risk Factors and Outcomes. Pediatrics. 112:1283-9, December 2003.
• Apisarnthanarak A, Holzmann-Pazgal G, hamvas A, Olsen M, Fraser V. Antimicrobial Utilization and the Influence of Inadequate Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy on Outcomes of Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Infection Cotnrol and Hospital Epidemiology. 25:735-41, September 2004.
• Elward A, Grim A, Schroeder P, Kieffer P, Sellenriek P, Ferrett R, Adams H, Phillips V, Bartow R, Mays D, Lawrence S, Holzmann-Pazgal G, Polish L, Leet T, Fraser V. Salmonella Javiana Outbreak at a Chldren's Hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Jun;27(6):586-92.
• Holzmann-Pazgal G, Fraser V. Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes of NICU Nosocomial Infections. 39th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, San Francisco, CA. 2002.
• Apisarnthanarak A, Holzmann-Pazgal, G. The Influence of Inadequate Antimicrobial Therapy of Bloodstream Infections on NICU Patients. 40th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Chicago, IL. 2003
• Holzmann-Pazgal G., Apisarnthanarak A, Hamvas A, Olsen M, Fraser V. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Extremely Preterm Neonates in A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Characteristics, Risk Factors and Outcomes. 40th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Chicago, IL. 2003.
• Holzmann-Pazgal G, Huddleston C, et al. Pediatric CT Surgical Site Infections: A Case Control Study. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Boston, MA. 2004.
• Foglia E, Duberkke E, Reno H, Jones M, Holzmann-Pazgal G, Kieffer P, Howell K, Georgontoupoulos P, Fraser V, Elward A. Nasal Carriage of S aureus and MRSA: Point Prevalence Study in Children. Society Healthcare Epidemiology of America Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. 2005.
• Howell K, Fontes D, Hamvas A, Mathur A, Holzmann-Pazgal G. Compliance with contact isolation precautions in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. APIC Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 2005.
• Kieffer P, Cecchia P, Bisch A, Markovitz B, Holzmann-Pazgal G. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Decrease Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. APIC Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 2005.
• Holzmann-Pazgal G, Hopkins-Broyles D, Recktenwald A, Kieffer P, Huddleston C, Hirshberg G, Anshuman S, Fraser V. Risk Factors and Outcomes of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgical Site Infections. Society Healthcare Epidemiology of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL 2006.

 

Location & Contact

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

Faculty Biography

• Dr. Galit Holzmann-Pazgal, M.D.
  Assistant Professor
• Department of Pediatrics
  Division of Infectious Diseases
• Director of Infection Control, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
• University of Texas-Houston Medical School
  6431 Fannin Street, MSB 6.132A
  Houston, Texas 77030
• phone: (713) 500-5650
  fax: (713) 500-0653
  e-mail: Galit.Holzmann-Pazgal@ uth.tmc.edu