Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics

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.


Kathleen A. Kennedy, MD, MPH

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Education:

MD: St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Pediatric Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN

MPH: University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston

Clinical and Research Interests:

  • Chronic lung disease
  • Retinopathy of prematurity
  • Neonatal nutrition
  • Evidence-based neonatology
  • Clinical research methodology

Publications (selected):

  • Original Research Articles:
  • Reynolds JD, Hardy RJ, Kennedy KA, Spencer R, van Heuven WAJ, Fielder AR, for the Light Reduction in Retinopathy of Prematurity (LIGHT-ROP) Cooperative Group: Lack of efficacy of light reduction in preventing retinopathy of prematurity. New Engl J Med 338: 1572-1576, 1998.
  • Tyson JE, Wright LL, Oh W, Kennedy KA, Mele L, Ehrenkranz RA, Stoll BJ, Lemons JA, Stevenson DK, Bauer CR, Korones SB, Fanaroff AA for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network: Vitamin A supplementation for extremely-low-birth-weight infants. New Engl J Med 340:1962-1968, 1999.
  • Major-Kincade TL, Kennedy KA, Tyson JE: Training pediatric housestaff in evidence-based ethics: and exploratory controlled trial. J Perinatol 21: 161-166, 2001.
  • Kennedy KA, Fielder AR, Hardy RJ, Tung B, Gordon DC, Reynolds JD for the LIGHT-ROP Cooperative Group: Medical outcomes in a randomized trial of light reduction for prevention of retinopathy of prematurity in very-low-birth-weight infants. J Pediatr 139: 527-531, 2001.
  • Moin F, Kennedy KA, Moya FR. Risk factors predicting vasopressor use after patent ductus arteriosus ligation. Am J Perinatology 20: 313-20, 2003.
  • The Texas Neonatal Research Group. Early surfactant for neonates with mild to moderate respiratory distress syndrome: a multicenter randomized trial. J Pediatr 144:804-808, 2004. (member of planning committee, writing committee, PI for Houston site)
  • Kennedy KA, Tyson JE: Early versus delayed initiation of progressive enteral feedings for parenterally fed low birth weight or preterm infants (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2005. Oxford: Update Software.
  • Kennedy KA, Tyson JE: Rapid versus slow rate of advancement of feedings for promoting growth and preventing necrotizing enterocolitis in parenterally fed low-birth-weight infants (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2005. Oxford: Update Software.
  • Van Meurs KP, Wright LL, Ehrenkranz RA, Lemons JA, Ball B, Poole WK, Perritt R, Higgins RD, Oh W, Hudak ML, Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Finer NN, Carlo WA, Kennedy KA, Fridriksson JH, Steinhorn RH, Sokol GM, Konduri G, Aschner JL, Stoll BJ, D’Angio CT, Stevenson DK for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Nitric oxide for premature infants with severe respiratory failure. New Engl J Med 353:13-22, 2005.
  • Olney CJ, Huseby V, Kennedy KA, Morris BH. Sterile water gastric drip in extremely low birth weight premature infants: a randomized trial. Am J Perinatol 22:253-8, 2005.
  • Tyson JE, Kennedy KA: Trophic feedings for parenterally fed infants (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2005. Oxford: Update Software.
  • Kao LS, Morris BH, Lally KP, Stewart CD, Huseby V, Moya FR, Kennedy KA. The effect of hyperglycemia on outcome in extremely low birth weight infants. J Perinatol 26:730-6, 2006.
  • Parikh NA, Lasky RE, Kennedy KA, Moya FR, Hochhauser L, Romo S, Tyson JE. Postnatal dexamethasone therapy and cerebral tissue volumes in extremely low birth weight infants. Pediatrics 119: 265-272, 2007.
  • Wilson D, Verklan MT, Kennedy KA. Randomized trial of percutaneous central venous lines vs. peripheral intravenous lines. J Perinatol 27: 92-96, 2007.
  • Xia JJ, Kennedy KA, Teichgraeber JF, Wu KQ, Baumgartner JB, Gateno J. Non-surgical treatment of deformational plagiocephaly: A systematic review. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:719-27, 2008.
  • Domingo C, Morris BH, Huseby V, Kennedy K, Moya F. Randomized controlled trial of sterile water by gavage drip in the fluid management of extremely low birth weight infants. In press. J Perinatol 2008.
Reviews/Editorials:
  • Kennedy KA: Controversies in the use of postnatal steroids. Semin Perinatol 25(6): 397-405, 2001.
  • Kennedy KA, Frankowski RF. Evaluating the evidence about therapies: What the clinician needs to know about statistics. Clin Perinatol 30(2): 205-216, 2003.
  • Tyson JE, Kennedy KA, Lucke JF, Pedroza C. Dilemmas Initiating Enteral Feedings in High Risk Infants: How Can They Be Resolved? Semin Perinatol 31: 61-73, 2007.
  • Chapters:
  • Kennedy KA, Warshaw JB: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia. In: Oski's Pediatrics: Principles and Practice (Fourth Edition), JA McMillan (ed), JB Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 2006.
  • Sinclair JC, Kennedy KA, Tyson JE. Principles of neonatal care: Practicing evidence-based neonatal-perinatal medicine. In: Fanaroff and Martin’s Neonatal Perinatal Medicine (Eighth Edition), AA Fanaroff and MC Walsh (eds), Elsevier, Inc, Philadelphia, 2006.

 

Faculty Biography

Dr. Kathleen A. Kennedy
  • Kathleen A. Kennedy, MD, MPH
    Professor
  • Department of Pediatrics
    Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Director of Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Director, MS in Clinical Research Degree Program
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.106
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-6708
    fax: (713) 500-0519
    e-mail: Kathleen.A.Kennedy@ uth.tmc.edu
  • Assistant:
    Deborah Garcia | (713) 500-6708
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