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.


Dr. Holly Dawn Volek Smith

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Education:

M.D., University of Texas-Houston Medical School

Residency, Medicine-Pediatrics, UTHSC, Houston, Texas

Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, UTHSC, Houston, Texas

Clinical and Research Interests:

  1. General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
  2. Health of Young Adults
  3. Medical Education

Publications (selected):

  • Book Chapters:

  • Mazur, LJ and Smith, HD: Gastroesophageal reflux in Current Pediatric Therapy, 18th Edition. Ed: Burg, FD, Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia: 532-5, 2006.
  • Smith, HD and Mazur, LJ: Gastroesophageal reflux in the adolescent in Evidence-Based Pediatrics and Child Health, 2nd Edition. Ed: Moyer, VA and Elliott, EJ, BMJ, London: 349-64, 2004.
  • Mazur, LJ and Smith, HD: Gastroesophageal reflux in the infant in Evidence-Based Pediatrics and Child Health, 2nd Edition. Ed: Moyer, VA and Elliot, EJ, BMJ, London: 341-7, 2004.
  • DeLaGarza, J, and Smith, H: Testicular Pain and Swelling in Challenges in Pediatric Diagnosis. Ed: Lawrence F. Nazarian, American Academy of Pediatrics, IL: 17-9, 2000.
  • Articles:

  • Gunner, K., Smith, HD and Ferguson, L.: A practical guideline to the diagnosis and management of migraine headaches in children and adolescents, Part II. Journal of Pediatric Healthcare. 22: 52 - 9, 2008.
  • Gunner, K., and Smith, HD: A practical guideline to the diagnosis and management of migraine headaches in children and adolescents, Part I. Journal of Pediatric Healthcare 21: 327- 32, 2007.
  • Rodriguez, P and Smith, HD: Chronic Distended Abdomen with Pain. Puzzler in Contemporary Pediatrics. 24(11):24-32, 2007.
  • Smith, HD, and Gupta, S: Ring-Enhancing Brain Lesion in a Man with Acquired Immmunodeficiency Syndrome. The American Journal of Medicine. 119, 246-7, 2006
  • Smith, HD, and Flenaugh, EL: Photo Quiz: Atypical Pneumonia in a Man with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 35: 286, 334-5, 2002.
  • DeLaGarza, J, and Smith, H: Index of Suspicion. Pediatrics in Review. 20(10): 353, 356, 1999.
  • Volek-Smith, H, and Urist, M: Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenic Protein Induced Heterotopic Bone Development in Vivo and in Vitro. P.S.E.B.M. 211: 265-72, 1996.

 

Faculty Biography

Dr. Holly Dawn Volek Smith
  • Dr. Holly Dawn Volek Smith
    Assistant Professor
  • Department of Pediatrics
    Division of Community & General Pediatrics
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    6431 Fannin Street, JJL 495
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-5666
    fax: (713) 500-0527
    e-mail: holly.d.smith@ uth.tmc.edu
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