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. Kim Connelly Smith

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Education:

M.P.H., University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas

M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Residency, Pediatrics, UTMB, Galveston, Texas

Chief Residency, UTMB, Galveston, Texas

Clinical and Research Interests:

  1. Pediatric tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment
  2. Childhood immunization
  3. General Pediatric

Publications (selected):

  • Smith KC: Tuberculosis in Children. Current Problems in Pediatrics 31(1):1-34, 2001.
  • Starke JR, Smith KC: Tuberculosis. In: Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Feigin RD, Cherry JD [ed]. 5e, Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2004; 1337-1379.
  • Wootton SH, Gonzalez BE, Pawlak R, Teeter LD, Smith KC, Musser JM, Starke JR, Graviss EA: Epidemiology of pediatric tuberculosis using traditional and molecular techniques – Houston, Texas. Pediatrics, 116;1141-1147, 2005.
  • Smith KC, Seaworth BJ: Drug resistant tuberculosis: Controversies and challenges in pediatrics. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 3(6): 995-1010, 2005.
  • Smith KC, Orme IM, Starke JR: Tuberculosis Vaccines. In: Vaccines 5e, Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2008, 857-885.

Faculty Biography

Dr. Kim Connelly Smith
  • Dr. Kim Connelly Smith
    Professor
  • Department of Pediatrics
    Division of Community and General Pediatrics
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    6431 Fannin Street, JJL 495
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-5813
    fax: (713) 500-0658
    e-mail: Kimberly.c.smith@ uth.tmc.edu
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