
Our Faculty
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.
Adolescent Medicine
- Risser, William L., MD | Professor and Division Director
- Barratt, Michelle S., MD, MPH | Professor
- Eissa, Mona, MD | Associate Professor
- Feldmann, Jennifer, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor
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Cardiology
- Rao, Syamasundar, MD | Professor and Division Director
- Biliciler-Denktas, Gurur, MD | Assistant Professor
- Gupta, Monesha, MD | Assistant Professor
- Lorch, Stephen, MD | Assistant Professor
- Moulik, Mousumi, MD | Assistant Professor
- Thapar, Mohinder, MD | Associate Professor
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Children's Learning Institute
- Landry, Susan, PhD | Professor and Division Director
- Anthony, Jason L., PhD | Assistant Professor
- Assel, Michael, PhD | Assistant Professor
- Ciancio, Dennis, PhD | Assistant Professor
- Denton, Carolyn, PhD | Associate Professor
- Ewing-Cobbs, Linda, PhD | Professor
- Guttentag, Cathy L., PhD | Assistant Professor
- Hecht, Steven, PhD | Associate Professor
- McManis, Lilla D., PhD | Instructor
- Prasad, Mary, MD | Assistant Professor
- Sexton, Waynel | Assistant Professor
- Swank, Paul, PhD | Professor
- Taylor, Heather, PhD | Assistant Professor
- Williamson, Daniel, PhD | Professor
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Clinical Neurosciences
- Papanicolaou, Andrew C. | Professor and Division Director
- Breier, Joshua I. | Professor
- Castillo, Eduardo M. | Assistant Professor
- Juranek, Jenifer | Assistant Professor
- Sarkari, Shirin | Assistant Professor
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Community & General
- Yetman, Robert J., MD | Professor and Division Director
- Barratt, Michelle S., MD, MPH | Professor
- Benjamins, Laura, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor
- Cheung, Kim K., MD | Assistant Professor
- Conlon, Rosemary, MD | Assistant Professor
- De Ybarrondo, Lisa, MD | Assistant Professor
- Farnie, Mark | Associate Professor
- Feldmann, Jennifer, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor
- Ferguson, Laura E., MD | Associate Professor
- Frazier, Johnnie P., MD | Associate Professor
- Geltemeyer, Abby M., MD | Assistant Professor
- Girardet, Rebecca G., MD | Associate Professor
- Greeley, Christopher, MD | Associate Professor
- Greeley, Nicci, MD | Assistant Professor
- Guardiola, Amalia. MD | Assistant Professor
- Gunner, Kathy PNP | Assistant Professor
- Hakemack, Brenda, MD | Staff Physician
- Hormann, Mark D., MD | Assistant Professor
- Lahoti, Sheela L., MD | Assistant Professor
- Liaw, Shih-Ning, MD | Assistant Professor
- Love, LaTanya J. MD | Assistant Professor
- Mazur, Lynnette J., MD | Professor
- McNeese, Margaret C., MD | Professor
- Moore, Heather, MD | Assistant Professor
- Record, Sharon PNP | Assistant Professor
- Sanders, Jason, MD | Assistant Professor
- Shelburne, Julia T., MD | Assistant Professor
- Smith, Holly, MD | Assistant Professor
- Smith, Kimberly C., MD | Professor
- Svatek, Mandie, MD | Assistant Professor
- Williams, Ebony, MD | Assistant Professor
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Endocrinology
- Yafi, Michael, MD | Assistant Professor and Division Director
- Brosnan, Patrick G., MD | Professor
- Rubio, Nunilo I., MD | Assistant Professor
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Gastroenterology
- Rhoads, J. Marc, MD | Professor and Division Director
- Gleason, Wallace A., MD | Professor
- Navarro, Fernando, MD | Assistant Professor
- Quiros, Ruben E., MD | Associate Professor
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Genetics
- Northrup, Hope, MD | Professor and Division Director
- Au, Kit Sing (Paul), PhD | Assistant Professor
- Gambello, Michael J., MD | Assistant Professor
- Hecht, Jacqueline, PhD | Professor
- Hörz, Marianna, MS | Instructor
- Noblin, Sarah J., MS, CGC | Assistant Professor
- Posey, Karen, PhD | Instructor
- Saavedra, Heather, MS, RD, LD | Dietician
- Singletary, Claire, MS, CGC | Assistant Professor
- Smith, Janice L., PhD | Associate Professor
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Hematology
- Hoots, Keith, MD | Professor and Division Director
- Brown, Deborah L., MD | Assistant Professor
- Escobar, Miguel, MD | Assistant Professor
- Rodriguez, Nidra I. MD | Assistant Professor
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Infectious Diseases
- Heresi, Gloria, MD | Associate Professor and Division Director (Interim)
- Cleary, Thomas G., MD | Professor
- Holzmann-Pazgal, Galit, MD | Assistant Professor
- Murphy, James, PhD | Professor
- Wootton, Susan, MD | Assistant Professor
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Neonatology
- Kennedy, Kathleen A, MD, MPH | Professor & Division Director
- Alcorn, Joe, PhD | Associate Professor
- Arnold, Cody, MD, MSc, MPH | Staff Physician
- Armentrout, Debbie, NNP | Assistant Professor
- Crandell, Sharon S, MD | Associate Professor
- Denson, Susan E, MD | Professor
- Evans, Patricia W, MD | Assistant Professor
- Fant, Michael E, MD, PhD | Associate Professor
- Garcia, Jose, MD, SM | Professor
- Gelfer, Polina, MD | Assistant Professor
- Green, Charles E PhD | Assistant Professor
- Halbardier, Brenda NNP | Assistant Professor
- Huseby, Valerie, NNP | Assistant Professor
- Jimenez, Margarita, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor
- Khan, Amir, MD | Associate Professor
- Khan, Mona, MD | Assistant Professor
- Lasky, Robert, PhD | Professor
- Lopez, Suzanne, MD | Associate Professor
- Lucke, Joseph, PhD | Associate Professor
- Nawab, Ursula, MD | Assistant Professor
- Parikh, Nehal, DO, MS | Assistant Professor
- Saba Siddiki, MD | Staff Physician
- Tsakiri, Sophia, MD | Assistant Professor
- Tyson, Jon E, MD, MPH | Professor
- Wong, Christina, MD | Staff Physician
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Nephrology
- Braun, Michael, MD | Assistant Professor , Interim Division Director
- Azam, Nasreen, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor
- Samuels, Joshua, MD | Assistant Professor
- Swinford, Rita D., MD | Associate Professor
- Wenderfer, Scott E., MD, PhD | Assistant Professor
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Neurology
- Butler, Ian J., MD | Professor and Division Director
- Dreyer, Charles F., MD | Associate Professor
- Frye, Richard E., MD, PhD | Assistant Professor
- Koenig, Mary Kay, MD | Assistant Professor
- Mancias, Pedro | Associate Professor
- Von Allmen, Gretchen, MD | Assistant Professor
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Pulmonology & Critical Care
- Colasurdo, Giuseppe, MD | Professor and Division Director
- Alcorn, Joe, PhD | Associate Professor
- Cua, Beatrize, M.D. | Assistant Professor
- Jon, Cindy, MD | Assistant Professor
- Khan, Amir, MD | Associate Professor
- Pacheco, Susan, MD | Assistant Professor
- Smith, Keely, MD | Assistant Professor
- Strobel, Nathaniel, MD | Assistant Professor
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Location & Contact
6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)
Other Locations
Other locations of the Department of Pediatrics include the following:
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

