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. Susan Wootton

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Education:

M.D., 1997, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

Residency, Pediatrics, 1997-2000, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000-2002, Atlanta, GA

Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, 2002-2005, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2003 - 2013; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2005 - 2012

Clinical and Research Interests:

  1. Vaccine-preventable infections
  2. Influenza
  3. Epidemiology

Publications (selected):

CDC.  Multidrug-resistant  Streptococcus pneumoniae in a child care center – southwest Georgia, December 2000. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2002;50:1156-1158. 

Traeger MS, Wiersma ST, Rosenstein NE, Malecki JM, Shepard CW, Raghunathan PL, Pillai SP, Popovic T, Quinn CP, Meyer, RF, Zaki SR, Kumar S, Bruce SM, Sejvar JJ, Dull PM, Tierney BC, Jones JD, Perkins BA and Florida Investigation Team (Wootton S et al).  First Case of Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax in the United States, Palm Beach County, Florida, 2001.  Emerg Infect Dis 2002;8:1029-1034. 

Wootton SH, Demmler GJ.  Case Study: Ear pain, fever and altered mental status in an 8-year-old boy.  Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 2003;14:250-252.

CDC.  Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Correctional Facilities --- Georgia, California, and Texas, 2001-2003. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2003;52:992-996.

Wootton SH, Arnold KE, Hill HA, McAllister S, Ray M, Kellum M, LaMarre M, Lane ME, Chaitram J, Parker SL, Hill H, Kuehnert MJ.  Intervention to reduce the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections in a correctional facility in Georgia.  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2004;25;402-407.  

Wootton SH, Kaplan SL, Perotta DM, Martin DA, Campbell GL.  St. Louis encephalitis in early infancy. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2004;23:951-954.

Wootton SH, Allen CH.  Fever and fussiness in a 17-day-old infant.  Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 2005;77:148-149.

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 2005;116:1141-1147.

Wootton SH, Scheifele DW, Mozel M, Moore D, Vaudry, W, Halperin S, Tam T.  The epidemiology of influenza in children hospitalized in Canada, 2004-5, in Immunization Monitoring Program Active Centers (IMPACT). Can Commun Dis Rep 2006;32(7):77-86.

Wootton SH, Scheifele DW, Mak A, Petric M, Skowronski DM.  Detection of human influenza virus in the stool of children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2006;25:1194-1195.

Yancey LS, Wootton SH, White AC: Cysticercosis. In: Burg FB, Ingelfinger JR, Polin RA, Gershon AA, eds.    Current Pediatric Therapy. 18th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier; 2006;844-848.
Wootton SH, Sheifele DS.  What are suitable figures to use for communicating the risk of meningococcal infection to parents? Pediatr Child Health 2007;12(4):317-318.

Reyes F, Aziz S, Macey JF, Li Y, Winchester B, Zabchuk P, Wootton S, Huston P, Tam TWS. Influenza in Canada: 2006-7 Season Update.  Can Commun Dis Rep 2007;33(9):85-92.

Al-Danjani N, Wootton SH.  Cervical Lymphadenitis, Suppurative Parotitis, Thyroiditis, and Infected Cysts. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2007; 21(1):523-541.

Wootton SH, Law B, Tan B, Mozel M, Scheifele DW, Halperin S.  The Epidemiology of Children Hospitalized with Herpes Zoster in Canada – Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT), 1991-2005.  Pediatr Infect Dis J 2008 (Feb);27 (2):112-118.

Chou JWL, Yong C, Wootton SH.  Rash and headache in a healthy 16-year old. Pediatr Child Health 2008 (Jan);13(1):49-52.

Kalaskar A, Heresi G, Wanger A, Murphy J, Wootton S.  Severe necrotizing pneumonia in children, Houston, Texas, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 (Oct);15(10):1696-8.

Le Saux N, Bettinger JA, Wootton S, Halperin SA, Vaudry W, Scheifele DW, Tsang R. Profile of serogroup Y meningococcal infections in Canada: Implications for vaccine selection. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol 2009 (Winter); 20(4):e130-134.

Oramasionwu GE, Wootton SH, Edwards MS. Epidemiologic features impacting the presentation of malaria in children in Houston.  Pediatr Infect Dis J 2010 (Jan);29(1):28-32.

Al-Dajani N, Wootton SH.Cervical lymphadenitis, suppurative parotitis, thyroiditis, and infected cysts.Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2007 Jun;21(2):523-41, viii.

Wootton SH, Scheifele DW, Mak A, Petric M, Skowronski DM.Detection of human influenza virus in the stool of children.Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Dec;25(12):1194-5

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. 2005 Nov;116(5):1141-7.

Wootton SH, Allen CH.Fever and fussiness in a 17-day-old infant.Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2005 Apr;16(2):77, 148-9.

Wootton SH, Kaplan SL, Perrotta DM, Martin DA, Campbell GL., St. Louis encephalitis in early infancy., Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004 Oct;23(10):951-4.

Faculty Biography

  • Dr. Susan Wootton
    Assistant Professor
  • Department of Pediatrics
    Division of Infectious Disease
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    6431 Fannin Street, MSB 6.132A
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-5714
    e-mail: Susan.H. Wootton @ uth.tmc.edu
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