
Our Faculty
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center 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
- Benjamins, Laura, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor
- Eissa, Mona, MD | Associate Professor
- Feldmann, Jennifer, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor
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Allergy/Immunology, Critical Care & Pulmonary Medicine
- Shardonofsky, Felix | Professor and Division Director, Pulmonary Medicine
- Haque, Ikram MD| Associate Professor and Division Director, Critical Care
- Colasurdo, Giuseppe, MD | Professor and Pediatric Chairman
- Alcorn, Joe, PhD | Associate Professor
- Erikson, Christian, MD | Assistant Professor
- Jon, Cindy, MD | Assistant Professor
- Khan, Amir, MD | Associate Professor
- Pacheco, Susan, MD | Assistant Professor
- Salinas III Ezequiel, MD | Assistant Professor
- Smith, Keely, MD | Assistant Professor
- Strobel, Nathaniel, MD | Assistant Professor
- Thapar, Vandana, MD | Assistant Professor
- Connie Atkins, Senior Research Associate
- Sheila Donnell, Executive Assistant
Cardiology
- Rao, P. Syamasundar, MD | Professor and Division Director
- Biliciler-Denktas, Gurur, MD | Assistant Professor
- Brown, Matthew D., MD| Assistant Professor
- Gupta, Monesha, MD | Assistant Professor
- Horenstein, M. Silvana MD | Staff Physician
- Lorch, Steven, MD | Assistant Professor
- Moulik, Mousumi, MD | Assistant Professor
- Numan, Mohammed T., MD | Assistant Professor
- Thapar, Mohinder K., 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
- 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
- Imseis, Essam| Assistant Professor
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Hematology
- Brown, Deborah L., MD | Associate Professor and Division Director
- Escobar, Miguel, MD | Assistant Professor
- Hoots, Keith, MD | 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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Medical Genetics
- Northrup, Hope, MD | Professor and Division Director
- Au, Kit Sing (Paul), PhD | Assistant Professor
- Crawford, Heather| Assistant Professor
- Gambello, Michael J., MD, Ph.D | Assistant Professor
- Hecht, Jacqueline, PhD | Professor
- Noblin, Sarah J., MS, CGC | Assistant Professor
- Posey, Karen, PhD | Instructor
- Raia, Marianna Horz, MS | Instructor
- Saavedra, Heather, MS, RD, LD | Dietician
- Sarah Seth, MS | Genetic Counselor
- Singletary, Claire, MS, CGC | Genetic Counselor/Instructor
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
- Carbajal, Melissa, MD | Assistant Professor
- Crandell, Sharon S, MD | Associate Professor
- Denson, Susan E, MD | Professor
- Evans, Patricia W, MD | Assistant 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
- Katakam, Lakshmi, MD | Assistant Professor
- Khan, Amir, MD | Associate Professor
- Khan, Mona, MD | Assistant Professor
- Lasky, Robert, PhD | Professor
- Lopez, Suzanne, MD | 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 | Associate Professor and 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
- 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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Pediatric Research Center (PRC)
Hecht, Jacqueline, PhD | Professor and Division Director
Alcorn, Joe, PhD | Associate Professor
Cho, Seo-Hee, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
Gambello, Michael J., MD, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
Greeley, Christopher, MD | Associate Professor
Hashmi, Syed, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
Johnston, Richard A., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
Kim, Seonhee, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
Posey, Karen, PhD | Instructor
Swindell, Eric C., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
Tran, Dat, MD | Assistant Professor
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

