Pediatric Divisions: Adolescent Health to Genetics
Adolescent & Behavioral Health Division
Director: Susan Rosenthal, Ph.D.
Members: Beth Auslander, Kathleen Vincent, Richard Rupp, Virginia Niebuhr
- Primary health care to adolescents
- Psychological assessment and treatment
- School consultation
- Community programs: school-based clinics, foster care facilities, Head Start, Juvenile Detention
- Training of students, residents and fellows
- Interdisciplinary research focused on influence of psychosocial development and health risks of adolescents, sexually transmitted diseases and behavioral issues associated with vaccine acceptance.
Cardiology Division
Director: Ashraf Aly, M.D.
Members: Amyn K. Jiwani, M.D.
- Detection of fetal congenital heart disease in collaboration with Maternal Health & Fetal Medicine
- Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation for the Brazosport Memorial Hospital in Lake Jackson , Texas
- Interventional cardiology
- Training of students and residents on the essentials of pediatric cardiology with an emphasis on essential clinical cases
Children’s Special Services
Division Director: Susan Gerik, M.D.
Members: Shiela Chachere, Sally Robinson.
- Habilitation and rehabilitation of infants and children with chronic medical conditions
- Diagnostic clinic, follow-up clinic, telemedicine and seating clinic
- Design of comprehensive curriculum for resident rotations and junior medical students
- Pain management
- Integrative and Alternative Medicine
Clinical and Experimental Immunology and Infectious Diseases (CEIID)
Division Director: Roberto Garofalo, M.D.
Members: Nigel Bourne, D. Mark Estes, Randall Goldblum, Terumi Midori-Horiuti, Gregg Milligan, Sharon Petronella, Richard Pyles, Victor Reyes, Anthony Simmons, Ellen Beswick, Maria Guerrero-Plato.
Federal-, foundation- and industry-funded research in asthma and immunology
- Training at all levels, from high school students to visiting scientists
- Grants production and materials procurement for pediatric investigators within the department
- Develop vaccines and improve implementation of vaccination programs in underserved populations
- Provide learning opportunities for student of both the UTMB graduate and medical schools
Endocrinology Division
Director: Katrina Parker, M.D.
Member: Jose L. Gonzalez, Natasvut Punyasavanta
- Provide comprehensive clinical care for children and adolescents with Type I & II diabetes, obesity, among a wide-array of other endocrine disorders
- Service the Clear Lake Subspecialty Clinic
- Provide outpatient care and 24/7 inpatient consultation
Gastroenterology
Director: Xavier Villa, M.D.
Member: Gordon Klein, M.D.
- Conduct research/treatment on metabolic bone disease and vitamin D deficiency
- Collaboration with Shriners Burns Hospital
- Patient consultation at both the Galveston and Clear Lake clinics
General Academic Pediatrics/Community-Based Pediatrics
Division Director: Patricia S. Beach, M.D.
Members: Cynthia Binder, Michael Binder, Matthew Hay, Syed Kazmi, Suzanne LaForte, Jean McAtee, David McCormick, Ralph Noble, Maria Nguyen, Rebecca Risinger, Patricia Rogers, Kokab Saeed, Kwabena Sarpong, Gayani Silva, Christine Turley.
- Training of medical students and residents
- House the Advocacy Center and ABC Center, which coordinate care of child victims of maltreatment
- Provide leadership and training for area medical and law enforcement personnel
- Staffing of five clinics: Primary Care Pavilion in Galveston, the Regional Maternal and Child Health Clinic in Texas City, and satellite clinics in Alvin, Friendswood and League City
General Inpatient Services
Division Director: Judith L. Rowen, M.D.
Members: Keith Bly, M.D.
- Treatment of acutely-ill children (Gold Team)
- Administration of sedation services (moderate to deep sedation for children undergoing painful or anxiety-provoking procedures)
- Consultation for patients undergoing surgical services
Genetics
Division Director: Lillian H. Lockhart, M.D.
Members: Reuben Matalon, M.D.
- Treatment of genetic disease with gene therapy
- Investigation of the causes of genetic disease through research
- Collaboration with clinics at El Paso and Beaumont, Texas