Titles:
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director, UTMB Neonatal Nurseries
Vice Chair of Inpatient Neonatal Services

Education:
Undergraduate: B.A., University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Class of 1978
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Class of 1982
Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Pediatrics, Class of 1985
Fellowship: University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Class of 1988

Honors & Awards
Physician Leadership Academy, UTMB, 7/1/2013-8/1/2014
Listing in Texas Super Doctors, Texas Monthly, 2012- present
Listing in The Best Doctors in America, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1995-present
Nomination for the Oslerian Academy 2014 Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award
Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Medical Education, Department of Pediatrics, 1990-1991

Research Interests: neonatal nutrition, human milk, antibiotic safety, health care administration, and quality improvement 

Titles:
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
John P. McGovern Chair in Oslerian Education (2010-present)
Assistant Dean for Osler Student Societies

Education:
Undergraduate: B.S., Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Class of 1969Master of Science (Epidemiology), University of Texas School of Public Health, Class of 1986
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Class of 1973
Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Pediatrics, Class of 1976
Fellowship: University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Class of 1978
Fellowship: Perinatal Nutrition, Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition, New York, Class of 1980
Certificate in the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, May 23, 2019.

Honors & Awards
Best Doctors in America: 2002, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Texas SuperDocs – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Oslerian Student Society Mentor – 2006-present
Nominated for Charles C. Shepard Science Award for Assessment and Epidemiology-CDC-June, 2007
Nominated for AAMC Humanism Award, May 2009
Inaugural holder of the John P. McGovern Chair in Oslerian Education, May 2010-present
John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award, July 2014
Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumni Award – June 2018
Research Interests: neonatal nutrition, epidemiology, medical education, Oslerian medicine