LEADERSHIP AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S
Dr. Mark Kline,
Physician-in-Chief

Mark W. Kline, M.D., was appointed chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and physician-in-chief of Texas Children’s Hospital effective July 1, 2009. Dr. Kline has served as head of the Section of Retrovirology in the Department of Pediatrics and chief of Texas Children’s Hospital's Retrovirology Service since 1997 and is president and founder of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) at Texas Children’s Hospital. As president of BIPAI, Dr. Kline oversaw the establishment of an ambitious program that encompasses HIV/AIDS care and treatment and health professional education and training programs in nine African countries, as well as Mexico and Romania. BIPAI now provides HIV/AIDS care and treatment to more children than any other organization worldwide.

 Dr. Kline received a B.A. degree (summa cum laude) in biology from Trinity University in 1979. He received his M.D. degree with Honors from Baylor College of Medicine in 1981. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in 1985, having served as chief resident for the department. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Baylor and Texas Children’s.

Hospital highlights History of Texas Children's Hospital virtual tour Leadership Mark A. Wallace - President and CEO Dr. Mark Kline - Physician-in-Chief Dr. Dale Brown - Obstetrician/ Gynecologist-in-Chief Dr. Edmond Gonzales - Surgeon-in-Chief Past Leadership Dr. Ralph D. Feigin Dr. Russell J. Blattner Related links Patient care centers Neighborhood services

Dr. Dale Brown,
Obstetrician/Gynecologist-in-Chief

Dale Brown, M.D., was appointed as the first Obstetrician/Gynecologist-in-Chief of Texas Children’s Hospital in 2008. Dr. Brown became interim Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine in 2006, and continues in that position. He serves as Principle Investigator of the Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) in the Department of OB-GYN for Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Brown also serves as the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. He has been recognized in “Best Doctors of America,” “Texas Monthly Super Doctors,” “Houston’s Top Docs” and “Outstanding Doctors in Houston” repeatedly for the past fifteen years.

Dr. Brown obtained his B.S. from the University of New Mexico and his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He subsequently completed a residency at Tulane University’s Charity Hospital in New Orleans. After serving two years in the Air Force, he went into private practice from 1970 until 2000, at which time he joined Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Brown became Associate Chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Luke’s in the early 1980s and subsequently held multiple positions in leadership culminating in becoming Chief of Staff at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital during 1996 and 1997.

Dr. Edmond T. Gonzales,
Surgeon-in-Chief

Edmond T. Gonzales, Jr., M.D., was appointed as the first Surgeon-In-Chief of Texas Children's Hospital in 2008. He joined the Department of Urology at Baylor College of Medicine in 1974 and was appointed Chief of the Urology Service at Texas Children's Hospital that year. In 1988 he was appointed as Head of the Department of Surgery at Texas Children's Hospital. He is currently Professor of Urology, Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine and holds the Edmond T. Gonzales Chair in Pediatric Urology. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Pediatric Urology, and the American Urological Association. Dr. Gonzales is boarded in Urology and was awarded a sub-board in pediatric urology in 2008.

Dr. Gonzales is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana and completed medical school at Tulane School of Medicine. He completed residency in Urology at Duke University Medical Center. In 1973, he joined an active practice in pediatric urology at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit and joined the Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor staff in 1974.